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EQ Hierarchy Level One—Self-Awareness
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
Joseph Campbell (Campbell, 1991, p15)
Those who understand themselves are enlightened.
Lao Tzu (Tzu, 2018, p33)
Those who understand much may be wise, but those who understand themselves are even wiser.
Lao Tzu
When well-matched armies come to conflict, the one that is aware of its own weakness conquers.
Lao Tzu (Tzu, 2018, p69)
Self-mastery is all about awareness, and it begins with self-awareness. First to be aware of what is real, and then to be aware of what is virtual, which means what we believe about what is real. With this awareness, we know that we can change what is virtual by changing what we believe.
don Miguel Ruiz (Ruiz et al., 2010 ...
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