Self-knowledge is the starting point on the journey of self-development. Self-knowledge gives us a window onto our potential.
It indicates where our strength lies, what things we are naturally good at and how we might combine our natural gifts with the opportunities around us.

Here are some of the main ways to find out just where your potentials lie.

Key Points
• By getting to know ourselves better, we can discover our own strengths and potential.
• We can research ourselves by noticing how we perform in different life situations.
• When we see someone doing something that we feel we could do better, it is likely to be a strength.
• The Yin-Yang dichotomy offers us insight into the way we tend to behave normally or in certain circumstances.
• We invariably describe who we are by reference to the jobs we do.
• We each tend to prefer to work with one of the following people, things, data, ideas, or knowledge.