As we go through our lives, we find ourselves confronted with many challenges. How we have grown as human beings will determine how we handle these situations.
One thing that has been proven time and again is those people who know themselves tend to respond more positively to given situations. The first task you are being given will sound simple at first but is in truth one of the hardest things we as human beings can do. And that is to take stock of yourself, literally set down and take a deep look at yourself. Keep in mind any of these steps can be performed with the assistance of your master or another person you trust.
Keep in mind that you need to be open minded with all aspects, there will be traits you like that you will find not beneficial and traits you hate which can be extremely beneficial to you.
First off, take the easiest step and identify those things about you that you like. This is easy because it is positive, it is what you are proud of yourself about. These are the traits you rely on every day of your life and are the traits that you will build on and use to improve yourself.
The next step is to take a hard look at those traits you dislike. These are the traits you try to avoid but never seem to be able to. These can be difficult to find, as many times we tend to deny those traits exist. But the truer we are to ourselves about these, the easier time we have to put them to good use.
Next, we come to the time when we decide what changes we need to make if any. Not always are their changes we want to make, but in the same breath, it is the mark of a smart person who not only knows change is good, but is ready to make changes as needed for their own personal benefit as well as to the benefit of others. Next comes the how of changing these. As is known, you can never remove a habit, you can replace it with another habit and the process takes 21 days of constant work.