Knowing Thyself

By Demetre Malcolm Phipps

My Definition

Knowing thyself, what one can do and what one is capable of.

Realization

Waking up and walking in that knowing. When a person is recognized for a contribution, solution, talent, craft, one’s own God given ability, that person appreciates the recognition by living and applying that craft to daily solutions.

Practical Application

After one realizes such aptitude, that person develops self-worth by practicing their craft and not letting anyone affect or compromise one’s value(s) in a negative fashion. Practical Application includes knowing that value and acting upon it.

For example, a music artist is being booked for an event and has a price demand to be compensated because he or she knows that one is a great  performer. That artist should not negotiate a price lower than what he or she feels one is worth for an event, at any specific time. Talent is money and time is, too.

Another example, a person who felt to be around others for therapeutic reasons finally chooses to take another path to do what he or she loves because one’s craft is being recognized.   

The two examples above demonstrates practical application. Realizing one’s value and practicing worth.

Intensive Application

 Any person who knows their true self-worth, doesn’t compromise or negotiate. They appreciate, set limits, standards on such value. Self-worth is not only waking up, living, going to work and then eventually, dying. Self-worth is taking one’s talent, building onto it, and teaching others how to develop self-worth. People with self-worth takes on challenges. They go into careers. They live life knowing that life is about doing what one desires and longs for. Meaning that those types of people won’t settle for just any job. They will set demands based on their worth. This is intensive application. Intensive application is a person who realizes, practices, applies, acts upon such worth, and lives a lifetime to learn and teach others.