How well Do You Know Yourself? Dive Deep with This Provocative Character Inquiry!

Eric Stone
7 min readFeb 27, 2024

Regardless of the professional, social, personal, or public situations we find ourselves in, we are always playing a socially acceptable role, acting out an act, projecting body postures, gestures, and behavior. It takes a certain quality of insight to realize that a lot of our behaviors are not only learned behaviors but also well-rehearsed chosen behaviors. I hope you find this inquiry useful and insightful.

Asking the right questions is often more powerful than giving answers. For instance, what is the universe? What is the origin of matter? It is the questions that inspire the answers regardless of the difficulty of the questions. I trust you will have fun with this tool and learn a lot about yourself in the process.

Instructions:

Write freely on your notepad or computer. Reflect sincerely on the following questions. Let the questions penetrate you as opposed to answering them intellectually or casually. Make it into a fun game and try to take your time with it — almost like a meditation or contemplation. People who have participated in the past with this process have discovered much about themselves and how they operate in the world. Many others gained deep insights into making themselves more aware and skilled at the game of life and…

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Eric Stone

In personal growth & development, great outcomes come from authentic shifts in perspective! These essays aim to catalyze awareness and empower creative thinking