Know thyself knowhow

Know thyself is a subject most discussed in many fields, by numerous authors. The bottom line is knowing thyself is difficult, extremely difficult (sometimes so difficult that it borders with impossible) but imperative, that is not optional, compulsory, you must not and for your own sake should not avoid doing this taxing subject, even though a large proportion of population settles on skipping it all together. In earnest, show me a good number of people being serious about digging their heads and taking courses in this subject matter. People do not bother. We do not like to think. Thinking as a brain activity is excrucinating, takes time and lacks immediate rewards to keep us on it. Whenever we think too much, we remember the experience as painful and try to stay away from it for a period of time at least. Thinking about thyself is like investing my time, energy, taking risks in the search of this lucid something with completely unpredictable results. what is that something? a quality, a feeling,a sense, a connection, a realization, a skill, a what? The authors always promise us colossal awards during and at the end of our course.
I do not need to be convinced how I need to know thyself. I want to start with basics though.
1. Know thyself that when you are young, in your under teens, you are extremely self-centered. If you are lucky and have good people around you, they will teach you how to be less of that egoist because we, as species, depend on each other for survival. at this time you don't care and make mistakes. Don't beat yourself up for them later.
2. Know thyself that when you hit puberty, life starts to suck. You are ruled by emotions. You forget all sort of important stuff all the prominent people in your life instruct you in. You overreact constantly; you make mistakes, don't beat yourself up for them.
3. Know thyself that if you manage to meet right people, get abuse free out of your teens and early twenties, and without serious psycho damage, you can do tons of things for yourself. If you happen to pick up that psyho damage, you might expect to do carry it for good while if not forever, and dealing with it. Do not beat yourself up for it.
My point is that the whole education in the Know Thyself subject can be compacted in "Do not beat yourself up for it" phrase. Remember this, and you will be fine.