"How to Know Yourself" by The School of Life

Watch this insightful video by The School of Life, a YouTube channel that provides insights on emotional intelligence, relationships, work, and self-understanding, blending philosophy and psychology. Scroll down for quotable moments!

Quotable Moments

"Without knowing who we are, we tend to have particular trouble coping with either denigration or adulation. If others decide that we are worthless or bad, there will be nothing inside us to prevent us from swallowing their verdicts in their entirety, however wrong-headed, extreme or unkind they may be. We will be helpless before the court of public opinion."

"Realising that we lack a stable identity is a sobering realisation. But we can, with a fair wind, start to correct the problem at any point. We need to seek out the help of a wise and kindly other person, perhaps a good psychotherapist, who can study us closely, mirror us properly and then validate what they see. Through their eyes, we can learn to study, perhaps for the first time, how we really feel and take seriously what we actually want."