How to Practice Self-Introspection

Self-awareness and introspection have the ring of a self-help guru's empty promises, but they are the starting point that leads to every improvement. They are not the solution to everything, but they are the first step to that.

Here is a four-step process to help you do it.

1. Ask yourself. What went well? What could I have improved? Which parts surprised me?
2. Listen to yourself. For self-feedback to be helpful, it must be heard and valued.
3. Try something. Now you can te...

As we mature, we generally become more emotionally stable, agreeable, and conscientious. But chronic job insecurity can stunt this emotional growth.

• The first step to do something about it is to know yourself and be aware of the pitfalls, then cultivate a gro...