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Know Yourself
            You might choose to do things that society wants you to do. Sometimes you indulge in an activity just to make
            your family happy without even thinking whether you want it or not.

            Knowing your strengths, weaknesses, values, interests, skills, and abilities will help you transform your thoughts,
            feelings and actions into a life full of peace and happiness. It is very important to learn about your true self and
            identify the qualities that make you unique.
            The answer to the most important question “Who am I” will help you identify your true self. This can be done by
            finding out about:
               • Your beliefs that control your thoughts and feelings.

               • Your background and past experience will shape your decision in future.
               • Your opinions about yourself will shape your personality and will give you clarity and understanding about your life.
               • Your likes and dislikes will help you prioritise your activities and will keep you emotionally healthy.
               • Your values that persuade your choices you make in life.

            Strength and Weakness

            Strength is a positive trait that enhances your knowledge, skills, talent and brings confidence in what you do. They
            are the talents and abilities that uniquely identifies you. It helps you believe in your capabilities and use them
            efficiently to achieve your goals.
            Weakness is a negative trait that brings unhappiness and sometimes pulls away from the path of success in life. It
            is also sometimes associated with pain, trauma, and negative emotions.

            Knowing about your strengths and weakness will help you:
               • Understand what you can do and what is difficult for you.

               • To work on turning your weakness into your strength.
               • To gain confidence and achieve your goals in life.


              Activity        3


              Answer the following questions:
              1.  What are your top four qualities or strengths? List them.
              2.  How do you use them in your school life?
              3.  Your one strength which you used recently to get good grades in your project.
              4.  Which negative trait in you gives you pain and disturbs you mentally? (Any three)



            Difference between Interests and Abilities
            Interest is something you prefer to do and you enjoy doing it. It provides you a direction to develop your habits
            and skills. If you are interested in anything then motivation comes automatically. On your own you will put extra
            time and efforts to complete an assigned task. Learning what you enjoy will help you develop your skills in it
            so that you can pursue it as a career in future. You may be good at playing guitar so give more time to it, enjoy
            exploring it and may pursue it as a career in future.

            Ability comes naturally without any effort. It is your talent that you acquire naturally. It is a key for your happiness
            in life. It enables you to do a particular task efficiently with full confidence and good results.



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