Introspection is key

Like the title suggests, introspection is an important part of human life. It's key to our survival. I don't mean that in the literal sense, but people are loosing everything because of an inability to be introspective. They're loosing jobs because they don't have the ability to evaluate their own performance and they're loosing their families because they lack the ability to apologize and rectify when things go wrong. 

There are too many people tho sit in church, or watch daytime talk shows and think "I wish So-and-so was hearing this." I know I am guilty of this. It's very hard to listen to a life lesson and use it as a litmus strip in our own lives. Before we try to psychoanalyze someone else, we need to evaluate ourselves. This is important because too many times we are the pots calling the kettles black.

Sure that other person still may need to be helped, but if you look at yourself first, you can now be empathetic and understanding towards that other person.

People who are always looking at what needs to be fixed in other people are usually very miserable people. It's hard to love them. I know I don't want to make it hard for people to love me. How about you?

Think of it this way: Imagine you need to lose weight and you hired a personal trainer, lets call him Lloyd. So Lloyd shows up to train you and he's overweight. Not only is he overweight, but he doesn't know he's overweight. He says things like, "I have the key to successful weight-loss" or "Look at the definition in my abs."
Why isn't he taking his own advice?
Why would you listen to him?
You'd fake a hamstring injury and never call Lloyd back.

Gandhi said it best when he said "Be the change you wish to see in the world." He was right on so many levels.