Self-knowledge is a desirable quality.

Close others are a potential source of feedback for improving self-knowledge.

To find more happiness in life means to live in harmony with one’s true self.

Self-knowledge is the degree to which a person’s self-views match what she or he is actually like. However, we regularly hold distorted perceptions of our own actions, motives, and character traits. Inaccurate self-knowledge leads to poor choices and relationship friction, and learning. For example, overconfidence can be damaging to people’s reputations if discovered. Self-enhancers make a positive first impression, but they come to be seen negatively after repeated interactions. When people misrepresent themselves or present themselves in out-of-character ways to impress an audience, the behavior is unnatural and exhausting.

Self-knowledge is a valuable trait. To know yourself would be to know such things as your deepest thoughts, desires, and emotions; your values; what makes you happy; what........

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