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Phrase: What makes you tick
I have a profound question for you. What makes you tick?
In other words, what are the reasons you behave the way you do?
We often spend a lot of time wondering what makes others tick, but we spend little time thinking about ourselves and why we act the way we do.
Numerous influences, such as the people in our lives, the places we’ve been, and the experiences we’ve had, may be responsible for affecting us and shaping our personalities into what they are today.
So, why do you like the things you do, eat what you eat, read what you read and laugh at some things but not others?
If you can understand yourself and what makes you tick, perhaps you would better understand others’ actions.
On second thought, if we know ourselves perfectly, possibly there would be no reason for us to wonder what makes someone else tick.
We may spend time attempting to understand others because it’s easier than looking within ourselves to get a handle on what makes us tick.
Woah, I’m getting quite profound here.
It may be that we think if we can understand others, we will understand ourselves without asking the difficult questions, the ones that really matter.
The questions that dig deep and help us understand ourselves are often the ones we don’t want to ask.
Nothing in life is easy.
If you genuinely desire to answer the question of what makes you tick, you’ll have to do some serious soul-searching.
I believe you will never understand why people act the way they do until you know what makes you, yourself, tick.
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