The 5 Best Self Reflection Questions to Ask Yourself

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  • Hi guys, it's Ollie here again and in this video, I talk about the 5 best self-reflection questions to ask yourself for increased personal development and self-awareness.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 178

  • @OliverCowlishaw
    @OliverCowlishaw  5 місяців тому +2

    Journalling is the most powerful personal growth tool you have at your disposal. Click to download my free 31 day fillable PDF. It gives you a single high impact prompt every single day. Download here: bit.ly/3ZQ54cx

  • @scastillo9477
    @scastillo9477 3 роки тому +420

    1. What do I want? Not what others want.
    2. What am I avoiding.
    3. What am I the most great full for?
    4. What am I afraid of?
    5. What are my biggest strengths and flaws?
    Thank you I will meditate on this. ✨

    • @gocoronago5853
      @gocoronago5853 3 роки тому +23

      What am I *grateful for ?

    • @christoc99
      @christoc99 2 роки тому +3

      Thanks so much . Blessings to you , to Mister Ollie and all. Chris 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

    • @anubhavajmera8017
      @anubhavajmera8017 2 роки тому +3

      Thank you very much,because of you ,I was fully able to focus on video

    • @christoc99
      @christoc99 2 роки тому +1

      @@anubhavajmera8017 what do you mean ? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

    • @robertlauncher
      @robertlauncher 2 роки тому +1

      Thank you, dude screws around a lot getting to the point

  • @Stayinyourmoment
    @Stayinyourmoment 3 місяці тому +8

    This saved my life using self reflection and helped build my self esteem from rock bottom , learn to focus , you want your truth , be truthful and you will be rewarded

  • @Fourth4Element
    @Fourth4Element 4 роки тому +235

    4:03
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  • @pinkleaves8712
    @pinkleaves8712 3 роки тому +37

    Wow I never thought "what do I want" question is this hard. 😐

  • @omargarcia9772
    @omargarcia9772 2 роки тому +9

    I absolutely love how these questions target everything I avoid answering or leave unanswered

  • @yesimoraaa
    @yesimoraaa 4 роки тому +34

    Please do more of these kinds of videos. I’ve been in a brain fog or what feels like one and I feel stuck mentally and I decided to start learning and discovering who I am truly inside . But thanks for this video it has truly helped . You’ve got a new sub :)

    • @OliverCowlishaw
      @OliverCowlishaw  4 роки тому +3

      Awesome idea. I will do more of this kind of content moving forward ✌🏻

  • @jonashanson1119
    @jonashanson1119 Рік тому +4

    1. What do I want? Not what others want.
    2. What am I avoiding.
    3. What am I the most great full for?
    4. What am I afraid of?
    5. What are my biggest strengths and flaws?

  • @adithyasharma3264
    @adithyasharma3264 4 роки тому +34

    loved the video...
    This video's gonna be the start of my introspective journey.

  • @MomoKemonoTTV
    @MomoKemonoTTV 4 роки тому +5

    I'm always on the search for ways to defeat this never ending sense of disassociation I endure everyday. Someone recommended self reflection but for a long time I put it aside because I fear what I don't have the skills to do.
    Today I take a step to self reflect to be a better person for myself, my future wife, my team, and my world.
    Thank you for this... I got emotional answers to every question you asked as I was watching this.

  • @OliverCowlishaw
    @OliverCowlishaw  3 роки тому +9

    Click here if you want a guided meditation to help you process and release your emotions: bit.ly/3ZQ54cx

    • @sarak-lin
      @sarak-lin 2 роки тому +1

      Hi, I am lost... Cannot find the meditation you mentioned at the end of the film?
      Anybody help, please?

  • @johnankrah299
    @johnankrah299 7 місяців тому +5

    Vid starts 4min in.

  • @SuccessMindset2180
    @SuccessMindset2180 2 місяці тому +1

    1. Why would you do this?; understand yourself; self-reflected journaling; treat it like a prayer; emotional tension
    2. Questions to ask yourself
    1. What do I want?
    2. What am I avoiding?; what we are avoiding is what we fear
    3. What am I most grateful in my life?; see what you’re lacking; let the answers come to you; if you don’t have emotional response to that answer, then it’s not your answer
    4. What am I afraid of?; if you give attention to your fear, then you can decrease it
    5. What are my biggest strength and flaws?; you are not seeing bigger picture

  • @simpleprogramming4671
    @simpleprogramming4671 2 роки тому +5

    I wish I had a teacher like you at school, thanks for helping others to be better🙏

  • @umansocietyletsgetinspired4367
    @umansocietyletsgetinspired4367 3 роки тому +23

    Thank you for these points,I find self reflection to be very useful:) Whenever I do it, it makes me to push more towards the type of person I want to be:) great tips

  • @aimielisa
    @aimielisa 4 роки тому +25

    This video is perfect. The questions you share are truly relevant, thank you ! Wish you the best. :)

  • @EvaDemTing
    @EvaDemTing 3 роки тому +2

    I both loveee and hate the emotional Rollercoaster I just went thru watching this. Im wildly self loathing.. thank you for better explaining the.. shadow parts of the strengths. I never thought of it that way.

  • @vop4813
    @vop4813 3 роки тому +1

    These questions are like circle for exemple if you want to be best, your fear is failure and you avoid hard things. That circle helps to undersyand why and how yourself works

  • @abdulrehman47
    @abdulrehman47 4 роки тому +15

    Loved the video. I could genuinely feel and see that you are talking from real solid experience and helping us out in our journey.
    Thanks again 👍🏼

  • @anitapoudel4061
    @anitapoudel4061 4 роки тому +15

    please make more videos like this.:)
    i like how sorted and relaxed you sounded about life.
    your new subscriber

  • @Aaron-patch
    @Aaron-patch 4 роки тому +4

    If you are like me and have trouble communicating with your subconscious, consider looking into Lucid Dreaming. There you will be in a world created entirely by your mind, and can potentially have direct communication with your subconscious as it is manifested by a dream character you can actually talk to.

  • @davidmg1925
    @davidmg1925 4 роки тому +6

    As other ahve said , we do need this sort of objective video as Mental Health Issues are becoming more an dmore of an issue.
    Top bloke ( It sooooo nice to hear someone without a horrid American accent going rarh rarh rarh at you.(Unfortunately so prevalent on you tube now).
    Top video.

    • @debrarichardsjones8860
      @debrarichardsjones8860 4 роки тому

      I'm American and from Boston so my accent is very noticeable! I ALSO LOVE THE BRITISH ACCENT! I am an English, Welsh, Irish and Native American descendant, I don't know if I said that correctly,lol but I tend to listen to only British or meditation your voices are so calming to me. I loved these questions. I wrote them all down. Now I just have to answer them! Ughhhhhh. This is the hardest thing to do! 🙏🏼☮️💚

  • @phumimthimkhulu8330
    @phumimthimkhulu8330 4 роки тому +10

    I feel fears and things we avoid link up so it should be 4 questions

  • @darrenyoung4509
    @darrenyoung4509 5 років тому +6

    *copy and pasted from your most recent post but* :)
    Ollie! Your kindness and altruism and genuine desire to help heal people has touched me so much. I've been in ENORMOUS amounts of anxiety battling with the ego and listening to you speaking has set me completely at ease and able to live in love and shed the fear. Tremendously grateful for your commitment to serving all the beings you Reach. I hear you I celebrate you I am so thankful for you.
    For future video suggestions, perhaps you could do a talk on twin flames causing/sparking the awakening to begin? This has happened in my own life and I have heard of it happening in other awakening people's experiences too.
    Also, you could speak on the dark night of the soul, the topsy turviness of awakening and how to navigate the REAL lows that we cycle through as our process deepens.
    Namaste and lots of love :)

  • @kkkimakaze
    @kkkimakaze 2 роки тому +2

    Loved every single topic you raised, the degree to which you chipped away at each topic was perfect for me to take in and understand. Thanks you!!

  • @koalalala7006
    @koalalala7006 7 місяців тому +1

    This is a really good video, thank you so much. Please make more! It helps me a lot!!

  • @sujithhonnavar3222
    @sujithhonnavar3222 4 роки тому +5

    Loved the video. The way you presented was so serene. These questions are going to start my transformational journey. Thank you.

  • @charitsnoddypompey4467
    @charitsnoddypompey4467 3 роки тому +4

    Thank you so much. I am on a journey to self reflection as well as self love and this is going to help so much ♥

  • @mehvishyasmin7235
    @mehvishyasmin7235 4 роки тому +4

    this was very useful and made me realise so much about myself by properly diving deep into these questions and questioning myself so thank you for creating this video

  • @TosOmo1
    @TosOmo1 Рік тому +1

    This is really gold advice! I've covered this topic as well on my youtube, which takes a bit of a different take on the topic. This video is gold! Thanks!!

  • @dylandrake58
    @dylandrake58 Рік тому

    Just lost the love of my life of 3 years because I couldn’t self reflect last night was her final straw because I couldn’t self reflect and realize how poor I handle stress and stress her out and many things this helped a lot to put things into perspective thank you

    • @OliverCowlishaw
      @OliverCowlishaw  Рік тому +2

      Anytime, man. Don't hesitate to reach out if you need help getting through the breakup to become the best man you can be. I've helped tons of guys through the process. You can make it the greatest growth experience of your life. Keep going.

  • @christoc99
    @christoc99 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for your kind help 🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏼‍♂️ I will need to use it for the Mercury retrograde .

  • @christoc99
    @christoc99 2 роки тому +1

    Lots of blessings and I will do my best to do the guided meditation . Blessings

  • @user-oe4rw8tt4g
    @user-oe4rw8tt4g Місяць тому

    Thank you so much

  • @new_kidlatest7463
    @new_kidlatest7463 3 роки тому +1

    You changed my life so much, thank you so much

  • @iamblue8997
    @iamblue8997 4 місяці тому

    Great man👏🏻 thank you.

  • @chloepaid
    @chloepaid 2 роки тому

    Boy do I need this big time. Thank you.

  • @clawmansegele1988
    @clawmansegele1988 4 роки тому +4

    Could you please do a video on meditation for self reflection? Subscribed btw!

  • @jarbyarredondo6966
    @jarbyarredondo6966 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you for the video. Its very helpful

  • @mayabaeshen6832
    @mayabaeshen6832 4 роки тому +4

    Problem is whenever I wanna have my alone time, someone interrupts me and I’m never left alone to be with myself, so I just end up giving up and getting pissed off

    • @tiagomelo5484
      @tiagomelo5484 3 роки тому +1

      Go for a walk, find a bench outside, somewhere. There is always an opportunity to be alone. Just find the right moments and not the excuses to don't reflect. Wish you the best Maya :)

    • @mayabaeshen6832
      @mayabaeshen6832 3 роки тому

      @@tiagomelo5484 thank you, you’re right these are definitely excuses I’m just running away from my problems without even realizing it. Thank you Tiago

  • @christoc99
    @christoc99 2 роки тому

    Mister Oliver I’m boundless and I am presence 😛😛😛😛👍🏻😛😛Blessings to all

  • @nigelpascua287
    @nigelpascua287 2 роки тому

    Mental image-face
    Memorize-study
    Multi-purpose

  • @thecyberthrift
    @thecyberthrift 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much for this great video, and the helpful questions.

  • @ParisianStreets
    @ParisianStreets 5 років тому +3

    Great video!! THANKS ALOT.

  • @darrenyoung4509
    @darrenyoung4509 5 років тому +3

    Beautiful video

  • @skghbk9702
    @skghbk9702 4 роки тому +3

    More from you sir...

  • @SupremeWorthy
    @SupremeWorthy 4 роки тому +2

    Very honest

  • @persondrawz1106
    @persondrawz1106 Рік тому +1

    If I start crying when I’ve answered my own self reflective question does that mean I found the answer ?

  • @NoOne-qs2hw
    @NoOne-qs2hw 2 роки тому +3

    1. Happiness
    2. Emptiness
    3. LORD Jesus
    4. Hell
    5.
    Strengths:
    - Intelligence, endurance, leadership, deep thinking
    - Flaws: fear, imbalance, borderline, depression, narcissism

  • @TheAmberlion
    @TheAmberlion 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you Oliver....... ❤️👀🤗🍁🇨🇦

  • @symbolistpainter
    @symbolistpainter 3 місяці тому

    I have alot alot for what am I avoiding ...and I have to say how do I know doing which one will lead to success?

  • @adrianhayton9883
    @adrianhayton9883 8 місяців тому

    Like this x

  • @siewkonsum7291
    @siewkonsum7291 2 роки тому +1

    Not what others want me to want.
    Instead, what I want to want, right?🙏

  • @productivitymonster
    @productivitymonster 2 роки тому

    I'm big fun of selfreflection myself, I even did an app for it. It asks me what did I do and I feel during the day and then give reports on my self-reflection input

  • @gypsymoth8977
    @gypsymoth8977 4 роки тому +4

    I feel fear confrontation as practice is not talked about nearly enough. I would love to build more of it into my meditation practice and have even been researching DMT as a means to achieve that confrontation. I just came across your channel tonight- I'm thrilled to check out your other videos. Thanks for making awesome content. ✌

  • @Leaa_H
    @Leaa_H 2 роки тому

    you know, the thing I'm trying to aviod is answering these questions

  • @UNCLETAVO
    @UNCLETAVO Рік тому

    Actually the contrary is true our minds are designed in form of prayer.

  • @chianho4829
    @chianho4829 2 роки тому

    Your avatar give me a power, thank you 🥰

  • @mannybirdie
    @mannybirdie Рік тому

    Thank you for enlightening me

  • @davidmg1925
    @davidmg1925 4 роки тому +2

    Yes I have seen many smilariites with praying and meditation.
    If I may say so its unusual to see a younger guy thinking so phylosiphically about stuff.
    Do you ahve back ground in Mental Health Therapy?
    Other??

  • @fahednaser1
    @fahednaser1 Рік тому

    What is the difference between what i tend to avoid or fear. And what i afraid of?

  • @ImKamaraaEntertainment
    @ImKamaraaEntertainment Рік тому +1

    What do you do when you ask yourself these questions and you feel the emotion but your brain is telling you I don’t know what i want ?

  • @Libbeeee
    @Libbeeee 11 місяців тому

    what do we need to do after we answer those questions?

  • @bethlehemberhanu9445
    @bethlehemberhanu9445 4 роки тому +2

    Great video!

  • @gayatrysingh9896
    @gayatrysingh9896 2 роки тому +1

    Beautiful

  • @Mariam.Mohamed95
    @Mariam.Mohamed95 3 роки тому

    Please keep going we need more videos🙏 Thanks a lot.

  • @linneaetzler
    @linneaetzler 2 роки тому

    Great questions! Thanks! 😊

  • @shalomtheboss6655
    @shalomtheboss6655 3 роки тому +1

    god is are self conscious and when we have a question that we ask our inner self God answers it

  • @lokiwun
    @lokiwun 3 роки тому

    What have I received from ---- ?

    What have I given to ---- ?

    What troubles and difficulties have I caused ----- ?
    ‘What troubles and difficulties have caused me -----?

  • @MasterChrisCase
    @MasterChrisCase 3 роки тому

    Thank you good stuff 💓🔥💓

  • @johnrainsman6650
    @johnrainsman6650 2 місяці тому

    There's something I learned about myself that I don't like: I'm full of prej udice, and respect people for the _wrong_ reasons. It depends on the person and circumstances. For example, it turns out, I think neurotypicaIs are better than people with ASD. I HATE this about me: I think "lesser" is a word to match those on the spectrum--social skills, brains, personalities, normality. I write them off as inferior and abnormal. And it's not as simple as "change the attitude"; it's *_automatically_* in me, the way I feel, whether consciously or subconsciously. I'm sorry, guys; I'm ash amed of myself. It turns out I also think people who don't have learning disabiIities are smarter than those who do have them.
    And that's what brings me here. My ex-coworker (E.C.) always seemed like a slow learner, and he has made some mistakes at work. Plus, he graduated at 20 at a small charter school, he still lived with his mom at 28, and he didn't have a driver's license. I'm a student leader at my college's catering business, and I learned that the guy had signed up for a service by himself. I thought it was a bad idea, so I went to our boss. She was upset. Told EC she didn't think he could manage alone and was all "I've told you not to sign up for shifts by yourself, I've been very clear about that, I don't know how much clearer I can get for you to listen" and she told him he needed someone there to guide him. Well, that night, he saved a life and was very quick and resourceful (long story short, to subtract the length). My boss apologized for beIittIing him, said he was amazing, and she believed in him to work the shift alone. But he refused and quit. Told her she didn't _truly_ respect him; it was all conditional and her "He-is-incompetent" view would've stayed otherwise. Well, I'm practically as pathe tic as her. I didn't *_consciously_* think EC was a Ioser. I *_automatically_* thought he was one. Like, I didn't say or think the word about him, but I just felt it in me. But I was wrong. I think noble of him now, but only because of what he did, not because of who he was. I put certain people (auti stics, learning-disabIed, adults who live with parents, etc). on the "weak list" until they do something to impress me. I don't like myself.

  • @foxie8638
    @foxie8638 3 роки тому

    When I asked "What do I want?" it was suddenly the G7 in my head.

  • @marshellamarshall4330
    @marshellamarshall4330 4 роки тому

    This is interesting,Minister Marshella Marshall Thompson and Minister Phil Thompson

  • @lunav8557
    @lunav8557 Рік тому

    But if we think of only us , can we be under the heavy judgement by the people, like why we don't live so casually like others ,... And people start teasing you , and we don't follow what most people do in life

  • @ma_iii
    @ma_iii 3 роки тому

    Great advice many thanks!

  • @brinileemonera9080
    @brinileemonera9080 3 роки тому

    Love your content☺️

  • @DelphineRoucher
    @DelphineRoucher 2 роки тому

    How to do it when you tend to almost only remember bad moments ?

  • @lunav8557
    @lunav8557 Рік тому

    What I want can be desires anything like that ?

  • @wonder7798
    @wonder7798 2 роки тому

    And honesty

  • @tambarinathethird5496
    @tambarinathethird5496 4 роки тому

    Thanks!

  • @davidmg1925
    @davidmg1925 4 роки тому +2

    good video

  • @lalitadhiman1994
    @lalitadhiman1994 4 роки тому +1

    Gddd very well explain sr ji

  • @sarak-lin
    @sarak-lin 2 роки тому

    Hi, I am lost... Cannot find the meditation you mentioned at the end of the film?
    Anybody help, please?

  • @alshimasalah1813
    @alshimasalah1813 3 роки тому

    Thanks😍

  • @johnnydelirium4448
    @johnnydelirium4448 2 роки тому

    Nice intelligent thoughts´´

  • @gramkoonin9653
    @gramkoonin9653 Рік тому

    Great video

  • @97og1
    @97og1 3 роки тому +1

    Damn this hit the spot. 😓

  • @Stayinyourmoment
    @Stayinyourmoment 3 місяці тому

    Talk to the universe , make it about your existence. Above culture and religion to get the ultimate answers. Be truthful or the energy and transformation won’t take place

  • @BrianDonato
    @BrianDonato 4 роки тому +2

    Awesome perspectives! Self-reflection is so valuable - I discuss it in the last video on my channel also in a mindfulness + parenting context; I hope our videos inspire people to be mindful! Just subscribed to your channel too.

  • @johnathancarpentermiller6450
    @johnathancarpentermiller6450 2 роки тому

    About your video about Peter Pan syndrome.... I've been meaning to ask, is it normal to have Peter Pan syndrome or to have some symptoms of it?

  • @benijordan781
    @benijordan781 6 місяців тому

    Is it own sub-conscience that made all that is in the universe??

  • @Karlanicoller.r
    @Karlanicoller.r 10 місяців тому

    TESSSS YOURE PRAYING TO YOUR SUBCONCUOUSSSAAA

  • @widadsyed9865
    @widadsyed9865 4 роки тому +1

    I couldn't get the answer to what I want 😭 help

  • @Merryyy203
    @Merryyy203 3 роки тому +1

    That accent 😍

  • @Aaron-patch
    @Aaron-patch 4 роки тому +1

    In the future, the video would be more impactful if you gave concrete examples. Such as for questions #4.

  • @robbieblieck8792
    @robbieblieck8792 3 роки тому +1

    THE MUSIC: just ly bassy, manly voice😂 legend

  • @EonSound
    @EonSound 3 роки тому

    I cant find any strengths that are reflections to my flaws. The only upside to my flaws are positive for other people but not to me.

    • @OliverCowlishaw
      @OliverCowlishaw  3 роки тому

      It sounds like you're out of alignment/authenticity around other people.

  • @shrexyavocado7828
    @shrexyavocado7828 4 роки тому +3

    You forgot one of my favourite self reflecting questions
    *what if spain was in greece*

  • @vanilkovypribinacik
    @vanilkovypribinacik 3 роки тому +1

    hi

  • @Price8903
    @Price8903 2 роки тому +42

    There is a difference between your sub conscious and God.

    • @carktok
      @carktok 9 місяців тому +6

      Maybe for you, but not for me. This was a fantastic insight into why prayer/contemplation helps even without one of the gods listening to my thoughts.

    • @namxhuynh
      @namxhuynh 6 місяців тому +7

      Exactly, God created the universe. Our conscious didn’t create the world. We are limited beings. Although we do use conscious to speak to God.

    • @IgnacioFlores.
      @IgnacioFlores. 3 місяці тому +1

      One is real.

    • @zinebabdullah1148
      @zinebabdullah1148 3 місяці тому +1

      I like his take on it! But I don’t like the fact that he tells us that we “are not really praying to god!” We “are praying to our subconscious mind.”
      I don’t have a problem with his beliefs! But I have a problem with him forcing it on us (the viewers)
      To each their own! But respect what others believe or how they choose to view the world.

    • @leecooper7084
      @leecooper7084 Місяць тому

      ​@@zinebabdullah1148 absorb what you find useful and pass by what doesn't fit with you. This guy is doing a great job with his channel.