“Know thyself” – Socrates. Self-awareness is the act of being fully perceptive about your deepest self; an essential part of one's life. However, this self-inquiry is not easily achieved. “Self-awareness and the selfishness that accompanies it profoundly affect people's lives, interfering with their success, damaging their relationships with others, and undermining their happiness.” (Leary) One's self can be distorted due to the influence of society and its beliefs. “Knowing others is wisdom, knowing oneself is enlightenment” – Tao Tzu. This introspection goes beyond the ordinary understanding of life and captures the aspect of one's deepest self. Insight brought to the individual through self-awareness leads to maximum happiness and creates a way for change and self-improvement. One may believe that one can immediately make “reliable psychological ascriptions to oneself” (Moran) based on facts or the past. experiences, which may or may not be accurate. However, how others choose to see another person can be strikingly different from how you tend to see yourself. This self-perspective falls within the characteristics of a first-person position. Opinions of oneself, on the other hand, may contradict another person's opinions. A third person's perspective has a singular insight due to that person's beliefs and thoughts that are capable of influencing the opinions he or she may have. “We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are” – Anais Nona. A great deal of distortion of one's vision is attributed to the ego. Since one's opinions are influenced by the ego, perceptions are biases to favor oneself and ultimately have an effect on one's worldview. You do not perceive the rest of the card, but from the materialistic and worldly desires that prove unnecessary you learn what inner needs are necessary in life. (Priddy) A person's most basic identity is not “body-dependent” that changes over the years, nor is it dependent on society or one's position in it. One's deepest self is not identifiable by others. Only one can access oneself. Through this Enlightenment one truly achieves happiness. Once you know yourself, it is easier to achieve the much desired and necessary personal improvement. Self-inquiry is certainly not an easy accomplishment. Mainly, it is due to the prejudices of oneself and society. We tend to look outside ourselves for direction; however, they are poor reflections of who one truly is. (van Warmerdam) Clarity and understanding of one's emotions ultimately achieves clarity of mind, concentration and happiness. (Robsson)