1. monitoring the egocentrism in your thought and life
One of the fundamental challenges most humans face in developing is that our life is dominated by a tendency to think and feel egocentrically.
The tendency for humans to think in an egocentric fashion means that, typically, we have little or no real insight into the nature of our own thinking and emotions

2. For example, many of us unconsciously believe that it is possible to acquire knowledge without much thought,
As a result, we tend to evade responsibility for our own development.
We do not seek to learn new ways of looking at things.
Much of our thinking is stereotypical and simplistic, yet our egocentrism prevents us from recognizing this.
We create the inner chains that enslave us.

3. These inner chains can have a negative effect on our relationships, success, growth, and happiness.
For example, each of us wants to see ourselves as an ethical person. Yet, through our egocentrism
we often behave in ways that are blatantly unethical

4. Recognizing The Mind's Three Distinctive Functions
The function of thinking is to create meaning. Thinking makes sense of the events of our lives
The function of feeling is to monitor or evaluate the meanings created by the thinking function— evaluating how positive and negative the events of our life are.
The function of wanting allocates energy to action, in keeping with our definitions of what is desirable and possible.