Where do you think you are on the path to self-mastery? Where would you really like to be? What ingredients (aka “messages”) have contributed to your sense of self? Which ones would you keep and what ingredients would you add to create the life you want?

Think of a time in your life when you remember using your “will” when you were faced with a situation that required something deep within you. How would you describe the quality in you that helped you make it through?

In which direction have you focused your “will” - to control others or to understand them? Think of a recent situation where you were in conflict with someone. Did you try to control the other person or did you try to understand them with appreciation, empathy and/or courage? Tell us how.