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• n  the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct

• It's people who haven't done any self-examination, yet they know exactly how the world should run.
• But, gradually, the Bali bombings compelled Agus to undertake a spiritual self-examinationand to ask more difficult questions.
• He came out of this period of self-examination, he now feels, "much kinder and more tolerantable to form satisfactory, sensible attachments.

• introspection
• self-contemplation

News & Articles

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• Launching a Marketing Campaign? Ask these 3 Questions First
  Before undergoing the time and expense of launching a marketing campaign, you need to do some self-examination first. Advertising expert Curt Hanke explains why. Ready for a secret? The three biggest marketing questions aren’t actually marketing questions. (Sorry to disappoint.) They’re actually business questions. And while they appear to be simple questions dressed in plain clothes, in my ...
  June 25, 2013 - Inc Magazine
• With little to talk about, Zdeno Chara has little to say
  CHICAGO — Terse, stoic, not in the mood for any kind of talk — be it small, medium, or large — Bruins captain Zdeno Chara made it clear after Saturday night’s 3-1 loss to the Blackhawks he had little interest in self-examination.        
  June 23, 2013 - Boston Globe

Quotes

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• Michael Hayden in Forbes
  In a message to CIA employees Tuesday, Director Michael Hayden said, "It's important to remember that the CIA itself launched this process of recollection and self-examination. And it was the Agency itself that shared the resulting documents in full...
• Howard Schultz in International Herald Tribune
  I have written hundreds of memos, and there is a common thread of self-examination, pursuit of excellence, a willingness to constantly challenge yourself and not embrace the status quo,said Schultz, who has been with the company for 25 years....
• Ted Danson in Melbourne Herald Sun
  Living with four teenagers who are now young adults and being married to my wife - you're constantly in a crisis of self-examination,says Danson, who still seeks therapy now and then. "If you find the right person who's bright, therapy can...