What is the importance of understanding ourselves?

One of the main reasons why we need to understand ourselves is that

understanding one's self makes you more self-aware of what you want
to do and what you don't want to do. As for me, I know that I want to
play sports, play online games, study hard, and work hard for my
future. Those are the things that I love because I know myself. In
addition, understanding myself makes me unique because I am the only
one in this world besides my family that fully knows what my
capabilities are. I know what are my strengths and weaknesses. I know
where to make changes and improvements for the betterment of
myself. Like, I recognize that I am good at math but bad at English. As I
understand myself, I know the areas where I would like to make
enhancements. And right now, what I want to improve the most is my
speaking skills because I know that when I always speak English, I'm not
fluent and always stutter. And it gives me insecurities because a lot of
people has a high expectation for me. And lastly, if you want to learn
something from this world, you should learn what you want to learn by
understanding yourself.