meaning of "do you recognize yourself"

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Hi! I wrote the script of a video but Im not english, and I received some critics from a native english speaker, that my script contained grammar mistake. Could somebody check it for me? The text is the following:
" Discipline.... Endurance... Power... Do you recognize yourself?"
My intention was to ask whether the listener finds the first three qualities in himself, but maybe I should have used: "Do you find theese in yourself?" I Don't know... Do you think the first version makes sense too? Thanks a lot for helping me I feel myself embarrassed..

Avangi · Accepted Answer

Anonymous" Discipline.... Endurance... Power... Do you recognize yourself?"

This is creative --- poetic. In my opinion, it's fine.
I suppose you could silence your critics with, "Do you recognize any of these in yourself?"

We find things like,
Discipline.....Endurance.....Power.....Is this you?

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you. Maybe I rewrite it later. But does the first version make sense anyway or it is incorrect?

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Your version does make sense, but it is not very clear. You need a relative pronoun in the second sentence to link the ideas together.

" Discipline.... Endurance... Power... Do you recognize these in yourself?"

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you! Can you check the video itself? The text is in its first 15 seconds. While we listen to the text, we see a guy doing exercises. So the question "Do you recognize yourself?" could refer a little to the guy too. I had to use short "calling" words, in order to make the video interesting. It is about bodyguard training, and we think that if someone recognizes himself in theese "calling" words and images, then he is an ideal candidate for the course. So what do you think? The person that criticized me said it had a great grammar mistake in it, and the text doesn't make sense. Do you think it is not very clear even with the images?

meaning of "do you recognize yourself"

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