The Self-Awareness Guy

What Does It Mean to Be Self-Aware? - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

What Does It Mean to Be Self-Aware?

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What does it mean to be self-aware? Here are some of the characteristics of people who possess self-awareness:

  • They have the ability to deal with their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors and channel them in positive ways.
  • They know who they are deep inside and work each day to live their dreams.
  • They can deal positively with other people’s emotions, thinking, and behaviors.
  • They are genuinely happy because they are themselves.
  • They are on their true path in life.
  • They are psychologically healthy.
  • They treat themselves and others well.
  • The enjoy positive relationships.
  • They have less conflict and strife in their lives.
  • They live proactively rather than reactively.
  • They feel more at peace inside.

Being self-aware simply means that you’re mindful of who you are, how you treat yourself and others, how you deal with challenges, and how you interact with your environment. Self-aware people live happier, more fulfilling lives because they’ve done the work necessary to arrive at a place of calm. What would you add to this list?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness and Finding Your Meaning of Life - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Awareness and Finding Your Meaning of Life

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When you build your self-awareness, you’re better able to find your meaning of life because you’re more in touch with how to manage your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, and how they affect your life.

People often tell me about their goals and aspirations followed by all the reasons why they can’t do anything about them. Frequently the only thing stopping people from doing what they want to is their self-imposed limitations.

The meaning of life is pretty much whatever you decide it is for you. You have immense power to move your life in any direction you want it to. Try the following today:

1. Think of something you really love doing.
2. Plan a way to fit this thing into your life.
3. Continue doing it.

Make sure you act in ways that get you closer to your dreams. For example: If you love art do everything in your power to pursue the interest. This could mean taking an art class, going to museums, creating your own art or talking to artists. The idea is to always develop your self-awareness and do things you love.

Once you start this movement toward doing things you love you will live life more meaningfully. I always encourage people to do the things that bring them joy. In this way, we live more fulfilling lives. What will you do to increase your self-awareness and find meaning in your life?

Cheers,

Guy

What Does a Self-Awareness Consultant Do? - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

What Does a Self-Awareness Consultant Do?

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A self-awareness consultant helps you look inside yourself and find the answers that work for you in any given situation. Self-awareness consulting can help you overcome the challenges in your life head on and develop a plan to move forward successfully.

A self-awareness consultant can help you:

1. Figure out what is the issue you are facing.

2. Develop a plan to fix a problem you face.

3. Build on your strengths and abilities.

4. Achieve your goals and dreams.

5. Feel good about yourself.

6. Build your self esteem.

7. Celebrate the great things about you.

8. Live the life you want to live.

9. Share your talents with the world.

10. Find excitement in your life.

11. Build fulfilling relationships.

12. Fix the problems that have been nagging you.

13. Move forward in life.

14. Actually plan your success.

Think of a self-awareness consultant as a person who will listen to you unconditionally and helps you celebrate who you really are. Please feel free to contact me if you are ready to look inside and find the answers you always knew were there. I look forward to hearing from you.

Cheers,

Guy

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8 Benefits of Self-Awareness - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

8 Benefits of Self-Awareness

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As you develop self-awareness, you’ll increase your ability to consciously move your life in any direction you want rather than fumbling around letting things happen to you. Here are eight benefits of self-awareness:

  • You get to take an honest look at yourself.
  • You can evaluate what you do well and what needs adjusting.
  • You can keep what works and get rid of what doesn’t.
  • You can heal your emotional hurts.
  • You become healthy inside and outside.
  • You learn how to treat yourself and others well.
  • You feel, think, and behave in positive ways.
  • You genuinely love yourself.

Imagine what your life would be like if you did these things. Self-awareness is beneficial because it emphasizes getting to know yourself on a deeper level and living life as the authentic you. You get to let go of all the junk that isn’t real and just be yourself. What would you add to this list?

Cheers,

Guy

People with Rigid Beliefs Aren't Self-Aware - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

People with Rigid Beliefs Aren’t Self-Aware

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As a self-awareness consultant, I often encounter people who have rigid beliefs and are completely stuck in a certain way of thinking about things. They are literally unable (or unwilling) to see things from another point of view or have empathy for someone else’s experience.

Having a rigid beliefs can lead to not enjoying life to its fullest because you limit your options and opportunities. I’ve found that people who value self-awareness tend to be on the opposite side of the spectrum, they like to think freely and expansively and enjoy new experiences. Here are some characteristics of a person with rigid beliefs:

  • Inability to consider other points of view.
  • Belief in only one way of seeing the world.
  • Inflexibility of thought.
  • Imposing beliefs on others.
  • Inability to change.
  • Scared of new ideas and experiences.
  • Stuck in a limiting behavior pattern.
  • Saying things like, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” “My mind’s made up,” or “I’m happy with how I think.”
  • Difficulty dealing with ambiguity.
  • Lack of emotional intelligence.
  • Intolerance and bigotry.
  • Living in fear or anger.

There’s nothing inherently evil about wanting to think and behave the same way over the over, it just tends to lead to getting stuck in a rut and repeating the same mistakes over and over. I enjoy connecting with self-aware, forward-thinking people because they’re open to new experiences and are eager to live courageous, authentic lives.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and avoid having rigid beliefs?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness and Ego - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Awareness and Ego

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As you build self-awareness you realize that your ego is simply who you think you are, not who you really are. The key to living a deep, meaningful and fulfilling life is to get in touch with the authentic you by:

  • Being willing to explore yourself and define who you actually are.
  • Identifying what you do well and what areas of your life would benefit from some additional strengthening.
  • Being candid about the hurts you carry and actively working on healing them.
  • Getting rid of the negative voices in your head.
  • Interrupting the patterns that make you unhappy.
  • Letting go of the things you’ve made up about yourself in favor of revealing the real person inside.
  • Reaching a point where you’re so healthy and balanced that you treat yourself and others wonderfully.
  • Connecting with everyone and everything else in the universe.
  • Living consciously rather than reactively.
  • Living as the real you with no filters or masks.

It takes courage, mindfulness and deliberate effort to say goodbye to your ego and live life as who you genuinely are. What will you do to increase your self-awareness and decrease the influence of your ego?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness Helps You Look at the Difficult Things - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Awareness Helps You Look at the Difficult Things

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A major part of self-awareness is to take a careful look at the difficult things in your life. This can include things you have a hard time doing or past events that bring up uncomfortable memories. The more you work on resolving issues in your past, the better able you’ll be to grow and succeed.

Here are some examples of difficult things you might want to look at to improve your self-awareness and help you live a more meaningful and rewarding life:

  • The hurts from your past.
  • Negative family issues you haven’t resolved.
  • Emotions, thoughts, and behaviors that hold you back.
  • Things you would change about yourself.
  • Actions you would take to live a better life.
  • How you treat yourself and others.
  • Finding meaning and guidance within instead of externally.
  • Making amends for negative behavior.
  • Doing things to make the world a better place.
  • Admitting mistakes.

A big part of self-awareness is being able to take a candid look at yourself, celebrate the positive things, and change the negative ones. It requires courage and conscious attention but, when you do it, you’ll be laying the foundation to live a much better life.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and look at the difficult things?

Cheers,

Guy

The Self-Awareness Guy