Self and Self-Awareness

Self-Awareness and Building Healthy Relationships - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Awareness and Building Healthy Relationships

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One of the biggest self-awareness challenges is building healthy relationships. As you go through life you’ll have many choices about what kind of people you attract. Here are a few ideas to help you take care of yourself:

  • Be yourself.
  • Heal your inner hurts.
  • Know yourself well, both your strengths and areas for improvement.
  • Follow a path in life that is meaningful to you.
  • Find people who share your interests.
  • Associate with people who treat you well and value who you are.
  • Live a great life and you’ll attract people who appreciate what you’re doing.
  • Don’t settle.

It’s important to treat yourself well in all your relationships. You’re a valuable person who deserves to be around people who help you grow and succeed. The trick to enjoying positive relationships is to look deep inside yourself, heal your hurts, and continue to improve who you are as a person. The more well-adjusted you are, the better your relationships will be.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and build healthy relationships?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness Is Ongoing - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Awareness Is Ongoing

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The process of  developing self-awareness is ongoing because you never stop growing and there’s always something new to learn about yourself and the world. Keep an open mind and allow yourself to find new ways to grow. That doesn’t mean you have to feverishly pursue goals all the time, as with anything, it’s a good idea to find a balance that keeps you healthy and happy.

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Aware Leaders Are More Happy at Work - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Aware Leaders Are More Happy at Work

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Self-aware leaders are more happy at work because they are in touch with and are able to positively manage their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. They know how to be happy within themselves and are able to help others do the same, which leads to healthier workplaces.

When I train leaders, the concept of being happy at work often comes up. People want to be happy and enjoy their work lives on a deeper level because it makes them feel more well-rounded and satisfied. The challenge is to find a way to take the goal of being happy and actually do things to achieve it.

The concept of happiness is different for each person but there are some basic things you can do to create a life that is self-aware, fulfilling, and rewarding.

  1. Be yourself. Look deep inside yourself and make sure you’re always behaving in ways that are consistent with what you feel and believe at your core.
  2. Do what you love. Identify what it is that you love doing more than anything in life and do it at work and everywhere.
  3. Connect with supportive people. Surround yourself with people who love you for who you are and appreciate your amazing talents and gifts.
  4. Love your work and spread that feeling. When you do what you really love doing it becomes fun instead of work and it helps you spread the same energy to others.
  5. Take care of yourself. Remember to celebrate and praise yourself often and focus on your achievements.

Try these five ideas and observe how you feel about yourself along the way. The key to being happy at work is often closer than you think and you can find it by simply remembering to honor who you are. What will you do to develop self-awareness and actually be happy at work?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Aware People Do One Small Thing at a Time - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Aware People Do One Small Thing at a Time

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A major self-awareness building concept is that you don’t have to do everything at once or achieve all your goals immediately. One of the most effective ways to create change in your life is to do one small thing at a time. Each small action gives you the opportunity to celebrate and evaluate how you’re doing. It’s the cumulative effect of all your efforts over time that will lead to success.

Take a moment to think of something you want to achieve in life. Now think of one small thing you can do to make it happen. The point is not to complicate things or overwhelm yourself with too many tasks at once. Pick one manageable thing to do, complete it, then repeat the process.

Consistently taking action in small increments will get you closer to actually doing whatever you want to do in life. Remember that it’s the process that matters, every step you take teaches you something and makes you stronger.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and do small things to make your dreams come true?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness Helps You Rewire Your Brain - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Awareness Helps You Rewire Your Brain

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Rewiring your brain is a big part of self-awareness. It means taking a look at the beliefs you’ve carried for many years and are programmed into your thought process. Take a look at the things you believe that don’t help you succeed. Move past those negative messages by replacing them with productive, helpful alternatives.

Our brains are full of all kinds of erroneous information. Self-awareness helps you get in touch with and understand why you think the way you do and why it leads to certain outcomes. For example: If you don’t really love yourself deep inside you might believe that you’ll never succeed in life or have anyone love you or treat you well. You can guess what direction those thoughts will lead you in. The trick is to replace the negative thoughts with positive ones like: you’re worth loving, you can be successful, and you deserve to be treated well.

Every time you have a negative thought you get to choose whether you replace it with a positive one. This gives you an amazing amount of power to move your thinking in any direction you desire. What will you do to develop self-awareness and rewire your brain?

Cheers,

Guy

Your Self-Awareness Plan - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Your Self-Awareness Plan

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When you create a self-awareness plan it’s important to remember to keep it manageable. You’re far more likely to follow a plan that’s practical and achievable rather than a huge, daunting document that scares you from the very beginning. Here are some ideas to help you develop an achievable self-awareness plan.

  1. Define what area of your life you’d like to focus on.
  2. Brainstorm things you can do to address that particular area.
  3. Pick one brainstorming item and take action.
  4. Evaluate what happens and either go back to step one or pick another brainstorm item.
  5. Repeat the process.

A lot of people get stuck in life because they take on too much at once rather than focusing their energy on one area. Try the process we’ve talked about here and check your progress after one month, three months and six months. You’ll be happy with the results if you stick with it.

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness Helps You Love Yourself - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Awareness Helps You Love Yourself

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Have you ever met people who say they love themselves but seem angry at the world or always in the middle of some kind of chaos? The general coachline for someone who loves herself is that she becomes more balanced, more accepting, kinder and more happy.

Learning how to love ourselves begins with self-awareness. Do you really love yourself? A good way of finding out is to evaluate whether you do things that help or hurt you in life. List the things that you allow to happen that are uplifting and then a list of the ones that bring you down. Do you have more things in your life that make you feel great or a larger number of disappointments? If you have a significant number of negative items on your list, don’t worry, this just an exercise to give you an idea of what to work on first. Look at your list and pick one thing from the negative side that you want to work on, the one that jumps out at you the most. Congratulate yourself because you have now started the process of working on loving yourself through building up your self-awareness.

Cheers,

Guy

The Self-Awareness Guy