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Self-Awareness Helps You Be Happy - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Awareness Helps You Be Happy

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Imagine living a life where you possess self-awareness and think and act in ways that bring you deep joy and fulfillment. When you understand yourself deep inside, you’re more likely to enjoy who you are and experience the world positively. Here are ten things you can do starting right now to be happy:

  1. Forgive yourself and others.
  2. Do meaningful work that reflects your real passions.
  3. Let go of the need for things to turn out a certain way.
  4. Make sure what you say matches what you do.
  5. Treat yourself and others with kindness.
  6. Help others, including people you don’t know.
  7. Praise someone.
  8. Give someone a hug.
  9. Tell someone you love him or her, tell yourself too.
  10. Heal your hurts.

When you do these things you’ll be connecting on a more meaningful level with yourself and others as well as building self-awareness. The trick is to consciously do positive things every day that lead you toward happiness. The more you do it, the better you’ll feel.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and be happy?

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

Self-Awareness Helps You Take Action - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Awareness Helps You Take Action

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Have you ever met someone with big dreams but who never does anything about them? Frequently, the only thing that separates those who succeed from those who stay stuck is the ability to build self-awareness and take action. It sounds obvious but action is a key element in helping us move forward in life. Many individuals remain in the planning or idea phases of life, living with vague hopes that someday they will achieve something.

I’ll let you in on a secret: The people who succeed move their ideas from abstract to concrete by taking action. How does one do it? Here’s another amazing secret: You actually have to do stuff to succeed. The great thing is that you can begin this process at any time. Increasing self-awareness and taking action feels great and it yields positive results because we are actually taking charge of our lives.

Think about the difference between the person who dreams all day and the one who dreams but also does something to make them come true. Here are a couple ideas that will help you move toward action.

1. Think about something you would love to achieve.
2. Come up with five ideas that might help you start working on it.
3. Pick the idea that makes the most sense to you.
4. Take action and do it. Set a short-term date by when you will finish it.

Nothing happens without actually doing something. What will you do to develop self-awareness and take action on today?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness and Feeling Better about Yourself - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Awareness and Feeling Better about Yourself

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Sometimes event the most confident people in the world don’t feel amazingly great about themselves. We all have days when we think we don’t measure up to some ideal, some people stay stuck in this state for long periods. The good news is that you can do some practical things to increase self-awareness and feel better about yourself immediately.

Think about the following five questions and how they apply to your life and you’ll be on your way to feeling better about yourself:

1.  Do you do things you love?

2.  Do you fill your mind with negative messages about yourself?

3.  Do you have positive messages to replace the negative ones?

4.  What actions do you take to feel better and do positive things?

5.  How will you know that you feel better about yourself?

Think about these concepts for a while. Your answers will help you find ways to feel better about yourself and become more self-aware. So much of life (and your self-esteem) is about the messages you put in your brain. If you stuff yourself with junk you will likely not feel so great, if you fill your mind with ideas that build you up the results are much more positive. Either way, you have a choice which path you decide to stay on.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and start feeling better about yourself?

Cheers,

Guy

10 Ways Self-Awareness Can Improve Your Life - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

10 Ways Self-Awareness Can Improve Your Life

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The whole point of getting to know yourself is to move past reacting unconsciously to whatever comes your way to being mindful of what you’re feeling, thinking, and doing. Here are ten ways self-awareness can improve your personal and professional life:

  1. You’re able to feel the entire range of your emotions and deal with them positively.
  2. You understand yourself well and are genuinely comfortable with who you are; not just pretending you are so you don’t look weak.
  3. You’ve worked out the negative issues from your childhood and formative years.
  4. You have a consistent pattern of thinking and behavior where all the areas of your life relate well to each other and aren’t in conflict.
  5. You do things that help make the world a better place, not just that benefit you and the people in your immediate social and professional circles.
  6. You’re able to empathize with other people; their joys, struggles, and day-to-day lives.
  7. You feel so good about yourself that other people aren’t a threat and you don’t have a need to compete with them or defeat them in any way.
  8. You build other people up instead of tearing them down.
  9. You feel like your life has a deeper meaning that comes from within you, not from the outside.
  10. You live life as the real you; following your dreams and doing what you really want to do in life.

When you possess self-awareness you’ll be actively working on issues like these at all times and continually discovering more about yourself. The goal is simple: Live a happy life, spread good vibes, and make the world a better place for as many people as possible. How has self-awareness improved your life?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness and Not Choosing the Safe Path in Life - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Awareness and Not Choosing the Safe Path in Life

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There are people who lack self-awareness and spend their entire lives choosing the safe path, which means that they do what they’ve always done, how they’ve always done it. They value feeling safe and secure over all else, including self-awareness, no matter what the consequences. In the process, they lose their true selves and live middle-of-the-road, ordinary, as-uneventful-as-possible existences.

I’ve always wondered why people live like this, and the answer that often arises is: lack of self-awareness leading to fear. When people are scared of stepping outside their comfort zones or of being their real selves, they tend to do everything they can to remain in their cocoon. They never fly because they’re too busy worrying about everything that might possibly go wrong or be slightly different.

One of the reasons I love consulting for people who value self-awareness is that they live more courageously, striving to understand who they are and where they want to go. It’s not that they live dangerously, just that they’re willing to test their own thought processes and face their fears.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and avoid choosing the safe path in life?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Aware People Forgive - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Aware People Forgive

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A big part of self-awareness is learning to forgive, as in:

  • Forgive yourself.
  • Forgive others.
  • Forgive the past
  • Forgive the negative things that happen in life.

Forgiveness means that you are able to let go of the resentments and hurts that hold you back and consciously decide to move forward positively in life. When you forgive, you give yourself the opportunity to be the wonderful person you are deep inside.

Cheers,

Guy

The Self-Awareness Guy