Self-Consciousness Archives – Page 26 of 31

Self-Awareness Means Living Authentically

March 16, 2023 - The Self-Awareness Guy

When you possess self-awareness you live authentically, which means that you do things like:

Look at yourself honestly, openly and continuously.
Strive to understand who you are deep inside.
Think, feel and behave like the real you.
Realize how your actions affect you and others.
Think and behave in ways that make you and others happy.
Understand the interrelations between people.
Behave with kindness and empathy.
You’re genuinely happy with yourself.
Actively heal your hurts.
You’re willing to work on any area of your life that needs strengthening.
You’re committed to learning about yourself, others and the world at large and continue growing.
Let go of fear.
Look below the surface.
Live your dreams.

When you do these types of things you tap into who you are as a person deep inside. The key to living a happy, fulfilling life is to be true to yourself and live in a way that brings you meaning. What will you do to live authentically?

Cheers,

Guy

Selective Self-Awareness

March 16, 2023 - The Self-Awareness Guy

The path to self-awareness is populated by many individuals who claim to know and understand themselves but do things like:

Treat people poorly.
Work out their personal issues on others.
Don’t understand why they think, feel and behave the way they do.
Are mesmerized or infatuated by the concept of self-awareness but reluctant to take a deeper look at themselves.
Are stuck thinking and behaving the way they always have.
Live life unconsciously.
Are healthy in one part of their lives but profoundly damaged in others.
The various parts of their personality don’t interact well.
The have unhealed hurts and unresolved issues but conveniently ignore them.

When you possess genuine self-awareness you understand yourself on a deeper level and live a life of balance and compassion because you know your strengths and areas for improvement and are constantly working on being the most balanced and healthy you possible. You’re whole overall, not just in bits and pieces. What will you do to move past selective self-awareness?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness Leads to Emotional Intelligence

March 15, 2023 - The Self-Awareness Guy

When you have a high level of self-awareness you naturally build up your emotional intelligence because you’re able to:

Feel your full range of emotions.
Think of emotions as a natural part of life.
Be in touch with the four basic emotions: happiness, sadness, anger, and fear.
Be comfortable when other people show their emotions.
Value and appreciate being touchy-feely.
Heal your own emotional wounds.
Be conscious of your emotions instead of letting them rule you unconsciously.
Use your emotions to move toward positive results.
Use your emotions to build a better world.

A huge part of self-awareness is being so comfortable with your emotions that you do positive things for yourself and others. So many problems occur because people don’t have any emotional intelligence, imagine what the world would be like if people knew what to do with their sadness, anger, and fear. Self-awareness leads to emotional intelligence because once you know yourself well, you naturally are comfortable with the amazing range of emotions that are part of you.

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness and Fear of Emotions

March 14, 2023 - The Self-Awareness Guy

When you have self-awareness, you’re probably more comfortable with your emotions than most people. Much of our culture is based on a fear of emotions, except for the approved ones: anger and fake happiness. We worship the strong silent type who doesn’t say much or the sports hero who just goes out and does his thing in a physical way. The challenge with not acknowledging the full range of human emotions is that you stay stuck at a certain point of your development, and you still experience them whether you want to or not.

People who possess self-awareness understand that life is brimming with swirling feelings and that we all have vast reservoirs of emotion and pathos. I’ve consistently noticed over years of training and consulting for others that the strongest people aren’t those who pretend to be strong by acting stoic or aloof, it’s the ones who face the full range of human emotions head-on rather than trying to pretend they don’t exist.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and welcome emotions?

Cheers,

Guy

11 Ways to Improve Your Life Right Now with Self-Awareness

March 13, 2023 - The Self-Awareness Guy

There’s a big difference between letting life happen to you and having he self-awareness to consciously choosing what you think and do. You can live a happy, meaningful, and fulfilling life at any time by deciding that you’re going to do it. If you’re not quite sure how to begin, here are ten ways to improve your life starting right now:

Let go of the need to control events and other people.
Think and behave positively.
Love yourself and others unconditionally.
Heal your hurts, especially the ones you don’t want to look at.
Help others without expecting anything in return.
Discover what you really want to do in life and take daily small steps to make it happen.
Experience all your feelings and learn how to guide them in a positive direction.
Spend time doing the things that matter in life; like working on your dreams or hugging your significant other.
Surround yourself with people who appreciate the real you.
Be open to increasing your self-awareness throughout your life.
Be yourself.

Improving your life requires commitment and effort. Try these ideas and, over time, you’ll improve your quality of life because you’ll be more self-aware and thinking and behaving in ways that lead to deeper happiness. Remember that you don’t have to everything at once, start with one item and then move on to the next.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and improve your life?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness and Taking Action

March 12, 2023 - The Self-Awareness Guy

A major element of self-awareness is understanding what motivates you and actually doing things to create positive movement in your life. I’ve consulted for and trained a lot of people over the years and I’ve noticed that there is often a disconnect between what they say they want to do and what they actually do. People mean well but very often they don’t know how to follow through to reach their goals. The missing ingredient is taking action.

In order to do anything in life it’s important to actually do stuff. If all you do is think about things, you’ll live a great imaginary life but not get a lot done in the physical world. Achievements don’t just appear out of thin air, they require deliberate and conscious effort. You have to actually move from thinking about things in your head to doing things in the outside world.

People who value self-awareness tend to understand the process of working hard each day to get to know themselves better and continue moving in the direction of their dreams. What are your thoughts on taking action?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness Helps Resolve Unresolved Issues

March 12, 2023 - The Self-Awareness Guy

For people who lack self-awareness, it’s difficult to even contemplate resolving unresolved issues. It’s a huge challenge to look at ourselves and acknowledge the deep, dark secrets and traumas that guide us or even hold us back in life but it’s a major part of building self-awareness.

I used to live a life where I would do anything but resolve my issues and the results were predictably horrible. I would react to anything and everything based on my inner hurts and make a mess of things without even trying. I had very limited coping skills for any kind of challenging situation and my interpersonal relationship skills were a shambles.

As I’ve continued to work on increasing my self-awareness and resolving my past pain, I’ve become more balanced and happy. I now can think before I act instead of flailing in distress. I much prefer being able to make calm, conscious decisions instead of letting life just happen to me.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and resolve your unresolved issues?

Cheers,

Guy