Self-Awareness and Envisioning Your Future - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Awareness and Envisioning Your Future

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A lot of people stumble along their self-awareness journey because they forget to visualize what they want to achieve. The key to successful personal development is to be able to envision yourself as being the person you want to be. Take some time to picture what your goal is; what it feels like; what you see; what’s happening around you. Let go of negative thoughts that tell you can’t do it or other noise that only gets in the way. Picture success and you’ll head in that direction.

You might find it helpful to consider the following ideas to help you build your self-awareness and vision:

  • Look deep inside yourself and identify what you really want to do in life.
  • Pick one thing to start working on.
  • Do one small thing each day to work toward your goal.
  • Keep doing small things until you feel like you’ve reached your goal.
  • When you reach your goal, evaluate what you did well and what you would improve.
  • Start the process over again.

Picturing your future doesn’t require some magic insight, all you have to do is take action each day to move in the direction of your dreams. Remember that it’s the act of continuously doing small things that will get you where you want to be. Along the way you’ll learn and grow and become more self-aware.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and envision your future?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness and The Big Mouth - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Awareness and The Big Mouth

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People who lack self-awareness have no idea what’s coming out of their mouths and they’ll say things that reveal their inner thoughts and get them in trouble at work and at home. We see examples of this all around us when people make sexist, racially tinged or other inappropriate or clumsy comments because they have limited understanding of how their statements might affect others. It happens a lot in the workplace when leaders trample on their employees or hurt them in some way without realizing that there are other options.

A major element of self-awareness is the ability to practice effective communication, as in, thinking before you speak and, more importantly, being as healthy a person as you possibly can be so that you understand how not to step on others. Here are some tips to heal a case of big mouth:

  • Listen more than you talk.
  • Think before you speak.
  • Resist the urge to say the first thing that comes to your mind.
  • Ask yourself how your words might be perceived by others.
  • If you think what you have to say might be offensive, it will likely be.
  • Clarify what’s going on by asking open-ended questions.
  • Ask people for feedback.
  • Watch people’s facial expressions and reactions.
  • Choose to step outside yourself and consider others’ feelings.
  • Think of a kind way of saying things.
  • Say things that build people up.
  • Monitor your own body language and reactions.

When you practice these behaviors you’ll run a far smaller risk of finding a foot lodged in your mouth and you’ll build a more compassionate and respectful workplace. You’ll also save time and effort because you won’t have to deal with the misunderstandings or conflicts that arise when the message is clouded by extraneous elements. What will you do to make sure you’re communicating effectively, kindly and compassionately?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness and Finding Your Own Level - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Awareness and Finding Your Own Level

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An important part of building self-awareness is understanding the reasons why you surround yourself with certain people and how they affect the trajectory of your life. Ever notice that people tend to hang out with others who mirror or reinforce their behaviors? That’s great if they’re doing wonderfully positive things but quite another if they’re not.

Water seeks its own level because it doesn’t want to be out of balance. People are the same way because they can only achieve at the level they are ready for and seek out others who are at a similar stage. Difficulties and complications arise when individuals are deeply wounded or hurt inside and connect with others who join them because they are feeling the same way. It’s how groups of people band together and do all kinds of awful things.

Thankfully, you don’t have to live your life stuck in one place, you can keep increasing your self-awareness, improving yourself, building your self-esteem, and working on being a wonderful person. As you live more fully and authentically, you will attract people into your life who value how genuinely healthy you are and want to accompany you on your journey.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and find your own level?

Cheers,

Guy

7 Examples of the Importance of Self-Awareness - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

7 Examples of the Importance of Self-Awareness

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Self-awareness is an important tool to help you succeed at a higher level. When you understand yourself well, you live your life consciously rather than just letting it happen to you. Here are seven examples of the importance of self-awareness:

  • You can connect more easily with other people.
  • You treat people with kindness and compassion and have them do the same for you.
  • You follow your true path in life.
  • You build a career you love based on your natural talents and abilities.
  • You live authentically and openly.
  • You resolve your inner issues so they don’t get in the way of your progress.
  • You can be yourself at all times instead of pretending to be someone else.

Imagine if you did all these things, think of the positive impact it would have on your life. When you build self-awareness, you give yourself the opportunity to enjoy who you really are and experience things at an entirely different level. What would you add to this list?

Cheers,

Guy

 

Self-Awareness and the Key to Achievement - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Awareness and the Key to Achievement

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When I help people figure out what they want out of life a common theme arises time after time: that every movement in our lives starts with us. This seems like a basic concept but it can have profound implications. We can choose to build self-awareness and move in a different direction at any time, but we have to start. Here are some steps you may try to get going:

1. Think of something you want to achieve in your life.
2. Think of one thing you can do today to achieve your goal.
3. Take action and do it.
4. Praise yourself for actions you complete.
5. Ask yourself, “What did I learn about myself?”
6. Repeat.

People just like you create amazing change in their lives by being self-aware and taking action. It’s incredible how much control we have over our lives if we consciously do things to change it. All it takes is deciding that we are going to do something and then following through.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and achieve what you want in life?

Cheers,

Guy

Finding Meaning in Life with Self-Awareness - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Finding Meaning in Life with Self-Awareness

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Countless earnest people put a lot of time and effort into finding meaning in life but don’t actually experience it because they look to outside sources rather than looking inside themselves. A major element of self-awareness is developing the ability to understand yourself so well that the meaning of life becomes clear to you because you’re living from the core of your being.

When you’re looking for meaning, it’s important to build self-awareness and examine the inner workings of your mind and heart, where the answers reside. Take the time to find out who you genuinely are and what you really want to do in life and you’ll become more fulfilled from the inside out. For example: I found great significance when I finally decided to be a poet because I knew it reflected the authentic me. Now I live each day full of joy and purpose.

You can spend a lifetime looking outside yourself for happiness but it won’t be as satisfying as simply following your true path. As you increase your self-awareness, you’ll find that the answers you’ve been looking for will reveal themselves. What will you do to develop self-awareness and find meaning in life?

Cheers,

Guy

10 Signs You Lack Self-Awareness - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

10 Signs You Lack Self-Awareness

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Here are ten signs you lack self-awareness:

  • You always feel off-balance.
  • You can’t seem to control your emotions: You’re angry, or sad, or scared a lot of the time.
  • You do things to not feel your emotions.
  • You have unresolved issues in your life that affect you and others adversely.
  • You feel like you’re living life as someone else.
  • You don’t know who you really are deep inside.
  • There is a lot of conflict in your life, within yourself and with others.
  • You feel like you’re not following your true path in life.
  • You’re unhappy with how your life is going.
  • You listen to others instead of listening to your inner voice.

If you recognize yourself in any of these items then you have a great opportunity to take an honest look at yourself and start working on being the best version of you possible. Self-awareness isn’t something that happens automatically, you have to identify the areas in your life that require some attention and work on them so you become a healthier more well-rounded person.

Cheers,

Guy

The Self-Awareness Guy