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Using Self-Awareness to Take Care of Yourself at Work - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Using Self-Awareness to Take Care of Yourself at Work

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Self-awareness can help you take care of yourself at work. We’re not always taught how to look after ourselves at work. We pack our work lives full of activities and tasks but we don’t take the time to nurture ourselves. Building your self-awareness and taking care of yourself is important because it makes you more effective in all areas of your work experience and helps you recharge your batteries.

Try these ideas to bring some balance into your work life and smooth out some of the bumps.

  1. Stop. Take a moment during your day to do nothing and just relax. Lie down, take a nap, go for a walk or just look outside. The idea is to just stop and enjoy a slower pace.
  2. Breathe. Take deep breaths, slow and controlled. Inhale fully and exhale. Think of yourself inhaling serenity and exhaling stress.
  3. Think of something joyful and fun. Sweep aside all the garbled noise that clutters your brain and focus on thinking of something that makes you feel great.
  4. Find a way to vent. Find someone who will listen to you without interrupting and who will simply be there for you to talk about whatever you want.
  5. Celebrate yourself. Do nice things for yourself that don’t cost money. Give yourself a pat on the back and give yourself kudos for the things you’ve accomplished.

The key to taking care of yourself at work is to forget about others and focus on you. Try the ideas we’ve discussed here to introduce some calm into your work life and heal yourself. You deserve it.

What will you do to increase your self-awareness and take care of yourself at work?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Aware People Are Open-Minded - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Aware People Are Open-Minded

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People who possess self-awareness tend to be open-minded because they are able to examine, reflect upon, and even critique themselves. When you’re open-minded you do things like:

  • Examine yourself.
  • Welcome new points of view.
  • Change your mind.
  • See things from various perspectives.
  • Venture into the dark side as well as the light.
  • See each day as an opportunity to explore something.
  • Share your deeper self with the world.

If you’re closed-minded you do the opposite of these things and you live a very different kind of life. One of the reasons I love providing life guidance, workshops, and retreats for people who value self-awareness is that they are receptive to new and interesting ways of seeing things.

Cheers,

Guy

What Are the Benefits of Self-Awareness? - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

What Are the Benefits of Self-Awareness?

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A lot of people ask me, “What are the benefits of self-awareness?” Here are some examples:

  • You know yourself better, you understand your strengths and areas for improvement.
  • You live as the real you, not someone else.
  • You heal the hurts from your past.
  • You live consciously, following your true path in life instead of just letting things randomly happen to you.
  • You learn how to emphasize the positive aspects of your personality.
  • Your thoughts match your actions and move in a positive direction.
  • You live courageously instead of fearfully.
  • You avoid making the same mistakes over and over.
  • You get along well with other people and enjoy more fulfilling relationships.
  • You do nice things for others.
  • You’re open to a wide range of ideas and experiences.
  • You make the world a better place.
  • You shine.

If you think about it, self-awareness just means that you know yourself so well that you become amazingly happy and balanced, which in turn allows you to live a wonderful life.

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Aware People Treat Others Well - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Aware People Treat Others Well

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A big part of self-awareness is to be so happy with yourself that it influences your interactions with others positively. It means that you’re healthy, balanced and able to treat others well. When people are unhappy they tend to put their problems on others and interact in less than optimal ways. The better you feel about yourself, the better you’ll treat others and the more positive results you’ll experience.

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Aware People Can Tell When They're Not Really Happy - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Aware People Can Tell When They’re Not Really Happy

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Self-aware people can tell when they’re not really happy because they have the ability to monitor and manage their emotions, thoughts, and actions. There are a lot of people out there who lack self-awareness and pretend they’re happy when they’re actually miserable. Here are twelve signs you’re not happy:

  • You put other people down.
  • You compete with others to boost your own self-image.
  • You say negative things.
  • You look stressed out or ill at ease.
  • You dedicate your life to causes that hurt people.
  • You defend reprehensible behaviors.
  • You have a history of poor relationships.
  • You say one thing and do another.
  • You live in fear.
  • You do what other people tell you to do.
  • You lack self-awareness.
  • You insist you’re really happy to hide how you really feel.

The key to being truly happy in life is to practice self-awareness and be the person you are at your core, the real you. One of the reasons I love connecting with people who value self-awareness is because their energy comes from a place of introspection, genuineness, creativity, and abundance. The easiest way to tell whether someone is happy is by just watching what they do. Happy people behave kindly, spread joy, and make the world a better place for themselves and others.

What will you do to be self-aware and truly happy?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness and Dismissing the Difficult Questions in Life - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Awareness and Dismissing the Difficult Questions in Life

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Many people who lack self-awareness make a habit of dismissing the difficult questions in life like:

  • Why am I here?
  • Who am I?
  • What do I really want to do in life?
  • What is the meaning of life?
  • Why do I have to die?
  • What happens when I die?
  • What brings me deeper meaning in life?
  • What issues do I need to heal to live more fully?
  • How do I find inner peace and balance?
  • What kind of a person am I?
  • How can I help resolve the formidable issues facing humanity?

When people are confronted with daunting, complex, challenging questions that make them uncomfortable, they often stick their heads in the sand. Some individuals spend their whole lives avoiding even thinking about these issues, not realizing that it’s crucial to find the answers in order to live meaningfully and happily.

The more you know yourself, the easier it is to contemplate even the most mystifying conundrums because you can draw upon a deep reservoir of inner knowledge, understanding, and insight which allows you to think creatively and expansively. What will you do to answer the difficult questions in life?

Take care

Guy

Self-Awareness and Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Awareness and Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone

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When you possess a high level of self-awareness you’re able to step outside your comfort zone more easily because you understand your strengths and abilities as well as your areas for improvement. The reason so many people have a difficult time with change is that they only know how to do things one way and don’t realize that there may be other equally or more viable options available to them. Here are some tips to build your self-awareness and move in a positive direction:

  • Recognize that you’re uncomfortable.
  • Remind yourself that you can handle anything.
  • Remind yourself that you have options.
  • Make a list of positive alternatives to what you are doing right now.
  • Pick one of the alternatives and start working on it.
  • Practice your new approach until you get good at it.
  • If you run into another wall, repeat the process.

Discomfort often comes from not realizing that there are many other opportunities available to you. The next time you feel like you can’t do something or it’s too daunting, take a deep breath and deliberately walk yourself through this process instead of doing what you’ve always done. What will you do to begin consciously stepping outside your comfort zone?

Cheers,

Guy

The Self-Awareness Guy