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Self-Awareness and Finding Purpose in Life

September 22, 2024 - The Self-Awareness Guy

Finding purpose in life can be a daunting challenge. There are countless people out there right at this moment who don’t know who they are or what they really want to do in life. That’s a recipe for a lot of confusion and fear. Here are some questions you can ask yourself to increase your self-awareness and find your purpose in life:

What would I do in life if money were no object?
What do I love doing more than anything else?
What brings me great fulfillment when I’m doing it?
What do I want to do in life that doesn’t involve other people?
What is my true path in life and what am I doing to follow it?
What am I doing to celebrate who I really am deep inside?

When you ask yourself questions like these, you build self-awareness and start moving in the direction of your dreams. Having a purpose in life isn’t a mystery, it just requires that you look deep inside, figure out who you are, and follow your own path.

What will you do to improve your self-awareness and find purpose in life?

Cheers,

Guy

15 Benefits of Developing Self-Awareness

September 12, 2024 - The Self-Awareness Guy

Here are fifteen benefits of developing self-awareness:

You heal the hurts from your past.
You’re in touch with your emotions, are able to feel them, and can use them to move in a positive direction. You’re also comfortable with other people’s emotions.
You understand your strengths and areas for improvement.
You treat yourself and others with kindness, empathy, and compassion.
You do things to make the world a better place.
You focus on the deeper things in life rather than living superficially.
You get to know the real you and live your life accordingly.
You let go of the need for power and control and focus instead on being the best person you can be without dominating others or having to win.
People like you at home and at work.
You don’t have the constant internal conflict of saying one thing and doing another.
You’re generally happy and balanced, even in difficult situations.
You understand why you feel, think, and do things.
You learn and grow each day.
You become a nice person.
You enjoy life.

When you develop self-awareness you have a wonderful opportunity to move beyond all the garbage that creates conflict, chaos, confusion, and misery in your life and focus instead on living a kind, joyful, deeply introspective and fulfilling existence. When you’re fully self-aware, you no longer live day to day, reacting to everything, you get to be the real you and do what you really love in life.

Cheers,

Guy

People with Self-Awareness Understand That Feelings Are Normal

June 4, 2024 - The Self-Awareness Guy

A big part of self-awareness is realizing that feelings are a natural part of being human. It’s normal to have feelings, although countless numbers of people do everything possible to avoid them. This leads to individuals who only allow themselves to feel certain things and try to ignore the remainder.

I knew a person years ago who had a really tough time admitting any vulnerability or fear. He lived a life where he seemed invincible but was falling apart inside, and it eventually began to show. He gradually fell apart, behaving erratically and distancing himself from others. He thought he was protecting himself but he was really isolating himself from meaningful human interaction, all because he was avoiding feeling fear.

Feelings are a normal part of life, no matter how difficult they may appear to be. They are signals from out minds and bodies that something needs attention. They tell us how we’re doing. When I have uncomfortable feelings of any kind, I try to acknowledge them and feel them fully. I honor what my body is telling me and experience it as much as possible so I can heal and move forward positively.

We can only be truly happy in life when we have the self-awareness necessary to be at peace with all our emotions. What will you do to increase your self-awareness and get in touch with your feelings?

Cheers,

Guy

How to Use Self-Awareness to Fix a Relationship Problem

May 15, 2024 - The Self-Awareness Guy

Self-awareness can help you fix your relationship problems because, when the people involved understand and can manage their emotions, thoughts, and actions, they are in a good position to resolve the situation.

Many people experience difficulties in their relationships and don’t know what to do about them. They repeat an endless cycle of getting hurt, hurting back and perpetuating the hurt through their actions. It even happens in dating situations and marriages where both people are kind, intelligent and caring. So what is it that causes this conflict and what can we do to increase our self-awareness and do something about the issue? It helps to first examine why conflict occurs. Here are some of the causes:

Neither person understands the other person’s point of view.
There is not a meeting of the minds on issues.
Neither side backs down.
Each side tries to win.
Neither side has the skills or knowledge to fix the problem.
The people involved are hurt, angry, frustrated or sad.

The good news is that you can help your situation by being self-aware and thinking about new ways of doing things. The key point is to start a process where nobody wins and both of you collaborate to find a solution that works for everyone involved. Consider using the following ideas to begin increasing your self-awareness and connecting with your significant other in ways that will benefit both of you.

You both agree to talk.
Set up an interruption-free time to talk.
Agree on one thing to talk about.
Brainstorm possible ideas to fix the problem.
Evaluate each option.
Agree together on the resolution that works best for both of you.
Work together to take action on the resolution.
Move to the next problem.
Think about getting a neutral person involved to mediate.

I also encourage my clients to do away with the word “problem” and look at the challenges in life as opportunities for personal growth and movement in a more positive direction. Looking at challenging situations in a positive light gives you the opportunity to actually fix things rather than repeating the same patterns.

So the next time you are in the middle of a fight, redirect your thoughts to the possibility that both of you can work together and purposefully resolve the matter. What will you do to increase your self-awareness and fix your relationship problems?

Cheers,

Guy

15 Benefits of Self-Awareness

April 5, 2024 - The Self-Awareness Guy

There are many benefits of self-awareness including:

Knowing yourself on a deeper level.
Listening to your inner voice.
Not having to live someone else’s life.
Living the life you want to.
Thinking, feeling and behaving positively.
Understanding why you think, feel and behave the way you do.
Being open to learning and growing.
Making your dreams come true.
Treating yourself and others well.
Living mindfully and consciously.
Being proactive rather than reactive.
Experiencing deep happiness and fulfillment.
Living authentically and meaningfully.
Simplifying your life.
You get to be the real you.

When you possess a high level of self-awareness, you honor who you really are and live a life where you don’t have to pretend you’re someone else. You also get to enjoy the peace of mind that comes from finally being able to be yourself. What will you do to live a self-aware life?

Cheers,

Guy

Characteristics of Someone with Self-Awareness

March 6, 2024 - The Self-Awareness Guy

People frequently ask me to describe the characteristics of someone with self-awareness, here are some examples:

They’re in touch with their emotions and are comfortable with them, even when they’re unpleasant or difficult.
They’re comfortable with other people’s emotions.
Their thinking matches objective reality; they don’t make up scenarios that aren’t based on demonstrable fact.
They’re able to manage their thinking patterns and move even their most difficult thoughts in a positive direction.
Their actions lead in a positive direction for them and for others.
They deeply understand their strengths as well as their areas for improvement.
They’re always working on becoming the best version of themselves possible.
They work hard to heal their inner hurts, preferably by going to a professional therapist.
They’re genuinely happy with who they are deep inside.
They follow their dreams.
They live as themselves.
They’re open to new people, ideas, challenges and changes.
They relate well to others and build positive relationships.
They treat themselves and others with kindness and compassion.
They make the world a better place because they’re so comfortable with themselves that they’re able to freely help others.

Imagine your life if you possessed any number of these qualities. The wonderful thing is you can achieve them all if you choose to actively develop your self-awareness.

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness and Perseverance

December 22, 2023 - The Self-Awareness Guy

Perseverance is one of the most important traits a person can possess and is part of self-awareness. People who are able to understand and manage their own emotions, thoughts, and actions persevere more and move past the challenges in their lives.

To me it means having the self-awareness necessary to move forward and trust my inner voice no matter what happens. Very often, talented people will stifle their work or choose a “safer” career path because of what they heard from well-meaning people as they were growing up. I’ve found it helpful to keep going in spite of any inside and outside disparagement and just do my thing.

It doesn’t take superhuman effort to keep going, simply do one small thing each day that helps you continue your journey. Keep building your self-awareness so you can continue clarifying what you really want to do in life. Repeated modest actions will eventually add up to a great body of work and deep fulfillment. How will you build up your self-awareness and keep persevering?

Cheers,

Guy