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10 Examples of Self-Awareness - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

10 Examples of Self-Awareness

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Self-awareness is a state of being that is achieved when you deeply understand your own thoughts, emotions and behaviors. It’s the difference between living a conscious and unconscious life: In one case, you do things purposefully and with an understanding of yourself and other people and in the other you just kind of wing it.

Here are ten examples of self-awareness:

  • You’re able to recognize, monitor, and modulate your feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.
  • You’ve worked on resolving the difficult issues from your upbringing.
  • You’re comfortable in your own skin.
  • You’re able to build positive relationships with others.
  • You can empathize with others.
  • You treat people with kindness and respect.
  • You don’t fly off the handle.
  • Your general mood is positive and upbeat.
  • Difficult situations don’t destroy you because you’re aware of your abilities to overcome them.
  • You feel, think, and act in ways you can be proud of.

People run into all kinds of difficulties when they lack self-awareness because their thoughts, emotions and behaviors not only affect them but also others. When you achieve self-awareness you understand yourself to the point where you can consciously decide what you think, feel and do.

Cheers,
Guy

Also check out “6 Examples of Self-Awareness in Everyday Life” by Kara McDuffee at My Question Life for more ideas on how to develop self-awareness.

Self-Awareness, Dating, and Online Romance - On Developing Self-Awareness and Being Self-Aware

Self-Awareness, Dating, and Online Romance

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One proven way to find dates is to build self-awareness by working on yourself first and doing the things you love. Too often we spend a disproportionate amount of time trying to find the perfect person or mold someone else into what we would like rather than first understanding who we are and what we are looking for. The people who prove to be the most successful in dating at a meaningful level are those who are self-aware and surround themselves with people and activities that they really enjoy.

When you work on yourself and do things you love you begin moving your life in a direction where you move amongst people who have interests like yours. Find what it is that really makes you happy and move in those circles. In that way, you increase your chances of meeting someone who actually shares your interests and philosophy.

Get yourself as healthy and self-aware as possible and you will attract the same. The better you feel about yourself the more it wards off the people who love misery. You attract what you project. When you are healthy you realize that you deserve to be treated well and you tend to attract people who are in a similar state of mind. When you are unhealthy, people see you coming and you will attract people who are willing to capitalize on your vulnerability or share their misery with you.

A thought on online romance: People frequently rely on the internet to connect with others but there is a lot to be said for giving up the safety and fantasy of sitting at a computer for the greater challenge of meeting people face to face. Enjoy getting out there in the real world and show people who you are in person and that you deserve a healthy, rewarding relationship.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and date more healthily?

Cheers,

Guy

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Self-Awareness and Taking Action to Love Yourself

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As you’ve probably guessed from experience, loving yourself is about building self-awareness, doing things that lead to positive outcomes, and continuously improving yourself. An additional action you can take to learn how to love yourself is to find out who you are.

Set aside some time, without interruptions, to find out who you are. Ask yourself some self-discovery questions. What is my passion in life? What are the things I do well? What are the areas I can improve? What is my part in creating great relationships?

The process of loving ourselves comes from increasing self-awareness, understanding who we are, and working through the things that block our ability to love ourselves. For example: If you have difficulty committing in a relationship it may stem from something inside you that blocks you from accepting or giving love. If you identify what is blocking you it suddenly gives you a lot of power to change what you are doing.

Self-love is about practicing positive behaviors and experiencing the joy that comes from learning about yourself. What will you do to develop self-awareness and learn to love yourself?

Cheers,

Guy

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Self-Awareness Helps You Do Instead of Wish

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I’ve noticed over the years that a lot of people who lack self-awareness think wishing is the same as doing; they expect that if they just hope something happens, it will. Many people also live in a state of denial, where they pretend things are a certain way when they’re really not. There’s nothing wrong with wishing for wonderful things to happen, it’s just that results only come from living in reality and taking concrete action.

Part of self-awareness is having the ability to see how your actions in the present affect your future. Success rarely happens happens in life without ongoing, tangible efforts to make your wishes come true. I love providing life guidance for people who value self-awareness because they are already working on identifying who they are, where they want to go, and how they’re going to achieve their goals. They fulfill their aspirations by actually doing stuff.

The key to living a happy life is to have dreams and also take steps to make them come true. What will you do to develop self-awareness and actually do things instead of wishing they would happen?

Cheers,

Guy

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Self-Awareness Helps You Believe in Yourself

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Self-awareness helps you believe in yourself because, when you understand why you feel, think, and behave the way you do, you are able to appreciate your amazing talents and value the person you are.

We all reach points in our work lives where we may not believe in ourselves. Sometimes a difficult situation arises or a hurdle of some kind shakes your confidence. Perhaps you’ve had to endure long periods of disappointment or many challenges simultaneously. It’s very normal to reach these points in life.

Everyone has moments of self-doubt or insecurity. The key is to continue building self-awareness and keep believing in yourself even when you think there’s nothing to believe in. Here are six tips to help you believe in yourself even when things aren’t going so well:

  • Try not to take things personally. The events that happen in life are not personal slights, they are only events. Just as bad ones can occur, so can good ones.
  • Focus on the positive. If you tend to focus on what’s going wrong you may miss all the great things we are doing.
  • Make a list of the things you do well. It doesn’t have to be perfect or long, just write down some things you do well.
  • Feel free to dream. Dreaming is free and helps you get in a positive mindset where you look forward to the future.
  • Take action. Nothing reverses a lack of belief in oneself than taking action. Even if the things you do don’t lead to any immediate results you still have the satisfaction of doing something to improve your situation.
  • Breathe and take care of yourself. Take time to do calming, centering activities that don’t cost money and don’t require huge amounts of effort. Take a walk or some other thing you enjoy to break up the usual routine.

These ideas will help you find your balance again and believe in yourself. Life is often challenging but you have the ability to feel great about yourself no matter what comes your way. What will you do to develop self-awareness and believe in yourself?

Cheers,

Guy

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Self-Awareness Helps You Dream Big

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Self-awareness helps you dream big because, when you know yourself deep inside and understand your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, you’re able to move your life in any direction you wish.

If you’ve ever wanted to achieve something you’ve probably noticed that you get the results that you work on. If you have a small goal you tend to work toward that, if you have a larger vision you tend to move toward it.

A great way to accomplish almost anything is to start with a dream, a specific thing you would like to see happen or that excites you. The dream will guide all the actions to follow. Think about the following questions as you build self-awareness and pursue your dream:

1. What would I love to do, what is my dream?

2. What are the reasons this dream is important to me?

3. What small action can I take today to make my dream come true?

If you dream big you are constantly moving toward expansive and exciting horizons. It doesn’t mean that all you do are grand, sweeping thing, it just requires that you work toward something that really helps you stretch and grow as a person.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and dream big?

Cheers,

Guy

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10 Benefits of Self-Awareness

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Self-awareness offers many benefits to help you live a happier, more fulfilling and genuine life:

  1. The ability to act consciously instead of reacting to people and events.
  2. The ability to genuinely love yourself.
  3. Being authentically happy rather than pretending you are.
  4. Greater depth of experience and enjoyment of life.
  5. The ability to redirect your negative thoughts and emphasize positive ones.
  6. Behaving positively instead of creating additional obstacles.
  7. Enjoying positive interpersonal relationships.
  8. Being the real you.
  9. Living courageously and without limits.
  10. The ability to make your dreams come true.

What would your life look like if you did all these ten things on a regular basis? Self-awareness is a powerful tool to help you live the life you’ve always wanted rather than settling for whatever comes your way. What will you do to live a more conscious life?

Cheers,

Guy

The Self-Awareness Guy