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Self-Awareness and Thinking about Others

January 14, 2023 / The Self-Awareness Guy / Self-Awareness, Self-Consciousness / Awareness of Emotions, Examples of Self-Awareness, Lacking Self-Awareness, Self-Awareness Examples, Self-Knowledge, What Is Self-Awareness

Perhaps you’ve met individuals who assure you they possess self-awareness and then trample all over other people. It’s like the boss who says she’s wonderful and caring and shouts at her employees or the husband who says he’s a great guy but does things that deeply hurt his spouse.

When you have a high level of self-awareness you naturally think about others. The more comfortable and knowledgeable you are about what drives your thoughts, feelings and behaviors, the more likely you will be to feel happy and balanced and treat other people in a caring, compassionate way. If you solely care about your money, your power, your own success, your immediate needs, your safety, or your own point of view, you’re less likely to think about other people.

The key to living a genuinely fulfilling, happy life is to realize that you can take care of yourself and others, not just one or the other. As you become healthier and more tuned in to who you are deep inside, you’re much more likely to help others do the same. What will you do to keep building your self-awareness and thinking about others?

Cheers,

Guy

What Is Self Awareness and Why Is It Important?

January 13, 2023 / The Self-Awareness Guy / Self and Self-Awareness / A Self-Awareness, Self-Awareness Meaning, Self-Knowledge, What Is Self-Awareness

People often ask me what is self-awareness and why is it important? In a nutshell, self-awareness is the ability to understand who you are and why you feel, think, and behave the way you do. It’s important because it means the difference between living with your eyes closed or open, being unconscious or conscious.

Think of someone you know who never seems to have a clue about what they’re doing or why things are happening in their lives; that’s a person without self-awareness. People who know themselves well are able to live much deeper, more fulfilling and balanced lives as opposed to just stumbling from one accident to another. Here are some of the characteristics of people who possesses a high level of self-awareness:

They heal the hurts from their past.
They know who they are deep inside and what they really want to do in life.
They understand why they feel, think, and act the way they do.
They are able to step outside themselves and empathize with others.
They enjoy more meaningful interpersonal relationships.
They get along with others.
They don’t need to control everything.
They don’t have to win all the time.
They constantly learn and grow.
They understand how their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors affect not only them, but others, as well as society in general.
They care about reality.
They’re comfortable with themselves.
They’re generally happier.
They make the world a better place.

The reason why self-awareness is so important is that it gives you the opportunity to live consciously and actually affect your destiny. People who are self-aware are able to enjoy living at a more meaningful level.

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness and Negative Beliefs

January 10, 2023 / The Self-Awareness Guy / Self-Awareness, Self-Consciousness / A Self-Awareness, Awareness of Emotions, Examples of Self-Awareness, Self-Awareness Examples, Self-Knowledge, What Is Self-Awareness, Work Environment and Self-Awareness

When you possess a high degree of self-awareness you tend to bypass negative beliefs because you have a more complete understanding of what’s really going on inside and around you and how you can move things in a positive direction rather than staying stuck in fear, superstition, inaction or inauthenticity. Here are some ideas to help you reduce the negativity:

Realize that you can’t possibly control everything around you.
Work actively on understanding yourself on a deeper level.
Take action each day to do things that are meaningful to you.
Believe that your perception of the world doesn’t have to be negative.
See the big picture rather than getting mired in endless detail.
Focus on what’s going well.
Learn to redirect negative feelings and replace them with positive alternatives.

Negative people and events can’t hold you back if you don’t let them. You have many options available to you rather than despairing or giving up, what will you do to increase your self-awareness and get rid of negative beliefs?

Cheers,

Guy