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Self Awareness

The document discusses the importance of self-awareness and why writing a self-awareness essay can help people gain insights. It notes that self-awareness involves having a clear understanding of one's personality, strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and ability to accurately judge one's own performance. Developing self-awareness is important for success since it helps avoid mistakes and stay calm. The document provides tips for cultivating self-awareness such as practicing introspection, identifying limiting beliefs, showing gratitude, and seeking to understand others rather than be right.
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Self Awareness

The document discusses the importance of self-awareness and why writing a self-awareness essay can help people gain insights. It notes that self-awareness involves having a clear understanding of one's personality, strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and ability to accurately judge one's own performance. Developing self-awareness is important for success since it helps avoid mistakes and stay calm. The document provides tips for cultivating self-awareness such as practicing introspection, identifying limiting beliefs, showing gratitude, and seeking to understand others rather than be right.
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See Why Self Awareness Essay Is An

Essay We All Should Write About


Imagine an individual Without an awareness of his/her personality, including
strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs, motivation, and emotions. Question is
can such a person exist?

Well at the end of this article we definitely will know. So let look at why self
awareness essay is an essay we all should write about.

From what what I said earlier about what we should imagine, we can say that
Self Awareness is the possession of a clear perception of your personality,
including strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs, motivation, and as well
emotions.

Well it’s not limited to that only. It is also the thinking skill that focuses on an
individuals ability to accurately judge their own performance and behavior and
to respond appropriately to different social situations.

Note that Self Awareness allows you to understand other people,


how they perceive you, your attitude and your responses to
them in the moment.

Moving forward.

Many people are struggling with success when it comes to their social lives or
economic matters precisely because they’re not self-aware enough.

This is due to the fact that self-awareness is doubtlessly one of the key factors of
success in today’s world, largely because it helps you avoid making errors
ahead of time and is a crucial aspect of the introspection that most experts rely
upon to keep themselves calm and collected.

The list of things self aware people do includes;

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They know they need certainty and uncertainty
Humans need certainty and uncertainty. This is a fact.

Too much certainty = boredom.

Too much uncertainty = anxiety.

It’s good to be certain about your health, about your relationships, about your
finances.

But imagine being certain about every single minute of every single day of your
entire life. How boring would that be? How depressing would that be?

We need both.

They know they’re more than their thoughts


You’re the one who experiences your thoughts. Also, you’re the one who hears
them. You’re the one who can control them.

So, you must be something else. Something different. Something more.

That means that you’re not required to do whatever your thoughts wish for you
to do. You don’t have to obey them. They’re not in charge — you are. The real
you.

It’s like this quote from Michael A. Singer, author of The Surrender Experiment
and The Untethered Soul:

“The day you decide you are more interested in being aware of your thoughts
than you are in the thoughts themselves — that is the day you will find your way
out.”

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Another word that give me reason to talk about here is
“Consciousness”

Consciousness is the state of being aware of an external object or something


within oneself, e.g. being aware of one’s body, lifestyle, character traits,
etc. Self-awareness is recognition of that awareness (awareness of awareness, if
that makes sense) along with capacity for introspection and the ability to
recognize oneself as an individual separate from everything else in one’s
environment.

Let me tell you also self consciousness can come a bit late when you are carried
away. Now you would say what do I mean

There is this video that trended on the internet one certain time of an Argentina
pop singer Laura Miller, who was carried away by her performance that she
failed to notice that one of her bre@st was out.

Before we continue let’s see take a look at the short video

When in the zone and experiencing “flow” moments, we are not self-
aware. Attention is focused on the activity, not on oneself. Watch a great
athlete, and in the the moment, they are focused entirely on the game.

In flow, we ‘forget’ ourselves and lose track of time. In these moments, we are
happy, alert, and unselfconscious. These moments of low self-awareness have
an authenticity to them and as humans we known how to identify them in
others. When self-awareness is heightened, we can pick out the resultant
nervousness and insecurity.

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So Quickly Let Look at some self awareness steps

1. Understand he drive of conflict.


The source of all conflict is the concept that we operate in a world of lack and
need to fight to pool limited resources (clients, money) to pay for our survival.

To survive in this space and remain competitive we must protect our identities as
the “The smartest”, “Most competent” or “I am a warrior”

2. Meta-cognition
The practice of being a neutral observer of yourself. This means that while going
throughout your day you notice what thoughts and emotions arise within you in
different interactions, and resist making a judgment about them, but instead
just making mental notes.

3. Identify Self Limiting beliefs / Insecurities


Another device of the ego is the internal dialogue it uses to perpetuate our
fears, false beliefs and feelings of inadequacy.

It is that little voice that whispers “You’re not good enough”, “You don’t deserve
that kind of success.” or “They will think I am imperfect.” This voice of false self-
limiting ideations that can only be undone by identifying the neuro-program’s
origin, challenging its credibility then redefining it to serve one’s desires and full
potential

4. Introspection
The practice of thinking about what you have observed and finding correlations
in thinking patterns. Again, not using judgment, guilt or shame, but getting to
the root of what and why behind the thinking patterns you have developed.

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5. Practice gratitude.
It’s easy to focus on the negative, we all know that. But, by setting aside some
time each day to count your blessings and to be grateful for what you have in
your life, it will make it easier to let go of the negative and begin to live a life of
fulfillment.

6. Paradigm Shift
The practice of realizing what patterns of thinking no longer hold value for you.
Things that are based on what you believed were valid that were possibly
expected of you from someone else, rather than aligning with your innate value
system.

7. Safe Place Practice (Forgiveness of Self and others)


Another powerful technique for self awareness is forgiveness. What are we
judging about ourselves? What act or past deed are we still hanging ourselves
for and refusing to forgive? These are some of the questions we need to ask.

The old saying “hurt people, hurt people”, exemplifies that people in their own
perceived survival will do whatever they need to do to survive. Similar to the
idea of a drowning man getting rescued will, in his fear, inadvertently drown his
rescuers.

8. Recalibration
The practice of self-inquiry or asking yourself what you truly desire in life for
yourself and others. Making a commitment to following your values and not
being swayed by other’s expectations or value systems.

9. Re-alignment
The practice of creating thinking patterns that are in harmony with what you
value, so that what you think, say, and do are all in agreement.
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10. Seek to understand, not to be right.
Leading on from the above, you owe it to yourself to put your ego aside and to
understand what you can learn in each trying situation.

As soon as you feel a negative emotion arise or you want to argue your point,
decide to remove yourself from the situation and become an observer of
yourself or choose to sit in the feeling for a moment and then let it go.

11. Personal Empowerment


The practice of becoming stronger because you now act from a place that
resonates with what you believe in and have removed the mental clutter and
confusion of what “should” be done to what you want to do.

12. Explore differences


As human beings, we tend to gloss over the differences of those we see as
‘more like us’, or those we want to aspire to be like, and accentuate the
differences of those we view as ‘less like us’ or want to be more distant from.

Rather than seeing differences as the criteria for in-group vs out-group


membership, take time to think about and explore those differences – they will
help you understand yourself and others more deeply.

13. Remaining in Love


The practice of staying in a grace relationship with yourself and others. When
negative feelings of hate or bitterness arise, to be able to consciously notice
them and chose to transcend the situations that cause these feelings and stay
grounded in self-worth which promotes love.

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