Self-Awareness by Anita Jakpor

What is Self-Awareness?

Self-awareness is a conscious knowledge and perception of one's own behavior, emotions, motives, beliefs, desires, strengths and weaknesses. Self-awareness is knowing almost in totality your personality and be open to know more about yourself.

Self-awareness gives us knowledge of;

OUR S.W.O.T                                

S - Strength is a good or beneficial quality or attribute of a person. It is an area of interest.

W - Weakness is a disadvantage or fault, inability to resist something or an area of lower interest.

O - Opportunity is a time or set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.

T - Threat is an indication of something dangerous or unpleasant, causing harm or failure.

OUR CORE VALUES AND BELIEFS

Core values are principles and fundamental beliefs of a person guiding behavior and actions. It helps people to know what is right from wrong.

Examples are; Integrity, peace, empathy, diligence, resilience, respect, honesty etc.

SELF CONFIDENCE

Self-confidence is a feeling of trust in one's abilities, qualities and judgment. It is an attitude which allows individuals to have positive yet unrealistic views of themselves and their situations. Self-confidence helps us evaluate our worth, gives us a sense of control of our lives and builds our self-esteem.

WHAT IGNITES OUR EMOTIONS?

When we are conscious of who we are, we are able to identify those things that stirs up our emotions (negative/positive), our feelings, passions, interests and generally our actions.

OUR DECISION MAKING PATTERN

Knowing your decision making style helps to quicken our decision making process, because we've already done a SWOT analysis and know our key performance indicators. You are aware of what influences your decisions and their consequences.

How to Achieve Self-Awareness

REFLECTIONS AND QUIET TIME

Reflection is a serious thought or consideration about oneself and one's actions. A quiet time is a session of private meditation. Regularly engaging in reflections and quiet time helps us identify who we really are, judging from what we do.

KEEPING A JOURNAL

A journal is a diary giving an account of each day’s activities for evaluation and record purposes.

OBTAIN FEEDBACK

Ask people close to you and people that you've interact with at various times in your life, what they think about you and areas you can improve on.

REGULAR SELF-EVALUATION

This involves identifying your activities, trying to match them with what actions you really intend to exhibit, acknowledge you areas of well doing and try to work on the areas you didn't do well.

Conclusively, knowing who you are is the best pathway to live a happy and successful life, because you are guided at every point.

Remember this; your thought affects your belief and personality.

THOUGHTS . WORDS . ACTIONS . HABITS . CHARACTER . DESTINY