self-awareness is a concept that has become more mainstream in recent years
but it can still be a confusing topic this video will go over what self-awareness is
why it's important and some tips on how to be self-aware
so what is self-awareness someone who is self-aware understands their feelings and
behaviors having self-awareness means that you'll understand your strengths and accept your flaws
someone who is self-aware also understands how to interact with their environment and other people
so why self-awareness important self-awareness allows you to be at peace with yourself
and your skill set it helps you understand that what works for someone else might not
work for you it allows you to live the life you want so you can be happy for example there's a
lot of content out there saying you should be an entrepreneur if you're self-aware and understand
that you don't want to be an entrepreneur because it doesn't excite you or it seems too stressful
you will save yourself from a lot of stress by not going down the entrepreneurial path
self-awareness can also help you improve your relationships with others
when you are self-aware about how you interact with other people it can let you be more authentic
and build your character if you understand that you messed up an interaction
you can learn from your mistakes and be better next time self-awareness also helps you become
a better leader when you understand what you can do your shortcomings and what you
need from other people in the workplace you will be able to lead your team better
that sounds great but how can you be self-aware like all skills if you want to be better at being
self-aware you will need to practice it here are three ways you can practice self-awareness
one spend some time to write down anything you want to be more self-aware about
this is a good starting point if you don't know much about yourself
if you want to be more self-aware about your strengths and weaknesses spend some time thinking
about them and write down your answers if you want to be more self-aware about your plans for
the future spend some time thinking about it and write down your answer if you're having trouble
coming up with something try to find or make some questions that can guide you to an answer
for example if you're stuck trying to figure out what you would like to do in the future
you can ask yourself what would you be doing if money wasn't an issue another thing you can do if
you're having trouble coming up with answers is to take a break and try again another day
when you're not self-aware it can be hard to understand yourself
just relax compose yourself and try again tomorrow two practice mindfulness meditation meditation is
when you pretty much sit there and do nothing it sounds boring but it has many benefits
the basic idea is that you sit there and you focus on your breath you direct your
attention to inhaling and exhaling when you're doing that many dots will come into your head
just observe them and direct your attention back to your breath there's a common misconception
that meditating is about not thinking of anything but that is just wrong you can't have a perfectly
still mind and not think of anything it's common to struggle with focusing on your breath when
you first try meditating so don't worry about it meditation helps you become more self-aware
because when you're meditating you get to observe your thoughts in a different way
when you're meditating thoughts will just come to you and they can tell you more about yourself
you can get thoughts on many topics like things that are bothering you or outcomes you want to
happen you can learn a lot about yourself just by sitting there and meditating if you want to
learn more about meditation there's a lot of content out there for you to learn from
ask your friends and family for feedback the two tips mentioned earlier before can help you better
understand yourself and be self-aware but you can lie to yourself when doing those activities
you might need to ask friends and family to see if your perception of yourself matches
their perception of you if you think you are super friendly to everyone but your friends and family
think you come off as rude sometimes you might be lying to yourself when asking friends and family
for their opinion make sure they feel safe to give you a direct and honest view you don't want them
to just agree with you in order to not complicate the relationship since that won't be helpful this
tip can help you be more self-aware about how you interact with your environment and other people
but it won't be so helpful for helping you be more self-aware about what you want in the future
it takes time to be self-aware a lot of people are afraid to be honest with themselves because it can
be scary accepting the truth however as you keep doing activities that increase your self-awareness
you will be more self-aware as you become more self-aware you'll be able to grow as a person
it will help you go down the path that makes you happy and improve your relationships with others
do you think you are self-aware leave a comment below and check out this video on how to stop
overthinking since you might run into the problem of overthinking when you're self-reflecting
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