Lesson title: Self-knowledge and Self-mastery

Lesson Objectives: At the end of the lesson,

Students are
expected to:

1. Know more about oneself by understanding what self-

knowledge and self-mastery are.

2. Express how well they know their selves by assessing their

feelings, interests, values and strengths to maintain a well-

grounded sense of confidence.

3. Analyze their self-control experiences.

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Materials:

White Board Marker, White Board

Laptop, or Cellphone, Internet

connection

References:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/self-

knowledge/

https://www.skipprichard.com/success-

starts-with-self-mastery-7-effective-
strategies/

Gazzingan,L., et.al. (2018),

Understanding the Self, Panday.

lahi Publishing

Who wants to be successful? Are you doing things necessary for you to acquire self-knowledge and self-

mastery? We need to work extra effort for us to be on top of our dreams. Dreaming is good but we have
to

do and work for it or else it will stay as a dream only. Regrets might come later.

LESSON PREVIEW/REVIEW

What a pleasant day to everyone.! How are you? I hope you’re doing well with your studies! Did you

read something about our new lesson? Here are some opening questions for today:

How do we reach success?

What are the ingredients to achieve the self-mastery?

Are you evaluating /assessing yourself?

Today’s lesson is all about Self-knowledge and Self-mastery.

Activity No 1: What I Know Chart, part 1 (3 minutes)

This is to measure your before and after knowledge about Self-knowledge and Self-mastery. Answer

the questions below by writing your ideas under the first column What I Know. It’s okay if you write key

words or phrases that you think are related to the questions.

What I Know

Answer this now

Questions: What I Learned (Activity 4)

(Answer this after you learn

something in the lesson)

What is self-knowledge? Is this

the same as intelligence?

Is self-mastery inherited or

acquired. Where does it comes

from?

What do you mean by self-

mastery?

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Date: ______________

MAIN LESSON

SELF-KNOWLEDGE

In Philosophy, it refers to knowledge of one's own sensation,

thoughts, belief, and other mental states.

In psychology, this refers to how well or accurate we are in

determining our own internal such as our emotion, personality,

and atiitudes. However, Wilson notes that self-knowledge can be

broadened to include memory, like recalling how we felt in the

past, and prospection, predicting how we will feel in the future.

SELF-MASTERY
Is the ability to take control of one's life. It is the

condition whereby your body is your servant and not

your master.

It comes through developing certain personal core

strengths. To be master of your own self is to fully

understand who you really are.

In philosophy, “self-knowledge” standardly refers to knowledge of one's own sensations, thoughts,

beliefs,

and other mental states. ... This entry focuses on knowledge of one's own particular mental states.

Self-knowledge refers to understanding of one's own goals, character, beliefs, ethics and gives one the

freedom to live their life without regrets. It is important because: ... It helps in knowing your own
limitations.

Here are the 4 steps to actively attaining more self-knowledge:

1. Step 1 – Take a Character Inventory. Taking an inventory of your character is the first step. ...

2. Step 2 – Understand What You Can Do. ...

3. Step 3 – Feel the Feels. ...

4. Step 4 – Motivation Matters. ...

5. Final Thoughts. ...

6. More About Self-Understanding.

Source of self-knowledge, especially when people make attributions for positive and negative events.
The

key elements in self-perception theory are explanations people give for their actions, these explanations
are

known as causal attributions.

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Here are 7 effective strategies for cultivating self-mastery:

1. Talk to Yourself

There’s a voice inside your head, and that’s completely normal. It’s your internal dialogue, the inner

commentary that strives to make sense of the world. The first crucial step in developing self-mastery is
to

become an observer of your thoughts—to become self-aware, self-reflective. To think about your
thinking.

2. Make Peace with Your Past

Self-mastery meant not allowing past negative experiences the power of emotional collateral to spark

present and future fires. As a result, the clean slate has given birth to the relationship I’d always desired.

Making peace with your past allows you an untarnished and more objective approach to the present,
ideally

resulting in a positive future. It’s hard to pick up anything new when your hands are full with burdens. It
means

to let go, forgive, and as humanly possible, to forget.

3. Play Devil’s Advocate

Whatever decision you’re working through, come at it from as many different angles as possible. Debate

with yourself, have a spirited argument. You may be surprised at some of the insights you come up with.

4. Keep A Journal.

The more you journal, the more you’re aware of your behaviors and thought patterns, and
subsequently,

the more ability you have to change and grow.

5. Break the Bystander Effect

Self-mastery means always taking an active approach in life: being a performer rather than a
spectator. When a situation obviously calls for a response, a self-mastered person takes initiative and
steps right

in. There’s no room for passivity and sitting on the bench. Don’t hesitate, just do it. Follow through with
what

you know is right.

6. Cognitive Reappraisal

Cognitive reappraisal is reinterpreting an event in a way that reduces the negative response or
completely

replaces it with a positive one. So, rather than being fired from your job, you see it as freedom to
become your

own boss.

7. Audit Yourself

Have an honest assessment of your strengths and your weaknesses. That means dropping the pride

and ego and owning up to your ugly parts. The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem.
Self-

mastery has to start with self-honesty.

4 Steps to Self-Mastery

1. Awareness

2. Discernment / choice

3. Decision/action/ Focus

4. Realization/ manifestation

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Four working elements to Self Mastery

Self-Mastery is the ability to recognize, understand, control, and make the most out of your physical,

mental, emotional, and spiritual self. It is gained thorough awareness, understanding, and control over

your thoughts, emotions and actions. Essentially, it gives you control over the one things you can control

in any given situation yourself.

Self

Mastery Mind

Soul

Heart

Body

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Activity 3

Exercise No. 1

Directions: Assess how well do you know yourself by answering the following. Fill in the blanks.
About me:

My name is_______________________________________________. I am _________________ years

old.

My school is ______________________________________________. I am in ____________ year

college.

My course is ___________________________________________________.

About my body:

To me being beautiful
means_______________________________________________________________

Questions I have about my face/hair/chest/body

are______________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________
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More about me:

My favorite activities

are__________________________________________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________________________________________
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When I grow up, I want to

be_________________________________________________________________

I think the two most interesting things about me are:

1)___________________________________________________________________________________
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2)___________________________________________________________________________________
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What are some things I admire in myself?

_____________________________________________________________________________________
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AWARENESS
KNOWLEDGE

DEVELOPMENT

MASTERY

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What makes me unique?

_____________________________________________________________________________________
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Who are my role models?

_____________________________________________________________________________________
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Why?
___________________________________________________________________________________

What do I want to be?

_____________________________________________________________________________________
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What skills do I want to develop?

_____________________________________________________________________________________
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Exercise No. 2
Directions: Explain the quotation below in not more than ten sentences but not less than five sentences.

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Activity 4: What I Know Chart, part 2 (2 mins)

It’s time to answer the questions in the What I Know chart in Activity 1. Log in your answers in the table.

Activity 5: Check for Understanding

Let’s have an enumeration type of short assessment to determine your comprehension.

Now it’s time for you to answer ....

1 – 7 7 effective strategies for cultivating self-mastery

8 – 11 4 steps to Self-Mastery

12 –15 Here are the 4 steps to actively attaining more self-knowledge

16 –19 4 Elements of Self Mastery

20- -21 Self-Mastery consist of

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C. LESSON WRAP-UP

Congratulations for finishing this module! Shade the number of the module that you finished.

Thinking about your learning

Give three (3) positive things that you’ve learn from the lesson.
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2. ________________________________________________________________________________

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From the learning that you get, what are your plans to change for the better “YOU”?

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What more do you want to know and learn?

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FAQs

1. Do all people have self-mastery?

Ans. Not all but we are all capable of self-mastery! We all have the capacity to possess self-mastery. We
may differ

only on kinds, intensity and degree of exposure.

2. Why do we differ in self-knowledge whereas we study and live in the same environment?

Ans. We differ in accuracy, capacity and intensity of focus, intelligence, awareness and determination
because it also

takes one’s effort and consciousness to have self-knowledge.

3. Is it necessary to evaluate/ assess ourselves?

Ans. Yes, it must be often and regular so that we are aware of our weaknesses, treats, strengths, and
opportunities.

Knowing these are essential in fulfilling our dreams.

KEY TO CORRECTIONS

Activity 5: Checking for Understanding Key Answer

1) Talk to Yourself

2) Make Peace with Your Past

3) Play Devil’s Advocate

4) Keep A Journal.

5) Break the Bystander Effect

6) Cognitive Reappraisal

7) Audit Yourself

8) Awareness

9) Discernment / choice

10) Decision/action/ Focus

11) Realization/ manifestation

12) Step 1 – Take a Character Inventory. Taking an inventory of your character is the first step. .

13) Step 2 – Understand What You Can Do. ...

14) Step 3 – Feel the Feels. ...

15) Step 4 – Motivation Matters. ...

16) Body

17) Mind
18) Heart

19) Soul

20) Self-controll

21) Self-discipline