SELF-AWARENESS ❖ It empowers you to make changes and build on

Who am I?: An Introduction to Self-Awareness your areas of strength and identify areas where
• Simply put, self-awareness is an awareness of you would like to make improvements.
the self, with the self-being what makes one’s ❖ It helps you create what you want and master
identity unique. These unique components your feelings, behavior and actions.
include thoughts, experiences, and abilities. ❖ It is often a first step to goal setting. 
WHAT IS SELF-AWARENESS? HOW LIMITS AND LIMITATIONS WORK?
❖ It is defined as a clear perception of your ❖ Restrict you from getting what you want out of
personality, including strengths, weaknesses, life.
thoughts, beliefs, motivation, and emotions.
❖ Hinder you in bringing the BEST in you.
❖ It allows you to understand other people, how (Prevent you to MASTER your own feelings,
they perceive you, your attitude and your behavior and actions which is your first step in
responses to them in the moment. goal setting.)
❖ Psychologists believe that people who have high ❖ Affect your behavior and disposition. (Our
self-awareness are MORE SECURE than people behavior was created 5 to 10 years ago.)
who are not sure of their capabilities and gifts.
Example: Experiments on fish (Woods Hole
❖ McCarthy, A. and Caravan, T. (1999) study Oceanographic Institute)
showed that one of the keys to managerial WAYS TO DEVELOP YOURSELF
success is self-awareness.
❖ Be responsible for your actions
❖ Silva, P. (2010) revealed that self-awareness is
❖ Avoid negative people
the regulator of emotion. Self-awareness affect
our happiness. ❖ Read autobiography of successful people
❖ Duva, T. and Silva, P. (2002) predicted that ❖ Attend seminars/ workshops
success and failure attribution are moderated ❖ Join and participate in school or community
by self-awareness and by the ability to improve organization/s and activities
on. ❖ Balance your time between Personal and
Academic
THE FOUNDATION OF SELF-AWARENESS ❖ Offer help to people
❖ Personality – Who you are EXAMPLE OF SELF-AWARENESS ACTION PLAN
❖ Strengths – What you’re good at
❖ Weaknesses – What are your limits
❖ Self – Image – How you see yourself
❖ Beliefs – What you think
❖ Choices – What you do
❖ Association with Others – Who you are with/
How are you with others
❖ The Perception of Others – How they see you
SELF-AWARENESS IS AN ISSUE OF:
❖ Know yourself - This is a reality issue.
❖ Change yourself - This is a responsibility issue.
❖ Accept yourself - This is a maturity issue.
❖ Forget yourself -This is a security issue.
THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-AWARENESS