SELF AWARENESS – 5 Important Features

 

Self awareness is the ability to look within ourselves and recognize what makes us unique and different. Because the topic is so vast, I put this guide together to give you guidance on where to start learning about yourself.

Self Awareness : How to be self aware?

1. What are your core values?

Core values are the things that you give importance in the way you live and work. They should determine your priorities and these are probably the measures you use to tell if your life is turning out the way you want it to.

• How do you show them?

When thongs you do and the way you behave match your core values , life is usually good and content. But when these don’t align with your personal values , that’s where the things go wrong. This could be a reason for unhappiness. That is why you need to make constant efforts to identify your core values.

 

1. How do you manage your emotions?

Emotions are powerful. Your mood determines how you interact with people, how you manage your expenses, how you can deal with challenges and how you spend your time. We need to gain control over our emotions to become mentally stronger. This is a skill in fact which needs practice and dedication.

• Self Awareness : How open are you to understand the emotions of others?

Understanding others is the first element of empathy. Understanding the feelings of others is being sensitive to and being able to recognize the feelings of others. When we meet someone, we say “Hey, How are you doing?” Its spontaneous and most of the times we really don’t care what that person is really going through. In this busy life understanding others is an illusion.

We pretend to understand others, but we block the real story which they may want to share. There is always more to the story. And if you really want to know how to connect with people and understand them better, you have to dig deeper. You have to really ask how they are feeling and invest in understanding emotions.

 

1. How do you react to those feelings and emotions?

When you experience uncomfortable emotions don’t get stuck on them. Also ignoring these emotions of sadness and pretending you don’t feel anything won’t make these emotions go away. Unaddressed emotions often leave a scar which can turn you into unhealthy coping skills like alcohol and food.

self awareness is something that it makes it important to acknowledge your feelings along with the understanding that your emotions don’t control you. If you are angry, you can choose to calm yourself down.

1. What triggers a strong emotional response in you?

When we are triggered, our reaction may be difficult for us and for others to handle. Trigger can be people, places or things, smell, words, color etc. For example: You may not have a problem interacting with an angry person but find it hard to deal with someone who’s crying. The opposite may be true to others.

Triggers are connected to our thoughts, experiences and memories. We connect the present situation to the similar emotional trigger we experienced in the past. When we have self awareness we identify which thoughts trigger our emotional reactions, we can change them and choose a more helpful response.

1. Who are the people around you? How close are they to you?

We could be highly sensitive to people around us. From our childhood we copy our parents, teachers and we learn things from them. There is no limit for the behavior we acquire by observing the people we are surrounded with. As we grow older, we try to copy the mind of others too.

Our ability to copy the minds of others is hugely important. When this goes wrong that can cause emotional problem. Its known that for developing better skills you need to practice it with someone better than you. You may have to work harder, think faster and learn more fundamentals.

 

Life is hard enough. We always don’t win along our path to success. During those times nothing feels better than having someone you can share your fears and doubts with. Friends and mentors that not only listen, but also cheer you and can give you energy and help you propel forward. We need to find and focus on relationships with positive vibes. Life is too short for the negativity.