Today's topic is the many Benefits of Self-Awareness
Our Friends at Practical Psychology
In today's episode, our friends at Practical Psychology give us some useful thoughts on the many benefits of self-awareness.
Thought for today:Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Click To Tweet
Further Reading On the Benefits of Self-Awareness
- Emotional Intelligence 2.0
- The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
- 7 Mindsets to Master Self-Awareness
- Insight: Why We're Not as Self-Aware as We Think
- Mindful Leadership: The 9 Ways to Self-Awareness
- The Secrets To The Awesome Power Of Gratitude
- Helpful Tips on How to Increase Your Productivity
- Setting Goals The Right Way: The Art of Setting Goals
Self-awareness is having a clear perception of your personality, including strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs, motivation, and emotions. Self-awareness allows you to understand other people, how they perceive you, your attitude and your responses to them at the moment.
We might quickly assume that we are self-aware, but it is helpful to have a relative scale of awareness. If you have ever been in an auto accident you may have experienced everything happening in slow motion and noticed details of your thought process and the event. This is a state of heightened awareness. With practice, we can learn to engage these types of heightened states and see new opportunities for interpretations in our thoughts, emotions, and conversations. Having awareness creates the opportunity to make changes in behavior and beliefs.
What are the Benefits of Self-Awareness?
As you develop self-awareness you are able to make changes in the thoughts and interpretations you make in your mind. Changing the interpretations in your mind allows you to change your emotions. Self-awareness is one of the attributes of Emotional Intelligence and an important factor in achieving success.
Self-awareness is the first step in creating what you want and mastering your life. Where you focus your attention, your emotions, reactions, personality, and behavior determine where you go in life. Having self-awareness allows you to see where your thoughts and emotions are taking you. It also allows you to take control of your emotions, behavior, and personality so you can make changes you want. Until you are aware in the moment of your thoughts, emotions, words, and behavior, you will have difficulty making changes in the direction of your life.