SELF AWARENESS

SELF AWARENESS

Self-awareness is the ability to recognise our character, personality, and other traits. The improvement of one’s awareness is necessary to enhance communication, relationships, and feel empathy.

Self-awareness is the capacity for introspection and the recognition of oneself as a distinct, conscious entity: René Descartes. Self-awareness is the ability to monitor and recognize one's thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It plays a crucial role in self-regulation, emotional intelligence, and personal growth. Psychologist Carl Rogers viewed self-awareness as part of the self-concept, which includes the ideal self and real self. When these are aligned, individuals experience psychological well-being. Daniel Goleman, in emotional intelligence theory, identifies self-awareness as the cornerstone of effective leadership and decision-making. 

Since self-awareness is important for an individual’s development, we will focus on the value of self-awareness and self-exploration. We will try to understand our concerns and interests. Proper understanding of self-awareness can help develop qualities and traits such as self-confidence and self-esteem. It also helps in exploring and assessing oneself and evaluating an individual’s progress.

To understand and identify the inner positive and negative qualities is an exploratory process. These qualities make a person unique. This activity will help to achieve the following learning outcomes.

ACTIVITY I – DISCOVERING SELF
Define ‘self-awareness’,  and write the importance of understanding our individual selves and how each of us is unique.

Process

• Write a short sentence about yourself that you are actually not.
• The sentence should be amusing.

ACTIVITY 2: MY INNER QUALITIES 

Introspect and list your inner qualities that make you unique.

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ACTIVITY 3 – MY STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES
This activity will guide us in identifying our likes, dislikes, strengths, and weaknesses. It will also help us in achieving the following Learning Outcomes.

Introspect honestly and fill up the following worksheet.

Learning Outcomes: You will be able to

• Identify your strengths and weaknesses
• Get deeper insight into likes and dislikes of self
• Improve your strengths and overcome their weaknesses

Worksheet

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My Weaknesses

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My Likes

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My Dislikes

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Discussion:

• Have you ever introspected about your likes, dislikes, weakness and strengths?
• Was it easy to identify your likes, dislikes, weakness and strengths?
• What were your feelings while doing this exercise?