Definitions
What is self-awareness?
The conscious knowledge of one's own character, feelings, motives, and desires.
You're in a meeting, and you notice your heart rate increasing and your palms getting sweaty. What kind of self-awareness is this?
Physical Awareness
What technique involves writing down your thoughts and feelings regularly to reflect on your experiences?
Journaling
What benefit of self awareness helps you understand your own strengths and weaknesses?
Improved decision-making
This is a challenge of self-awareness where you need time and effort, which can be challenging to maintain consistently.
Time-Consuming
What is reflection?
Serious thought or consideration about one's actions and motives.
You realize you're constantly comparing yourself to others on social media. What kind of self awareness is this?
Social Awareness
What technique helps self-awareness by helping you pay attention to your thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations in the moment?
Mindful meditations.
What benefit of self-awareness allows you to manage your emotions more effectively?
Better stress management
This challenge recognizes areas where you need to improve it can be difficult, and making changes can be even harder.
Change Resistance
What is self perception?
A way one views themselves, including their abilities and characteristics.
You're about to give a presentation, and you take a moment to calm your nerves and focus on your message. What kind of self-awareness is this?
Emotional Awareness
This technique involves discussing your thoughts and feelings with someone
Talking to a therapist, mentor, or trusted person.
What benefit of self-awareness helps you build stronger relationships with others?
Improved communication
This challenge you are more aware of your thoughts and feelings, especially when sharing with others.
Vulnerability
What ability involves recognizing, understanding, and managing one's own emotions?
Emotional Intelligence
You notice that you tend to get defensive when someone criticizes your work. What kind of self awareness is this?
Awareness of your reactions and triggers
This technique involves you engaging in activities that you wouldn't normally do to learn more about yourself.
Stepping out of your comfort zone.
What benefit of self-awareness allows you to set realistic goals and achieve them?
Increased motivation and productivity
This challenge you might become overly critical of yourself, which can lead to self-doubt.
Overthinking
What ability involves managing and controlling one's own behavior, emotions and thoughts?
Self-Regulation
You're working on a project, and you recognize you're struggling with a particular task. What kind of self awareness is this?
Task Awareness
This technique involves you asking yourself a series of questions to explore the nature of yourself.
Self-inquiry
What benefit of self-awareness helps you develop a greater sense of purpose and fulfillment?
Personal growth and well-being
This challenge it can increase self-awareness and bring up uncomfortable emotions and past experiences that you may have been avoiding.
Emotional Discomfort