Self-awareness is the recognition of your personality, your strengths, your weaknesses, likes, dislikes, love, hate. Self awareness can help one recognize who they are and know your abilities. Having clarity about who you are and what you want and why you want it, and allows you to consciously and actively make your wants a reality.
We have the inner self and the outer self.
The inner self is the person that no one else ever sees – your TRUE SELF. This part of us consists of the true feelings, desires, dislikes that we mask from the world in order to be accepted and admired by the wider society. Finding our unique self means removing the mask.
The outer self: we spend so much time focused on our outer selves – the person we present to others. The outer self is concerned with what others think about us. It is always looking over our shoulders at what others are doing and comparing ourselves to others. The outer self is the mask we wear to cover up the fact that we have lost touch with our true self.
Without authenticity, others will not connect with you and you will eventually find yourself alone and your potential redundant.
Is there a difference between who you are and what you reveal to your friends, family, colleagues, etc?
Test 1: Make a list of the difference between your inner self and outer self (these attributes, behaviors, attitudes, actions, weakness, strength, likes and dislikes),
Test 2: Draw your self portrait (could be symbols or colors or objects like tree, animals or equipments) to represent how you see yourself
and use these tests to work on yourself.
Good luck
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This is a really good post. Self awareness is so important. Sharing
Yes…very important. Thank you ❤
riiight!
I’ll be doing this for sure x
Yes please, Lilia..very important ❤
This is a very thoughtful post, and really important as well. Self awareness brings you very far in life.
Well said, Courtnay. Thanks ❤
I try my best to be the same no matter who is around. I tend to hide depending on the perso because life, but I’m working on getting back there.
That’s right, Jo. Self awareness is very important and makes you a better person. We should always strive to be the best. Keep working towards it
Much love ❤
Great tips, doll! ❤
Thank you, Champagne :* ❤
Oh, I agree with you
Sometimes I behave in a certain way when meeting someone, but deep inside I know that I am not like that
I am aware of my true feelings, but I know that I can’t say all that I want if I want peace
That’s a good step to start with, Antoaneta…..being aware that you behave in a particular way when meeting someone
Thanks for stopping by, pretty :*
Beautiful, beautiful beautiful! Also informative, Thanks for sharing…
Many Thanks, Cat
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Thank you, Cathy :*
I’ve been struggling with the two selfs. This idea might be helpful in aligming them
Oh yes, Jerry. I’m glad you liked it 🙂
A really good post with so many good points to consider!
Thank you, beautiful 🙂
Self awareness is essential, and self love is very important. great article Thanks for reminding about ourselves. and the tests you’ve mentioned they are really very good.
Yes, very very essential. I’m glad you found it useful An 🙂
thanks so much for this post.its a great post
Thank you, Akosua 🙂
I think people are maybe not awere of themself, since we are all so busy all the time, so it is important to stop sometimes and think! Very good post!
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I agree with you, Veera. Thank you 🙂
That’s a lot to think about before coffee! Wow that must be a powerful exercise to make these lists
It becomes our daily to-do when we start realizing the need (importance) for self consciousness
This is a good reminder of what is truly important in life. Does it really matter what others think of us if we don’t like ourselves?
that’s a good question, Diane. We gotta love ourselves first. Thanks ❤
Is there a difference between who you are and what you reveal to your friends, family, colleagues, etc? Yes. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. I’d love to be more open, but I tend to stay inside my head.
Yes, I feel we act differently to different people….which could be bad because when we reveal the other way (attitude), then it looks as if we’re not honest. We should all strive to be open.
Thank you, love x
There really is a difference between the inner and outer self and we all need to have more self- awareness of that fact. I like the idea of creating a self portrait x
Yes, Ana. Thank you, love x
My degree is in psychology. You wouldn’t believe how hard it is for some people to acknowledge or use their self-awareness.
Yes, Kathy, so many people. That’s why we need to be informed everyday and enlightened. Thank you :*
There is definitely a difference between who I am and what I reveal to everyone else. I’m not inauthentic .. I just don’t share every minute. Makes me think of social media .. how we put snippets of our lives out there for public consumption .. but it’s far from telling the whole story
I agree (to not share every minute) Alison, we keep working on ourselves daily
….concerning the social media share, we can totally avoid sharing our private life on social media…I mean there’s no award for sharing so why not share what we’re comfortable with, even
if it goes viral? Xx
This is an awesome post. I am so doing to do this exercise.
Yes, Anvita. Please do, you’ll totally love it xx
This post is really interesting, and think I will take the challenge to see how self awareness pans ot for me.
Please do, Lindsey. You’ll love it. Thanks ❤
I just rediscovered your blog and fell absolutely in love with it and your message 😍😍
Thanks, lovely, I’m glad to know this….your words inspire me :*
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