Lesson 19 - Nature of Self and Self-Awareness Flashcards
knowing your motivation, preferences, personality and understanding how these factors influence your judgement, decisions and interactions with other people.
Self-Awareness
can help you decide on which best suits your abilities particularly in selecting your career and profession that can be both personally and financially satisfying.
Self-Awareness
can also help you understand why people behave “like this or like that.”
Self-Awareness
is the examination of oneself after experiencing a particular situation or event. It requires a person to reflect on the negative impact that may have influence behaviors, attitudes, thoughts or interactions.
SELF-ANALYSIS
the process of forming an accurate, realistic view of yourself which is necessary to take charge of your future.
Self-discovery
SIX COMPONENTS OF THE PROCESS OF SELF-DISCOVERY
Characteristics
Interest
Aptitudes
Values
Needs
Choices
it pertains to your qualities
Characteristics
it is what you enjoy doing.
Interest
what are you good at.
Aptitudes
things that are important to you.
Values
what do you need to have a satisfying life.
Needs
it pertains to your priorities.
Choices
defined as the way we carry ourselves – the way in which we act. It is influenced by our feelings, judgements, beliefs, motivations, needs, experiences, and opinion of others.
BEHAVIOR
– is what makes you act in order to gain satisfaction. It could be intrinsic or extrinsic in nature. Having been aware of your core drivers, those things that motivate you – positively and negatively – can help you understand the roots of your behavior and make adjustment as necessary to modify your behavior.
Motivation
is the way your brain processes the information it receives and make judgement. You may process the information through reflective thinking and out loud talking. How you take in and make sense of information can help you understand how you make judgements and decisions.
Modes of thinking