49 ways how to increase self-awareness

In this article you will learn the following

-47 tips on how can you be more and more self-aware

-30+ questions to create self-awareness

-49 benefits of being self-aware

-16 key self-awareness skills

-5 self-awareness patterns you need to observe

49 ways using self-awareness to grow - Importance of self-awareness and ways to sharpen it

Many societies and cultures support the massively self-destructive notion of ignoring and even suppressing - negative feelings and emotions.

That is the reason - You would find plenty of people - continuing with the jobs they hate or find completely unfulfilling - or - stay in relationships which are toxic, abusive, suppressive, controlling and suffocating.

Or people who endure to live with pain and sufferings - when they have the choice of living peacefully - by taking actions to address the issues by better understanding of the situation and the problem - through self-awareness.

Self-awareness - is observance and acceptance-of - what is happening within yourself, your reactions, your feelings, your emotions, your moods, your physical-emotional-mental states.

When you are self-aware you know whatever is happening in your life and around you - without getting attached- in a disassociated-manner or objectively.

Self-awareness - is also about - noticing [without impulsively reacting] - whatever is happening in the world that is directly or indirectly related with you.

Self-awareness can help you discern between what is really important and needs your attention and action.

But most importantly self-awareness can also help you distinguish - what you can ignore - all those things that makes you lose your balance and disturbs your emotional-mental-physical calm.

Self-awareness allows you to take a deeper look - why you feel-react-respond in a certain way, and how your sentiments could turn into reactions.

Self-awareness helps you to identify your strengths, your weaknesses, your triggers and your motivators etc.

49 benefits of being self-aware

• 1.The greatest gift that self-awareness gives you is that of - helping you being yourself - enjoy your life living and doing what you are passionate about
• 2.You understand your strengths and limitations
• 3.You also understand what makes you unique
• 4.You know that - how you see yourself is different from how others see you
• 5.You can express your needs and feelings - without blaming anyone or anything
• 6.You know what challenges you face
• 7.You know what you need to do to overcome your challenges and how you can grow
• 8.Because you are self-aware about your own emotions - you also recognize other people's needs, reactions and feelings
• 9.You understand what makes you upset
• 10. You can empathize with why others react the way they do
• 11. You understand and accept and correct your mistakes
• 12. Because you accept yourself - you have strong and positive self-esteem and self-confidence
• 13. You can actually become good leader
• 14. You manage negativities of life - in more effective manner
• 15. You are able to bounce back faster
• 16. You can move-on with the life easily
• 17. You have less guilt and regrets
• 18. You don't beat yourself - when you fail
• 19. You criticize less and appreciate more
• 20. Learning how to identify emotions as they happen increases your self-awareness
• 21. When you become aware of your emotions and learn how to handle them - you become equipped with the skills to avoid unnecessary conflicts, show-downs and ego-clashes
• 22. You can get rid of unhealthy coping mechanisms
• 23. You can also stop your automatic reactions which provide no benefit
• 24. By becoming aware of your own internal and external nervous-behaviors - you can find ways to reduce those behaviors- which makes you come out as less effective
• 25. By becoming aware you can slowly start overcoming your habits of overthinking, overanalyzing and impulsiveness
• 26. When you are able to control your mind and emotions - your rate of success and growth increases manifold
• 27. Self-awareness boosts your happiness, your growth, your relationships, your success and your productivity
• 28. It helps you avoid being frustrated - because you stop taking unrealistic goals and tasks
• 29. It helps you avoid being disappointments - by understanding when you have unrealistic ideas, expectations and hopes
• 30. You are able to accept the reality and face the truth
• 31. You are able to make good decisions based on your core-values
• 32. You can accept the mistakes and thereby opening the path for improvement
• 33. You become flexible and face the changes in life better
• 34. You are able to bounce back faster and more effectively
• 35. Improves your emotional intelligence
• 36. Gives you the direction in your life
• 37. Self-awareness allows you to see things from the perspective of others and helps you make better decisions
• 38. It can improve your communication skills
• 39. It can also speed-up your learning process
• 40. It will make you better at your job
• 41. You are able to recognize when you get defensive - and what you can do to be on sure-footing
• 42. It helps you Identify and Prioritize what gives you joy and purpose
• 43. It helps you Define your own beliefs without being influenced by others
• 44. It helps you understand what you need to give in your relationships - and what you need from your partner
• 45. Self-awareness helps you learn when you can trust yourself
• 46. It also helps burst the myths which might be holding you back
• 47. It helps you create Better relationships
• 48. It helps you acquire Calmer moods
• 49. It also helps you in having Clearer thinking

47 tips on how can you be more and more self-aware - all the single sentence or single word tips have full do it yourself blogs in the 900+ blogs in both of our websites

• 1.Self-awareness includes [but is not limited to] emotional awareness, accurate self-assessment, self-worth and self-confidence
• 2.The ability to monitor yourself is one of the most important quality that you can gift to yourself and thereby to the people you love
• 3.You have to start monitoring and becoming aware of your own emotions and how you react to people, situations and things
• 4.Create and enforce healthy emotional boundaries
• 5.Create the habit of self-disciplined
• 6.Start being your genuine self
• 7.Keep an open mind and be curious about people and things happening in this world and in your life
• 8.Ensure that you understand the principal of the area of control and the area of concern - and operate out of your area of control only
• 9.Seek help and reach out for assistance - when you cannot handle a situation on your own
• 10. Train yourself to focus and increase your concentration
• 11. Identify what distract you and create effective ways to deal with interruptions
• 12. Identify your emotional triggers - when you feel stressed, when you get angry, what makes you lose your calm and self-control, what makes you pity yourself etc.
• 13. Never try to downplay your emotions - instead learn about them - feel them and then find ways to handle them effectively
• 14. Instead of suppressing your negative emotions - find healthier ways to vent or express those
• 15. Learn to listen to your intuitions and instinct - slowly start trusting them
• 16. Understand that to improve your life you have to take tough and difficult decisions
• 17. When you take any action or decision - you also have to own the risks and consequences associated with the choices you make
• 18. Learn to visualize the impact of your actions on others
• 19. When you take into account various factors and situations and its impact on others - you will be able navigate difficult situations far more effectively
• 20. When you make mistake - just accept and apologize wherever necessary - it helps you grow
• 21. Take feedback from the people you trust and respect - this is to learn about the blind-side and spots that might be preventing you from growth
• 22. Identify and challenge your assumptions and perceptions on regular basis
• 23. Identify your values and start living them
• 24. Develop and nurture a good sense of humor - learn to laugh at your limitations
• 25. Go for globally validated personality tests - to acquire deeper insight into the person that you really are - choose the appropriate recommendation about the changes you can make in order to improve your life and performance
• 26. Understand that self-introspection is a skill to learn - doing introspection without knowing make it ineffective
• 27. Use team sports, physical-exercises, yoga and meditation
• 28. Start journaling - with complete honesty with yourself
• 29. Listen more to understand different perspective
• 30. Actively look for and analyze opinions that are not necessarily yours
• 31. Take your time to ask - why - become clear about all your WHYs - why you want something, why are you feeling stuck and why you need this
• 32. Even if you don't have the answers to those questions, it is important to at least think about these questions every once in a while.
• 33. Pay attention to what bothers you about other people - often the things that irritate us the most in other people are a reflection of some quality we dislike in ourselves.
• 34. Become aware of those aspects about yourself that you are not proud about - the use them as learning experience
• 35. Learn to listen to the criticism in the feedback - without getting defensive, accusatory or having animosity
• 36. Travel widely
• 37. Learn a new skill - when the only things you're doing are things you're already good at, it's easy to be lulled into a false sense of security that you know how things
• 38. Identify your cognitive distortions - which are your inaccurate thoughts and beliefs that warps how you see the world
• 39. Stop ignoring your feelings - instead explore them for what you can do to improve
• 40. Learn - through researching -
• 41. See things through a holistic approach
• 42. Use the 5w1h model– why, when, where, what, who, and how
• 43. Become a leader– take the lead to create something big through planning and executing
• 44. Act -volunteer, empower and create change
• 45. Stand up and express what you feel - if you have an idea, regardless of how it will appear later - share it with others and get constructive feedback.
• 46. Engage with others-make people learn
• 47. Create opportunities– experiment, come up with new ideas, and do things differently

30+ questions to create self-awareness - write your response to the following

• 1.How to do you cope with - anger, criticism, rejection, failures, controlling people, toxic people, stress [fill anything that you find hard to deal with] -
• 2.When you start defending
• 3.What coping mechanisms don't work for you anymore but you still use them
• 4.Who you try to please and go out of your way to do this
• 5.Are there people who dictate your decisions
• 6.What gives you joy and purpose
• 7.What priority you place on your own wellbeing and own happiness
• 8.What are your strengths - what are your weaknesses - how can you redesign your life or environment to emphasize your strengths
• 9.. How often are you able to express what you need
• 10. What are the things you can trust most about yourself
• 11. What makes you angry at work?
• 12. How you handle others making a mistake
• 13. How you handle other people's emotional outburst
• 14. How do you handle your pains
• 15. How do deal with your fears
• 16. When you are bored
• 17. When you feel fulfilled
• 18. Do you the same negative emotions over and over again- what triggers stimulates these emotions
• 19. Do you keep running out of money - are you having trouble paying your bills on time
• 20. Are you aware of the health of your relationship - some of the signs of an unhealthy relationship include
• I.Does your partner controls your every action and tells you what to do, what to wear, and who you can spend time with.
• II.Does your partner consistently puts you down in front of others
• III.Does your partner consistently takes advantage of the situation to exert more control over you.
• IV.Using the following tips create healthy relationship with your partner - where you have trust, respect and collaborations and joint decision-making
• a)Converse with your partner everyday
• b)Pay attention to the words they say, their tone, their body language, and their facial expressions
• c)Have regular discussions about the relationship - stop avoiding or ignoring difficult conversations or things that can turn into problems
• d)Spend quality time together
• e)Give space to your romantic partner - however much you love and enjoy spending time with your partner - ensure that each one of you get an agreed chunk of quality time for their individual growth
• f)Share your perspective and learn about theirs - don't remain trapped in your perspective
• g)Pay attention and consider their needs in addition to your own
• h)For this to happen share your awareness with your loved-ones, friends and family
• i)Ask your loved ones for their perspective on things and share your perspective with them
• 21. 9 fill in the blanks - with your normal appropriate responses
• I.You get annoyed when
• II.You feel joyful when
• III.You feel upset
• IV.You feel nervous when
• V.You enjoy
• VI.You feel sh*t-scared when
• VII.You would like to change in other people
• VIII.You feel bored
• IX.You would like to do

5 self-awareness patterns you need to observe

• 1.Your patterns of recurring thought - example - overthinking or overanalyzing or magnifying or catastrophe thinking
• 2.Your patterns of emotional feelings - who and what triggers anger, frustration, hopelessness, rejections, shame and guilt in you - when you lose your self-control
• 3.Your self-control - when you go berserk, when you overindulge, when you give in to your temptations
• 4.Your patterns of behavior - why you behave in certain manner with some people and in some situations and why you tend to act in the same way in certain situations
• 5.Your mood swings - what causes - fear, anxieties, depression

16 key self-awareness skills

• 1.Empathy
• 2.Adaptability
• 3.Confidence
• 4.Mindfulness
• 5.Self-pride
• 6.Self-acceptance
• 7.Self-love.
• 8.Patience
• 9.Kindness
• 10. Self-awareness
• 11. Self-regulation
• 12. Self-discipline
• 13. Self-control
• 14. Social skills
• 15. Motivation
• 16. Hopefulness

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