PRELIMS - LESSON 1 Flashcards
(22 cards)
is a crucial part of a healthy relationship. If you are not aware of your own strengths and shortcomings, you will find it difficult to share these parts of yourself with another person.
Self- awareness
Self-awareness can be extremely beneficial to our____ and over all wellbeing.
But it takes practice to get into the habit of consistent reflection and evaluation.
Mental health
People with self-awareness are mostly able to see themselves _____ and _____
They can recognize their own _____,______,and _____ though no one has perfect consciousness of self.
We are always going to have _____ when it comes to ourselves, but having a high level of self-awareness can be beneficial to your ______ and your _____
clearly and objectively
strengths, faults and personality quirks
blind spots
mental health and your relationships
Self-awareness can be very beneficial, leading to not only ___________ but also ________. It boosts our _____,_____, and,_____
Self-awareness also improves compassion.
Allowing to us to more clearly see thing from the perspective of _____
stronger inter-personal relationships
a better relationship with yourself
decision-making skills, communication skills, and self-confidence.
other people.
Developing better self-awareness is an important step in________. People with strong self-awareness experience happier and longer relationships than others.
cultivating healthier relationship.
Firstly, and most importantly self-awareness _________ which is the key to a strong partnership. focusing on your own thoughts.
Improves your happiness within yourself
Secondly, self-awareness allows you to ________ Many people will continuously make the same mistakes in their relationships, never recognizing that this negative behavior is contributing to problems.
Recognize patterns and cycles
And finally, when you are more self-aware you are also more aware of _________
The thoughts and feelings of others and how your action may impact these
This higher level of compassion allows you to ______ with your partner, establish _____, and be more ______.
Communicate more clearly
Clearer boundaries
open and loving
HOW TO BE MORE SELF AWARE IN A RELATIONSHIP
- _________ We can criticize others for lacking self-awareness and don’t recognize this in ourselves.
- _________. No one likes their partner to be critical of them and, it’s important that they feel comfortable telling you when your behavior has impacted them.
3 _______. If you blame everyone else and have difficulty seeing our part in things working with an experienced psychotherapist can help. Examining past experiences, thoughts and feelings foster self-awareness and can help you integrate reflection into your daily life and relationships.
- _______. Talking about what it is you want to improve can help it to become reality. Share this with your partner and let them know you want to try to become more self-aware and seek their support and feedback.
- Don’t overestimate yourself
- Encourage communication
- Attend counselling
- Discuss self-awareness
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR PARTNER IS NOT SELF AWARE.
If your partner is not a self-aware person, it can be challenging to be in a relationship with them. A person who lacks self-awareness, __________ may have contributed to your feelings or to the direction a situation takes.
They may find it more difficult to _______ and can often be less able to openly share emotions.
However, you support your partner to develop better self-awareness. Asking thinking on this issue?
_______________ will enable your partner to start to reflect and become more self-aware. We are not always able to do this as we can have strong emotional responses, so it is best to always have these types of conversations after the event and when both of you are calm enough and available for this happen
can find it difficult to see how they spoke or responded
emphathize with your thoughts and feelings
Asking questions with curiosity not judgement
Self-awareness is defined as _____
Psychologist ______ and _____ proposed this determination.
“Self-awareness is your self-ability to focus on yourself and how your actions, thoughts, or emotions do or don’t align with your internal standards.
“conscious knowledge of one’s own character, feelings, motives, and desires”
Shelly Duval and Robert Wickland
If you’re highly self-aware, you can ________, ______, ______ and ______.” Put simply those who are highly self-aware can interpret their ___,____, and ____
objectively evaluate yourself
manage your emotions
align your behavior with values
Understand correctly how others percieve you
actions, feelings, and thoughts objectively.
_______: Being aware of how we can appear to others. Because of this consciousness, we are more likely to adhere to social norms and behave in ways that are socially acceptable.
Public self-awareness
______: Being able to notice and reflect on one’s internal state. Those who have private self-awareness are introspective, approaching their feelings and reactions with curiosity. For example, you may notice your self-tensing up as you are preparing for an important meeting. Noticing the physical sensations and correctly attributing them to your anxiety about the meeting would be an example of private self-awareness.
When self-awareness tips into self-consciousness, we are reluctant to share certain aspect of ourselves.
Private self-awareness
BENEFITS OF SELF-AWARENESS
As we mentioned earlier, strengthening self-awareness has variety of benefits.
The specific of each one depends on the individual.
•______
•______
•______
•______
•______
•______
•Gives us the power to influence outcomes
•It helps us to become better decision-makers . It gives us more self-confidence-so, as a result, we communicate with clarity and intention
•It allows us to understand things from multiple perspectives
•It gives us greater ability to regulate our emotions.
•decreases stress
•It makes us happier
Self-awareness is a staple in ______. Although many leaders will brag about how self-aware they are, only _____to____ percent of the population fit the criteria, many of us grew up with the message that you should not know show your emotions, so we attempt to ignore or suppress them. With negative emotions, that doesn’t go very well of us. We internalize them, resulting in _____,______,_____, and____or we externalize them and blame discount or bully others.
contemporary leadership jargon
10 to 15
anger, Resentment, depression, and resignation
This can be a significant handicap in leadership
Lack of self-awareness
A study conducted by __________ found that often, as executives climb the corporate ladder, they become more self-assured and confident
Adam D. Galinsky and colleagues at Northwestern’s Kellog School of management
HOW TO BECOME A MORE SELF-AWARE PERSON?
_______ - Visualize the best version of yourself. “Ideal selves reflect our hopes, dreams, aspiration, and speak to our skills, achievements and accomplishment that we wish to attain.” As you lean into your strengths to become the better version of yourself, you can use this idealized self to keep moving in the right direction and not be distracted by setbacks and other obstacles.
Envision yourself
ASK WHAT QUESTION
At the core of your self-awareness is the ability to _____. However, the _____ contends that most people are going about reflection in the wrong way. The trouble is, we ask ourselves the wrong questions. In our attempt to resolve internal conflict. We ask “____”
Yet there’s no way to answer that question since we don’t have access to our unconscious. Instead, we make up answers that may be accurate
Self- reflect
Eurich group
Why
If you bring awareness to your physical state, you can, at the moment, recognize the emotion as it is happening. Becoming skillful at this rewires your brain.
Naming your feelings is critical in decisions with unintended consequences.
Naming your emotions allows us to take a
