We now know what self-awareness is and how it can help us. We’ve defined our values, looked at our assumptions and roles. We’ve even moved on and looked at some more advanced ‘stuff’ on self-awareness. We’ve checked our progress, and we understand the changes we can make to ourselves and how change impacts us. It’s starting to look like self-awareness needs some dedication from us in order to make any further difference in our lives. To really embrace self-awareness and move ourselves forward it’s going to take a bit more focus. In order to change our minds and behaviours. We have to put in some effort. We get comfortable doing the same things and reacting in the same ways that it becomes habit forming because it takes less effort on our part. Doing things the same way is a dangerous habit as we’re often doing the wrong thing time and again. If we’re not aware of this, then we have no commitment to put it right. Very few people champion the cause of self-awareness, and it often goes against many of the societal values we’re taught. A good example is admitting we’re wrong. Self-awareness advocates that we …show more content…
Teaching people to become self-aware is now used as part of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT, in helping people overcome their anxiety and fears, to help them to own their thoughts and feelings in order to change. The benefits are beginning to be acknowledged and are starting to be more widely used. The benefits of self-awareness are too numerous to list them all here. We can gain control of our lives and behaviour and be more flexible and confident. We can deal with challenges head on and in the right way. We can interact and communicate with others better. Make better decisions, reduce our stress levels and as a result put more into life and get more out of life. We can