Self-awareness can help you change your life because, when you understand your own and others’ emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, you’re able to navigate life consciously and confidently.
We all reach transitional points in our lives where we are motivated to move in a different direction. For some of us it may be a career change, for others a relationship transformation or a shift that helps us develop personally. Regardless of what change you are looking to make in your life it all starts with increasing self-awareness, deciding what the change is, and taking a step toward your goal and sticking to it over time.
Here’s what some smart people have to say about the subject:
Alice Walker:
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.
Charles DuBois:
The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
Anais Nin:
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Andy Warhol:
They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Epictetus:
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
The prospect of change can both create fear in us or energize us through the promise of growth and potential. Remember that you’re a valuable person who deserves to leave the fear behind and move forward courageously and joyfully.
What will you do to develop self-awareness and change your life for the better?
Cheers,
Guy