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Self-Awareness and Self-Reflection

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My consulting clients frequently ask me how to figure out other people. Oftentimes the key to our happiness does not rest on other people but within us. Self-awareness leads to self-reflection, which is a skill that benefits you by helping you understand your needs so that you can take care of them. It’s a great skill to learn because it helps you comprehend who you are and feel good about yourself.

Take a moment today to reflect on who you are as a person. You can start by taking an inventory of the achievements you are most proud of and those you wish you could improve. Ask yourself some questions like the following:

1. What am I most proud of?
2. What skills do I possess?
3. Where do I see myself in 6 months, 1 year, 5 years?
4. What are the challenges I face?
5. What will I do to overcome the challenges?

Thinking about yourself isn’t selfish, it’s self-aware and actually a great way to begin healing your wounds and building yourself up. Try beginning the process today and you will start to notice that it feels great to focus on yourself and your future.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and practice self-reflection?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness and Saying No

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An important part of self-awareness is allowing yourself not to do everything that people ask you to do. A lot of well-meaning individuals expend a great deal of energy doing things for others rather than remaining focused on their own goals. You get to decide whether you live your own life or someone else’s. Saying no doesn’t mean being rude, it’s just letting people know what your limits and boundaries are.

When you learn how to say no, you allow yourself to focus your energy on doing what you want to do. You can take action to make your own dreams come true. You also get rid of the inner discomfort that comes from doing things you really don’t want to do.

You’re a valuable person who deserves to follow your own path in life. Your needs matter. When you say no, you are putting yourself first and creating the space for you to do things that bring you joy. What will you do to develop self-awareness and say no more often?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness and Keeping New Year’s Resolutions

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Many people who lack self-awareness make resolutions at the beginning of the new year but have difficulty keeping up the momentum and enthusiasm they initially experience. So how can you make sure you fulfill your new year’s resolutions? Here are some helpful tips to get you started:

1. Pick a manageable goal. You can always pick another if you achieve one.
2. Pick only one thing you want to change. Don’t try to do everything at once.
3. Pick a goal that you are very likely to follow through on. This leads to success.
4. Find an outside person to help you reinforce your goal.
5. Develop a plan and stick to it.
6. Take one step then keep walking.
7. Practice, practice, practice. The act of doing things over time creates change.

The trick to keeping resolutions is to make them manageable and take action each day to make them a reality. Pick any goal you wish and then work on making it come true by doing one small thing each day.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and keep your new year’s resolutions?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Aware People Decide How to Live Their Lives

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If you possess self-awareness, you decide how to live your life, not anyone else. I wish I had known this a long time ago.

For too many years, I followed everyone else’s lead instead of my own. I would let other people tell me what I should do with my life, what kind of relationships I should have, and how I should think and behave. It made me feel horrible about myself, to the point where I was self-destructing.

People are amazingly adept at telling you, in both overt and more subtle ways, that you shouldn’t be yourself. They make suggestions and demands that keep you from being the authentic you. The key to living a great life is to increase your self-awareness so you can do your own thing and make your own choices. Move forward courageously, and positively, based on what your inner voice is telling you. Do what you love doing.

I’m so glad I figured out that I could follow my own path. What will you do to develop self-awareness and live your own life?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness and Why Your Voice Matters

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Your voice matters because no one else in the world thinks exactly the same way as you do. An important part of self-awareness is the ability to understand who you are deep inside and share the real you with the world in a positive way. Your point of view is valuable and your insights can enrich other people’s lives.

A lot of people are scared to use their real voices because they think they’ll be judged or not fit in with their social groups. In my experience, showing the world who you really are deep inside is part of being a fully developed, sensitive, compassionate, courageous human being. It means you’ve reached a point where you’re so comfortable with yourself that you’re able to be vulnerable and share your authentic thoughts and feelings.

You have the potential to use your voice to positively impact the world around you rather than falling into the trap of using it to perpetuate negativity and misery. The more self-awareness you possess, the more likely you’ll be to use your voice to help others, and the happier you’ll be.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and make your voice matter?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness and Thinking of Others

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One of the most difficult tasks for human beings is being able to think of others. It takes a significant amount of self-awareness and lack of ego to consider the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of others.

Why even worry about others? We don’t live alone in this world, there are billions of other souls we impact both directly and indirectly through our thoughts and actions. Do something negative and it ripples not only inside you, but through the cosmos. Do something positive and the effects build a better world.

Paradoxically, thinking of others allows us to become more well-rounded, balanced human beings. When we treat others with kindness and compassion, we become more caring toward ourselves.

People who are actively building self-awareness often find that they are able to think beyond themselves to the plight of humanity. As they become more and more happy with who they are, they are better able to understand and feel what others are going through.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and think of others?

Cheers,

Guy

Self-Awareness Helps You Find Your Own Answers

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Self-awareness helps you find your own answers in life because, when you understand your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, you’re able to move forward consciously and take action more confidently based on the knowledge you have of yourself.

I often get questions from people who are genuinely trying to figure out what to do in a difficult situation. While I can give people examples of what other people have done to be successful, it is difficult to give people advice on what they should do. Each person will have their own way of arriving at a solution and a self-awareness consultant is there to help them arrive at whatever end they see fit.

I encourage people to think in terms of building self-awareness and finding their own solutions to tough issues. If you don’t know what to do, spend some time thinking about the following points:

1. What would I name this issue?
2. What are some possible solutions for the issue?
3. Which solution makes the most sense to me?
4. What do I need to do to start working on the solution?

I help my clients take charge of their lives and gain the confidence necessary to work through tough challenges. We all have the answers we need inside; it just takes a bit of effort to find them. Outside people can give us their opinion but only we can arrive at the resolution that makes the most sense to us.

What will you do to develop self-awareness and find your own answers?

Cheers,

Guy

The Self-Awareness Guy