This document provides an overview of developing self-awareness. It discusses discovering strengths and weaknesses using a Johari window model and exploring uncomfortable truths. Various exercises are presented to aid self-reflection, such as questions to understand behavior and a self-talk cycle diagram. Additional resources like online tests and videos are recommended to further improve self-awareness. The overall goal is to commit to a personal plan for ongoing self-development.

1. Developing
self-awareness
Welcome!

2. Housekeeping

3. http://www.sebastienmillon.com

4. We will cover:
 Delightful discoveries and uncomfortable truths
 Joe and Harry
 Discover your strengths
 Gremlins, invisibility cloaks and volcano cakes
 Knowing me, knowing you
 Self reflection
 Commit to a plan!

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6. Delightful discoveries and uncomfortable truths
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8. Open area Blind area
Hidden area
Unknown area
Known to self Unknown to self
Known to others
Unknown to others
Ask
Tell
Johari Window

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Discover your strengths

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11. Gremlins, invisibility cloaks and volcano cakes

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Invisibility cloaks

14. http://blog.mindupdate.org

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Quick question

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“Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.”
Sigmund Freud

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Volcano cakes

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Any questions?

19. “There are times when a man
should be content with what he
has, but never with what he is.”
William George Jordan

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Knowing me, knowing you

21. Encouraging feedback
 Something that they value about you -
your qualities, skills and behaviours
 A talent or strength that you could build on further
 Something that could make you happier and more
effective than you already are

22.  able
 accepting
 adaptable
 aloof
 blasé
 boastful
 bold
 brash
 brave
 callous
 calm
 caring
 chaotic
 cheerful
 childish
 clever
 cold
 competent
 complex
 confident
 cowardly
 cynical
 defensive
 dependable
 detached
 dignified
 dispassionate
 distant
 dull
 embarrassed
 energetic
 engaging
 extroverted
 focused
 friendly
 fun
 foolish
 giving
 glum
 happy
 hard working
 helpful
 hostile
 humourless
 idealistic
 ignorant
 impatient
 inane
 inattentive
 independent
 inflexible
 ingenious
 insecure
 insensitive
 insincere
 intelligent
 introverted
 irrational
 irresponsible
 intolerant
 kind
 knowledgeable
 logical
 loud
 loving
 mature
 modest
 needy
 nervous
 observant
 organized
 over-dramatic
 panicky
 passive
 patient
 perceptive
 powerful
 predictable
 proud
 quiet
 rash
 reflective
 relaxed
 religious
 responsive
 searching
 selfish
 self-satisfied
 self-assertive
 self-aware
 sensible
 sentimental
 shy
 simple
 smug
 spontaneous
 sympathetic
 tense
 timid
 trustworthy
 unethical
 unhappy
 unhelpful
 unimaginative
 unreliable
 vacuous
 violent
 vulgar
 warm
 weak
 wise
 withdrawn
 witty

23. Open area Blind area
Hidden area
Unknown area
Known to self Unknown to self
Known to others
Unknown to others
Ask
Tell
Johari Window

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25. Questions for self-reflection
 I would tell a white lie if...
 I am not a good listener when...
 I feel the most motivated when...
 I’m stubborn when...
 I could be understood better if...
 If I knew I could not fail, I would...
 I feel most joy in my life when...

26. The self talk cycle
Your thoughts
about yourself
Your emotions
Your behaviour
People’s reactions
to your behaviour

27. Short circuiting the self talk cycle
Stop it short
 Catch yourself when you are
saying negative things to
yourself
 Tell yourself, “Stop!” or use a
signal to remind yourself,
such as clicking your fingers
 Erase the thought
Replace it
 Replace the negative
thought with a positive one
 If another person’s
behaviour is concerning you,
think of possible alternative
explanations for it
 Distract yourself with
another activity
Check it out
If the thought keeps returning, find out if it is
true:
 Ask for feedback, or:
 Ask the person whose behaviour is
worrying you what is concerning them, or:
 Look for evidence to support or refute your
thought

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Any questions?

30. Further reading and activities
Taming Your Gremlin:
http://www.tamingyourgremlin.com/
The Power of Vulnerability:
www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability
Start Where You Are:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24611808-start-where-you-are
40 Questions to Improve Your Self Awareness:
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/40_Questions_To_Improve_Your
_Self_Awareness.html

31. Free strengths tests:
www.viacharacter.org
www.discoveryourskills.com/
www.wingfinder.com/
Know your strengths, own your strengths video:
https://leanin.org/education/know-your-strengths-own-your-
strengths-no-one-else-will/
I Resilience questionnaire:
https://solutions.robertsoncooper.com

32. And finally…
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“Friendship with oneself is
all-important, because
without it one cannot be
friends with anyone else
in the world.”
Eleanor Roosevelt