Knowing oneself can help a person accept their strengths and limitations and interact better with others in three key ways: 1) It allows you to understand your capabilities and areas you excel in. 2) It helps you recognize your limitations and what you are able to handle. 3) Accepting your true self, regardless of what others say, enables you to perform to the best of your abilities.

1. KNOWING AND
UNDERSTANDING ONESELF

2. “Explain why knowing
oneself can make a person
accept his/her strengths
and limitations and
dealings with others
better.”

3. •We would know what area or where we are capable of
•We would know where we excel the most
•We would know the things we can handle or not
•Accepting oneself is the key to knowing onself
•It also makes us realized our limitations
•Through this we will figure out who we really are
•So that we could do things better than before
•When people drag you down atleast you know your
true self and no matter what they say atleast you know
your true self

4. Directions: Take a look at your own
self-concept and answer the
following self-concept inventory in
your answer sheets. Give yourself a
rating using the scale: (0=very weak,
1=weak, 2=somewhat weak,
3=somewhat strong, 4= strong and
5=very strong).

5. •MY SELF-CONCEPT INVENTORY
____1. I have strong sex appeal.
____2. I am proud of my physical figure.
____3. I am physically attractive and beautiful/handsome.
____4. I exude with charm and poise.
____5. I am easy to get along with.
____6. I can adjust to different people and different situations.
____7. I am approachable; other people are at ease and comfortable with me.
____8. I am lovable and easy to love.
____9. I am a fast learner, can understand with one instruction.
____10. I am intelligent.
____11. I have special talents and abilities.
____12. I can easily analyze situations and make right judgments.
____13. I can be trusted in any transaction

6. ____14. I have a clear conscience and carry no guilty feeling.
____15. I have integrity and good reputation.
____16. My friends and classmates can look up to me as a model worth
emulating.
____17. I can express my ideas without difficulty.
____18. I talk in a persuasive manner that I can easily get people to accept what I
say.
____19. I can express my ideas in writing without difficulty.
____20. I am a good listener.
____21. I am emotionally stable and not easily rattled when faced with trouble.
____22. I am logical and rational in my outlook and decisions.
____23. I feel and act with confidence.
____24. I am a mature person

7. Physical Appeal
1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
Subtotal: _____
Human Relations
5. _____
6. _____
7. _____
8. _____
Subtotal: _____
Intelligence
9. _____
10. _____
11. _____
12. _____
Subtotal: _____
Character
13. _____
14. _____
15. _____
16. _____
Subtotal: _____
Communications
17 _____
18 _____
19 _____
20 _____
Subtotal: _____
Maturity
21. _____
22. _____
23. _____
24. _____
Subtotal: _____
Roldan, Amelia S. (2003). On Becoming a Winner: A Workbook on Personality Development and Character Building. AR Skills Development and Management Services (SDMS), Paranaque City, Metro Manila.

8. BELOW 10- VERY WEAK
11-15- SOMEWHAT
WEAK
16-20- STRONG

9. Now, look at the results of your self-concept inventory
and answer the following questions in your answer sheets.
1. 1. In what areas do you consider yourself strong (with
score 16-20 or somewhat weak (score of 11-15) and;
very weak (below 10)?
1. 2. Are there qualities you consider as your weakness
but other people consider as your strength? What are
these? Check with 1 or 2 classmates.
1. 3. How realistic is your self-image?
4.To what extent does it reflect your real self?

10. How important is our
Self-Concept?

11. DIRECTIONS:
DETERMINE WHETHER THE FOLLOWING
SITUATIONS ARE SHOWING AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS A POSITIVE OR A
NEGATIVE SELF-CONCEPT. PUT A
CHECKMARK (√) BEFORE THE NUMBER IF
IT IS A POSITIVE SELF-CONCEPT AND AN
(𝑿) IF IT IS A NEGATIVE SELF-CONCEPT

12. _____1. A public official who is very confident in public speaking thinking that
he/she can communicate well.
_____2. During class discussion, a student wants to clarify about a particular
concept presented by the teacher.
_____3. A student got nervous when the teacher calls his/her name during
class discussion thinking that he/she might give the wrong answer.
_____4. A young lady refused to join the pageant thinking that she is not
beautiful.
_____5. A student is gifted of good art, agreed to represent himself in a
poster making contest believing that he can make it.

13. _____6. A person views herself as a lazy and
incompetent employee.
_____7. A person views herself as a hard-working
and competent employee.
_____8. A person thinks of himself as a cold and
unapproachable person.
_____9. A person thinks of himself as a nurturing
and caring person.
_____10. A woman sees herself as a terrible spouse
and friend.

14. _____11. A woman sees herself as an excellent spouse and
friend.
_____12. A person sees herself as an intelligent person.
_____13. A person sees herself as stupid and slow.
_____14. A man perceives himself as expendable and a burden
on his community.
_____15. A man perceives himself as an important member of
his community.

15. SELF CONCEPT

16. • refers to your awareness of yourself
,it influences how we think, feel,
• It is the construct that negotiates these two
selves. In other words, it connotes first the
identification of the ideal self as separate
from others, and second, it encompasses all
the behaviors evaluated in the actual self
that you engage in to reach the ideal self.

17. IDEAL SELF
is the self that you aspire to
be. It is the one that you hope
will possess characteristics
similar to that of a mentor or
some other worldly figure

18. ACTUAL SELF
• is the one that you actually see. It is the
self that has characteristics that you were
nurtured or, in some cases, born to have.
• is who we are , how we think, how we
feel , how we look and act.
•Actual self is build on self knowledge.

19. “WHAT I CAN DO “

20. ASSIGNMENT:
Directions: Write your insights and realization
about the importance of knowing oneself.
“REFLECTIONS”
ACTIVITY NO.1
-IN A LONG SHEET BONDPAPER

21. “KNOWING YOURSELF IS
THE BEGINNING OF ALL
WISDOM”
-ARISTOTLE