This document discusses self-awareness. It defines self-awareness as having a clear understanding of one's personality, including strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs, motivations, and emotions. It also allows one to understand how others perceive them. Self-awareness is important because it allows one to make changes to their thinking and emotions, which determines where they go in life. Having self-awareness permits taking control of one's emotions, behavior, and personality to make desired changes.

1. Self Awareness

2. What is self awareness?
 Self Awareness is having a clear understanding of
your personality; including strengths, weaknesses,
thoughts, beliefs, motivation, and emotions.
 Self Awareness allows you to understand other
people, how they perceive you, your attitude and
your responses to them in the moment.

3. Why is self awareness important?
 You will be able to make changes in your thinking.
 Changing your thinking allows you to change your emotions.
 Where you focus your attention, your emotions, reactions,
personality and behavior determine where you go in life.
 Having self awareness allows you to see where your thoughts
and emotions are taking you.
 It also allows you to take control of your emotions, behavior,
and personality so you can make changes you want.
 Until you are aware of the controls to your thoughts,
emotions, words, and behavior, you will have difficulty
making changes in the direction of your life.

5. Your name, Your age, Where you go to
school, Your hobbies, Where you live, Your
phone number, Favorite sports team,
Emotions you express
A hand gesture you often make, A facial
expression, Things you do that are annoying,
Things you do really well, Behavior patterns
or habits, Strengths, Weaknesses, How you
affect others
Things in your past, Emotions not expressed,
Your thoughts, Things your embarrassed
about, Things that are painful, Abuse and
trauma, Family trouble, Drug and alcohol
trouble, Illegal activity
The meaning of a dream; Why you react
strongly to certain people; A talent or skill
you didn’t know you had; Relationship
patterns; Repressed trauma memories

6. Has anyone ever told you something about
yourself that you found hard to believe?
Examples:
 “You can do it!”
 “Your better than that”
 “You’re a smart kid”
 “You can pass this class if you try a little harder”
 “You have great potential”
Sometimes we don’t believe in ourselves so its difficult to trust other people who believe in us.
 What part of Johari’s window might this be?
 Blind Self: Things that others know about me, which I don’t know about myself