Top 10 Ways to Enhance Self‐Awareness

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Top 10 Ways to Enhance Self-Awareness
Coach Lo
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Coach Lo Relationship Mindset Coach Helping
others heal from narcissist abuse and toxic
relationships Published Apr 19, 2022
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Selfawareness is having a high degree of
knowledge about yourself. It is the awareness of
your habits, emotional tendencies, needs,
desires, strengths, and weaknesses. Having a
high level of selfawareness is a powerful tool.
It allows you to change your life more
effectively, since you know your own strengths
and limitations. Those that lack selfawareness
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1. Notice your thoughts. Unless youve been
meditating for years, your mind is constantly
racing through ideas and endlessly providing
commentary. Most of us cannot just look at a
tree and admire it, the mind has to comment,
Thats a beautiful tree. Then its off on a
rampage of thoughts.
Notice your thinking patterns. What are you
thinking when youre feeling nervous? Bored?
Interested? Walking down the street? Notice that
similar situations result in similar thought
patterns.
Do you judge people and situations? Do you spend
a lot of time thinking about the past or the
future? Do you expect the worst to happen or the
best? Or do you adopt an attitude of, Lets
just see what happens?
2. Notice your feelings. What are you feeling
throughout the day? What do you feel while
youre eating? Driving to work? Lying in bed?
Waiting in line? Once youve notice your
emotion, question it. What am I feeling? Why?
What do I need right now? How do I normally
react in this situation? Is that smart?
3. Understand how you deal with frustration or
emotional discomfort. A huge chunk of your time
is spent trying to make yourself feel better. If
you feel slightly frustrated or uncomfortable,
then you may spend a tremendous amount of time
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energy trying to change the situation or the
others around you to resolve those negative
feelings.
Do you try to control others? Do you attempt to
distract yourself? Is your first instinct to
leave the situation? Do you surf the internet or
eat a big bowl of ice cream?

• Examine your friendships. Where do you find your
  friends? Are most of your friendships longterm
  or short? When your friendships end, what is the
  common cause? What types of people do you prefer
  to be friends with? What types of people do you
  avoid?
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• Examine your intimate relationships. Do you see a
  pattern in the type of people that youve been
  involved with? What are the negative
  characteristics they all share? Why do you think
  those people appealed to you?

What were your shortcomings in your
relationships? Are you clingy? Jealous? Too
focused on work? Failed to communicate your
needs? Think about how you contributed to the
failure of your relationships.
Have you changed your approach from relationship
to relationship, or do you continue to repeat
your mistakes?
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6. Keep a journal. Theres no better way to learn
about yourself than to record your thoughts,
feelings, and experiences each day. Studies have
shown that we dont remember our past very
accurately, so record it while its still fresh
in your mind. Be sure to include your high and
low points for the day.
Note how well you ate and slept, too. You might
find some useful information.
Create a habit of writing in your journal for at
least 15 minutes each day. Youll start to
notice patterns and learn a lot about yourself.
7. Write your own manifesto. Think about and then
document your views on life, your goals, and
your intentions. You might be surprised by what
you write. This is a great first step for
understanding yourself and your beliefs.
8. Make a list of your strengths and weaknesses.
How do you know? Are you certain? Avoid jumping
to conclusions. You may have always believed that
youre a hard worker, but are you? To whom are
you comparing yourself? Provide yourself with
proof before you make any decisions.
What would others say about you? Consider how
your partner, children, friends, family,
coworkers, and boss would describe you. What
would they suggest you improve about yourself?
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how others perceive you? Find out how perceptive
you are.
9. Meditate. Meditation is all about developing a
better awareness of the present moment and
yourself. Meditation is an ideal activity for
enhancing selfawareness.
Meditate at least once each day. Spend the rest
of the day paying attention to yourself, others,
and your surroundings. You can develop a higher
degree of selfawareness by just paying
attention. Question yourself throughout the day.
What am I attempting to achieve? What
emotions am I currently feeling and why? What
are the people around me feeling?
10. Understanding yourself might be the most
important part of becoming and living
authentically. The next lesson guides you through
pondering your personal identity.
Heres what you need to do today
Spend the rest of the day noticing your feelings.
Do you see patterns emerging in similar
situations?
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