Last week we spoke about the two words that changed how I moved through my days and encouraged you to embrace these two words as well.
Today is the next piece to the puzzle, before we delve into that delicious piece let’s recap on the art of self awareness and why we should embody it.
When you’re reading something, watching something or talking to someone begin to notice how you’re feeling and what your body is telling you. It might be a sudden jolt of fear, uncertainty, anger or pain. It might be a whisper. This is your body and mind telling us that this is not the person you want to be. It’s a flash card, a reminder about who you don’t want to be or become.
It is crucial that you become more of who you really are and who you want to
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Learn to love your “flaws”: Sometimes it’s easier said than done, absolutely. However, self awareness helps us accept ourselves for who we are- as we are. Honestly, that thing you hate about yourself or you feel is a flaw or weakness? That is your secret weapon and your most powerful tool in your box. It makes you unique and it can become your best card to play in this game of life.
For example- I was cursed blessed with gigantic breast and for most of my life I hated them. They make everyday things feel impossible. That frustration leads me to creating what was to become Australia’s largest independent lingerie resource. You see, on the other side of anger and frustration is actually passion. I learned to love my boobs and they are a part of who I am.
Another example is for most of my life I felt like I was stupid, I didn’t fit in with how most kids learn. Spelling and grammar are not my forte and people misinterpret and may judge me for that, and that’s OK. I realised that smart has many facets and I am gifted in so many ways that still today leave me both breathless and grateful. This gift allowed me to discover new pathways to learn and I am dedicated to learning, even 22 years after my “education” finished. This, gave me the ability to lead the way and create all of my out of box programs, concepts and mentoring, honouring the diversity in people and how we learn and what is the best way to create an amazing life and
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Love what you see in the mirror: Changing the face of beauty of something I am very passionate about, the self loathing that has sadly become the norm for so many people is horrific. Most of us don’t fully understand the impact that this creates in all areas of your life.
Don’t yearn for the body you once had, perky breasts, stronger legs or a different nose. You are who you are and that is beautiful, really beautiful. Start to look for things that are amazing and when a negative feeling pops up about yourself, don’t feel guilty, just find a new loving way that you can embrace that part of your
When we’re told something negative about ourselves, it brings us down. We might get mad at the person who is telling us something we don’t want to hear, but in those moments we need to choose to grow.” Choosing to learn and grow shows how truly strong you are. When their self esteem is affected mentally and physically, they start to look at themselves differently and want a change, when really all they need is self love. Self love is when a person finds to love who they really are and doesn’t care what anyone else thinks about them.
We all like to agree on that. But we never like to think about our flaws. We all have imperfections just like every other thing in the universe. Most of us just do not pay attention to them. We are not perfect, after all.
To what extent can literature help us recognize our flaws and improve upon them? Growing up I have always been told that by accepting your flaws, you can improve upon them and not allow anyone to use them against you. Although I do agree with this point, I feel as though this it is mainly directed at physical insecurities and not flaws within our values and views. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was one of the first novel I read that made me realize how much of an impact literature has on us and made me realize the imperfection of society.
Perhaps I am rambling. Perhaps no one will read this far, and perhaps those who do cannot fathom what my point is. My point: appearance has the ability to dictate the oddest parts of your life, but once you can look past the things about yourself that you don 't like and focus on the things that you do, things will begin to look better. You will begin to look better.
Flannery O 'Connor was an author who wrote about an abundance of people with various backgrounds using characterization. She incorporated aspects of all cultures and personalities into her works. The Southern Gothic piece she wrote called “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” showed how human beings work with one another in society, while each of them is their own person with different characteristics. She told about how other people are generally not as easy to communicate with and that no one is the same as another psychologically. In Flannery’s quote, “All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful”, she shows how she sees people which influences her writing of the different types of characters in this book and their adaptations to change.
You get judged and sometimes even made fun of because of how you look when you can’t do anything about it. You can’t change the beauty on the outside, but the beauty on the inside is all that matters
This is what shapes who I am because I compare myself to others, I never feel good enough, and I constantly doubt myself. And I don 't know why. Well part of the reason is because I see myself as a fat, ugly, and stupid person. This is mostly because I have issues with body image but I am getting better. I used to stop eating for long periods of time, then I would binge eat which would ultimately end in me purging.
In taking the 360o Refined Self-Assessment I have learned my five highest leadership skills are: communication, outcome concern, information sharing, credibility, and decision fairness. My five highest rated behaviors are: communication, communication, communication, outcome concern, and outcome concern. I agree that I do well in communication. Moreover, I feel information sharing is part of a sound communication platform.
The author’s continued explanation regarding self-awareness states self-evaluation, understanding, motivation and beliefs and
People transform themselves into looking appealing because being fat and ugly is considered unappealing. “If we stopped trying to look like Barbie and Ken dolls and stopped listening and allowing the media to tell us that our bodies are fat, ugly and our bodies are our enemies, maybe we will make a new friend or find a lover in the body we were given”(pg.116). Instead love yourself with self care for your body rather than having hatred towards your body by continuing to allow yourself to be deluded by the aspects of what an attractive person looks
Embrace the Perfectly Imperfect Imagine being someone with a flaw so immense that it changes the ways you go about life. This could simply be a trait that someone had picked up due to a weakness or mistake they have made in the past. Also, can be the act of being too young to accept responsibilities.
A leader will be able to make better decisions and connect with authentic self by getting in touch with their inner voice. This is a description of self-awareness. Self-awareness is all about drawing attention to internal psychological signals monitored by the insula and amygdala as somatic makers messages. Somatic makers tend to guide one’s attention into making a better decision based on a right or wrong feeling. Therefore, self awareness is combining one’s authentic self experience across time with sensory impressions.
Instead of looking at yourself in the mirror everyday criticizing yourself we should start pointing out the positive things and start complimenting yourselves you’ll be happier that way it. Even if you did perfect one of those flaws somehow in a surgical way you’ll always find something else to be negative about so either you never win. It’s better to overcome those flaws and be proud of what you are. Appreciate what you have and what you are because you could have it
1.2 Overview of Self-Awareness When self-awareness is used, it means to what extent people are aware of their thinking pattern, traits, feelings and behavior (Brown, 2012). Fletcher and Bailey (2003) state that it is possible to preview at our own self-assessment and assessment made by other people in relation to self-awareness for instance, the scope of which we can exactly recognise how others observe us. In the same way, Yammarino and Atwater (1997) identify self-awareness as an adeptness of an individual to view own performance related to a specific criteria and then, evaluate others assessment of the individual and monitor precisely linking the two consequences. Fletcher and Bailey (2003) states the relationship between self-awareness and performance is significant when assessing self-awareness and further presents
Self-awareness crates a chance for everyone to make necessary changes in his/her behaviors and beliefs. While you’re improving your self-awareness, your personal thoughts and interpretations will start to