5 Benefits of Self-Awareness!

Self-Awareness can be understood as knowing about oneself i.e. one’s thoughts, feelings and other characteristics of self. It is important because when we have a better understanding of ourselves, we are able to experience ourselves as unique and separate individuals and then have ability to make changes and focus on our strengths as well as identify the areas where we would like to make improvements.

One should Take out time to look inwards which can help shape the person as who they are, become what they intend to. Looking inward can help one take positive steps in life. It is a necessary part of gaining self-awareness of:

* who you are

* how you see yourself

* what you think about yourself.

Along with how others see you, experience you what they think about you and what they can either enjoy about you or be  distanced by in you. At the very least, Introspection can help you make morally appropriate and much more personally responsible conscious decisions.

5 Benefits of Self-Awareness-

1.    Character Building-Looking inward forces one to confront the person who they really are – the positive, the negative, the weaknesses and the strengths and motivates one to work on them.

2. Rational Neutral Thinking- The conscious awareness about self makes one think about all the available information and then guide their thoughts accordingly.

3.   Better Decision Making- Introspection helps one take better decisions about self, keeping in mind one’s desires, abilities and strengths.

4.   Fight With One’s Own Fears – Through self-awareness one can acknowledge one’s own fears and move towards managing the feelings they bring in.

5.   Acknowledgement Of Choices- Introspection helps individual in defining the true authentic self which will help them to empower themselves to identify the real authentic choices and to feel much more confident in them and with them.

Thus, one must cultivate this practice of Self-Awareness for better understanding of self and make better decisions about self and ultimately be happy.