1. Self-Awareness Module
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2. Self-Awareness in words…
“To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.” Socrates
“Being self-aware is not the absence of mistakes, but the ability to learn and correct them.” Daniel Chidiac
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” C. G. Jung
Knowing ourselves is important as gives us a sense of power and control over oneself since we are our own leader, we must believe and lead ourselves.
Self-awareness can be a limitation or a facilitator of personal learning and growth.

3. Defining Self-Awareness
“The ability to recognise and understand your moods, emotions, and drives, as well as their effects on others” (Goleman, 1998)
“Having a clear grasp on one’s own values, needs, interests, goals, abilities, and purpose” (Hall, 2002)
Notes for Trainer
By increasing our self-awareness, which is an ongoing process, we have a clear perception of our personality: Our strengths, weaknesses, beliefs, thoughts, emotions & what motivates us.

4. Defining Self-Awareness
Self-awareness is a higher-level concept that includes being consciously aware of our internal states and being aware of our interactions and relationships with others (Trapnell and Campbell, 1999).
Self-awareness can be viewed as an evaluation tool, i.e. to evaluate the quality and accuracy of the perceptions we hold of ourselves. It is being capable of being conscious of the perceptions we have and to observe these in an accurate and objective manner.
Notes for Trainer
By increasing our self-awareness, which is an ongoing process, we have a clear perception of our personality: Our strengths, weaknesses, beliefs, thoughts, emotions & what motivates us.

5. Emotional Intelligence (EI)
Self-awareness is an element of Emotional Intelligence (EI), and it is the first step to becoming emotionally intelligent is to increase our level of self-awareness
EI is “observed when a person demonstrates the competencies that constitute self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and social skills at appropriate times and ways in sufficient frequency to be effective in the situation.”

6. Emotional Intelligence (EI) – Cont’d
The Five Elements of EI are;
Self-Awareness
Self-Regulation
Motivation
Empathy
Social Skills
Notes for Trainer
SELF-AWARENESS: The ability to recognize and understand personal moods and emotions and drives, as well as their effect on others.
SELF-REGULATION: The ability to control our urges that might bring undesirable consequences. The ability to stop and think before we act out.
MOTIVATION: There are two types of motivation, intrinsic & extrinsic. Intrinsic motive is when we work on something that is stimulates our brains, is challenging and even satisfying. Extrinsic motive refers to the external motive we have for doing something, e.g. Competition, rewards, punishment or commands.
EMPATHY: Refers to the ability to share someone else’s feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in the other person’s situation. Being able to get into someone else’s’ shoes
SOCIAL SKILLS: The ability to manage relationships and build networks.

7. Self-Awareness – Why it matters
It allows us to understand ourselves and other people,
read, interpret and regulate our own emotions
and thoughts
Because the way we feel and think
has an effect on our behaviours,
choices and decisions
Notes for Trainer
We are better able to understand our behaviours and why we choose or decide to do something

8. Self-Awareness – Why it matters
We understand how others view us
To take action & achieve our goals, thus, positive outlook for the future
More compassionate to self and others
Better psychological health and increased levels of well-being
Improved mental health
Notes for Trainer
Being aware of our purpose in life helps us in our goal setting, since we know where we want to get, we find ways to do so
Increasing self-awareness leads to understanding and accepting oneself
Better psychological health since we can regulate and cope with our emotions and we attend to our needs

9. What Purpose does it Serve?
Personal Development & Self-Improvement
Positive behavioural changes & adaptability i.e. improve habits
Helps create achievable goals, goal-setting & decision making
Improves interpersonal relationships in personal & professional life
Notes for Trainers
Self-awareness is being conscious of what you're good at while acknowledging what you still have yet to learn
When we combine the skills of self-awareness and adaptability, we are able to know what to improve, and we find ways to learn how to learn these skills and competencies
Decision making improves as people with high self-awareness are better able to make important decisions despite uncertainties and pressures
Self-awareness leads to a greater appreciation of diversity, improved communication with colleagues and increased confidence in the workplace

10. Benefits of Self-Awareness
Linked to performance & the strongest predictor of overall success (personal & organisational)
Helps in job search – able to see fit between position & skills (occupational fit) thus more effective career decisions
Helps in interview process – able to present our strengths better
Higher job satisfaction
Notes for Trainers
It is our sense of identity that helps us evaluate ourselves, how we fit into the environment, and our uniqueness to make decisions regarding employability.
As we become more aware, we know the skills we possess and we are in a better position to know which job can satisfy our needs for professional development.
Moreover, during an interview, self-awareness helps us present our strengths and areas of improvement so others can have a clear picture of what we can offer to an organisation.

11. Benefits of Self-Awareness– Cont’d
Positively related to job-related well-being
Associated with improved leadership
Acts like a foundation for participating in continuous education
Assists with Conflict management
Notes for Trainers
Self-awareness involves leaders being aware of their own strengths and weaknesses and possessing the ability to be frank and honest about them. Thus, possessing self-awareness will help people choose roles where they can succeed, and moreover, they can build teams that complement their strengths.
Conflict management as successful conflict resolution depends on people’s ability to manage stress while remaining alert and calm and control their emotions and behaviour.

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The Eagle who thought was a Chicken:
In the manual you will find the whole story with 2 possible endings
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13. Thus, to know ourselves, we need to ask these questions:
What am I passionate about?
What do I believe in? ( values)
What are my life goals (general)
What are my professional goals (specific)
What have my challenges in life been?
How did I deal with them? (Actions)
What did I achieve? (Results)
What skills did I call upon?

14. Objectives
Understand what self-awareness is, and why it’s an important skill to cultivate and practice - Benefits.
Become familiar with the 3 key skills of self-awareness.
Experience developing the key skills first-hand through practical exercises and activities.
Reflect on the self-awareness of ourselves and others

15. Subskills
Emotional awareness recognising of one’s own feelings, and how they affect one’s performance
Self- Assessment involves a strong sense of one’s worth and capabilities
Self- Confidence believing in one’s inner resources, abilities and limits
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Notes for Trainers
Emotional awareness is important in maintaining good relationships with others
Self-Assessment : When we cultivate the ability to assess and identify different types of emotion and their intensity, we are apt to stabilise our emotions
Self-confidence incorporates awareness of and acceptance of strengths and weaknesses, reflection, learning from experience, openness to candid feedback and new perspectives
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16. How do we develop self-awareness?
Introspection
Feedback from others and seeing oneself through the eyes of others.
Self-observation – observing our behaviour
Notes for Trainers:
Introspection can help expose some current thoughts and feelings, that are at a conscious level and help us construct a coherent narrative about ourselves.
When we try to see ourselves through the eyes of others, we observe how other people around us see us and we can detect which views are similar to our own view and which are different from our own.
Self-awareness increases with feedback from others. Information such as how others perceive us and what they say about us and by receiving feedback is considered important.
Self-observation happens when we extrapolate our internal states from our behaviour, and it is a major source of self-knowledge.

17. Questionnaire – Activity 1
Notes for Trainers:
Please refer to the guide for the questionnaire

18. Activity 2: My Five Dimensions of Self
Cognitive
Emotional
Social
Ethical
Physical
Notes for Trainers:
For our wellbeing, we need to take care of our 5 dimensions. We need a balance between these:
Physical (e.g. sleep, diet, exercise)
Cognitive (e.g. our intellectual abilities, knowledge)
Emotional (e.g. feelings)
Social (e.g. relationships)
Ethical (e.g. values)
Take time to think about what you are doing now
And what steps you would take in order to improve your wellbeing level, to develop further the five dimensions and nurture ourselves

19. Activity 3: My 5 Strengths and my 3 Areas of Improvement
Homework: ViaStrengths:
Notes for Trainers:
Make a list of your top 5 strengths
Make a list of your 3 areas of improvement
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20. Activity 4: Mind Map with our Basic Needs
Notes for Trainers:
As seen on the diagram, according to Abraham Maslow, our needs fall into 5 categories.

21. Adapted from: Tony Buzan: http://www.tonybuzan.com/gallery/mind-maps/
Notes for Trainers:
A Mind Map is a powerful graphic technique that provides a universal key to unlock the potential of the brain.
Using the 5 categories of Maslow’s pyramid, develop your own mind map
Adapted from: Tony Buzan:

22. Activity 5: Getting Where YOU Want To Be
Notes for Trainers:
Follow the instructions and diagram in the training manual to set goals
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23. Activity 6: Write your Own Poem
First Name
Verb, Verb, Verb
Adjective, Adjective, Adjective
Noun, Noun, Noun
Last Name
Mary
Learn, work, excel
Hardworking, intelligent, driven
Team player, friend, professional
Smith
Notes for Trainers
Form a diamante poem, with words that represent yourself
The verses will include word types such as; verbs, adjectives, and nouns

24. Activity 7: Making Your Own Mottos
Keep it short and easy to remember.  Make it emotionally intelligent.  Boost your motto’s power with a rhyme

25. Thank you for your participation.