SELF AWARENESS AND CONTINUOUS SELF DEVELOPMENT
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This part will discuss self-awareness and continuous self-development through analyzing a number of prior researches, then come up with the link of them to support my role as a manager in the future.
Self-awareness
Self-awareness is a terminology that has been widely discussed in not only psychological but also business and managerial perspectives. There are a number of authors trying to propose different definitions of it.
In very earlier research, the theory developed by Wicklund (1975, 1978, 1979) defines self-awareness mostly as one’s ability to self-observe. That person will base on certain standard or new information to judge his own behavior (as cited in Atwater & Yammarino, 1992). Correspondingly, Atwater and Yammarino (1992, p.143) argue self-awareness as “the individual’s ability to assess evaluations of the self and to incorporate these assessments into one’s self evaluation”. Meanwhile, Church (1997) suggests a definition of managerial self-awareness as accurate reflection and assessment on one’s own behaviors and skills exposed in organization interactions.
On the other hand, Goleman(1995) states self-awareness as utmost dimension of emotion intelligence which has more significant contribution to personal success then intelligence quotient (as cited in Whetten & Cameron, 2011). According to Goleman (1998,2005), self-awareness is defined as the recognition and understanding ability of one’s own moods, emotions, drives as well as one’s impact on others (as cited in Buchanan & Huczynski, 2010)
Whatever the points of view, they all agree on the necessity of self-awareness to a personal and career development. Analyzing the link between self/other ...
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In unit one of Interactions, the authors Ann Moseley and Jeanette Harris showed a number of readings about the idea of the self. The self-concept is an important matter because people change with age constantly and their thoughts change as well. There are many factors that can affect any individual’s thought of self-concept such as growing up, life experiences, friends and family, and meeting new people. Moreover, a number of readings in unit one by different authors showing their experiences and struggles with self-concept such as ethnicities, economy status, and self-esteem issue. I have had similar experiences with several authors, which are, “Zero” by Paul Logan, “Living in two worlds” by Marcus Mabry, and “The Jacket” by Gary Soto.
First of all, self-awareness. Self-awareness is the ability of capturing an emotion effectively when it happens. This concept of mind contains Emotional Awareness and Self Confidence. Firstly, emotional awareness is having capability to identify your emotional and
Leadership self-assessment provides an avenue for a personal check of self-efficacy and abilities to complete position required tasks. Grasse, Heidbreder, and Ihrke (2014) purports that “a leader’s self-awareness has implications for a wide array of individual and organizational outcomes including employee self-esteem, satisfaction with supervision and leadership effectiveness” (p. 549). Taking a realistic inspection of leadership skills and interpersonal abilities would provide leaders with tools to make themselves better to serve their organizations and team
By reflecting on this and as I continue throughout my career, I concur with LTC Sewell’s article on self-awareness. As I continue to “understand, refine and often redefine” myself and improve articulating who I am to others, my aim is to improve myself, for the current and future organizations that may have the opportunity to be affiliated.
There are countless of characteristics that composed the “self”. Self-awareness, self-esteem, self-concept and self-efficacy. This individualities are self-possessed by the setting their surrounded and most importantly how they see themselves. Even though most people devote their time puzzling how to delight humanity and be suitable among peers and colleagues, no factual level of achievement can be attained without distinct pursuits within his or her personality and profound of opinions. In a resulting optimisms of a superior indulgent and amplification of their own individual personalities, characteristics, visions and motivations.
My Self Awareness score is an 85, which means that while I am slightly above average, there is plenty of room for development. I have a clear understanding of what I do well, what motives and satisfies me, as well as which people and situations push my buttons. (Goleman 2002, p. 25) Yet, there are times still seem to let my emotions take control of my actions. I am still discovering the balance that will allow me to recognize those emotions, accept them, and reflect upon them later and not to discourage me.
"To be self aware is to be conscious of one's character, including beliefs, values, qualities, strengths and limitation. It is about knowing oneself" (Burnard 1992).
Self-awareness is recognizing and understanding your emotions and motivations and how the two affect your interactions with others. For example, a lack of confidence may be due to fear of rejection. It could lead to actively condemning those around you or a refusal to communicate.
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“Self-awareness is a psychological state in which people are aware of their traits, feelings and behaviour. Alternatively, it can be defined as the realisation of oneself as an individual entity.” (Crisp & Turner, 2010). In other words, self awareness is recognising one’s personality which includes strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs and emotions.
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“Self-awareness, in short means being ‘aware of both our mood and our thoughts about that mood,’ in the words of John Mayer,” (Goleman). Knowing both of these ideas can help us keep our control over emotions, and not letting them control us. “Emotions that simmer beneath the threshold of awareness can have a powerful impact on how we perceive and react, even though we have no idea they are at work,” (Goleman). Powerful emotions are a force that can easily take over your mind, and when they take over, it is like that feeling becomes you. Awareness of your emotions is just the first phase, and is not self-sufficient.
Finally, I’ve included below twelve things we can do that can help us on the journey towards greater self-awareness. These things help reinforce this message. We don’t have to