Title: 10 Simple Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness [With Examples]
Headings: 10 Simple Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness [With Examples]
10 Simple Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness [With Examples]
Table of Contents
What is self-awareness?
What are the benefits of self-awareness?
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10 examples of how to increase self-awareness
1. Pay attention to what bothers you about other people
2. Meditate on your mind
3. Read high-quality fiction
4. Identify your emotional kryptonite
5. Draw a timeline of your life
6. Ask for feedback (and take it well)
7. Do some micro-travel
8. Learn a new skill
9. Identify cognitive distortions
10. Make time to clarify your values
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Content: 1. Pay attention to what bothers you about other people
Often the things that irritate us the most in other people are a reflection of some quality we dislike in ourselves. We all have aspects of ourselves that we’re not proud of—a tendency to bend the truth a little too often, for example. Or maybe we avoid conflict like the plague, often ending up feeling like a doormat or getting used by those around us. If we don’t know how—or believe it’s possible—to change these things, we can end up doing the next best thing: Not thinking about them. And while ignorance can feel like bliss, it isn’t really. Not in the long-term. So, whenever someone does something that seems to particularly annoy or irritate you, ask yourself: Could this be a reflection of something in me that I dislike?