Title: Top 11 Benefits of Self-Awareness According to Science
Headings: Top 11 Benefits of Self-Awareness According to Science
Top 11 Benefits of Self-Awareness According to Science
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Is Self-Awareness the Same as Self-Reflection & Introspection?
The 6 Benefits of Self-Awareness and Self-Reflection
A Look at the Research
The Advantages of Practicing Introspection
Most Interesting Scientific Findings
Negative Affect
Student Performance
Blind Spots
Brain Anatomy
8 Things You Can Do to Realize These Benefits
A Take-Home Message
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Content: Habits are hard to change, but that change is only accomplished with heightened self-awareness. The implications of higher rates of self-awareness in the workplace are far-reaching. Managerial self-awareness creates better relationships in the workplace. It also creates higher results in goal achievement. A Look at the Research
Early studies revealed that objective self-awareness (Wicklund, 1975) was a state that induced negative affect. The original self-awareness theory was that thinking was dichotomous, meaning thoughts are either focused inward or outward toward others. People avoided occasions where they were required to be self-aware because it induced heightened self-criticism based on previous experience. What has been found is that gentle self-awareness is tremendously transformational when applied within trusted and safe conditions. Some research (Froming, 1982) looked at the differences between two delineated forms of self-awareness manipulations. Using a mirror will help an individual to be self-aware of the internal presence of the self.