Title: Self-awareness is the first step to personality development
Headings: 
1 Introduction to the importance of self-awareness
2 What is self-awareness?
Definition of self-awareness:
3 How to increase self-awareness – By observing oneself
4 How to increase self-awareness – Someone providing us with feedback or telling our mistake
5 How to increase self-awareness – Observing someone else’s mistake and then introspecting
6 Our dreams can also tell us about ourselves
7 In summary

Content: If someone has experienced pain due to our actions, it is mostly due to some personality defect in us that is causing our action to impact others adversely. 5 How to increase self-awareness – Observing someone else’s mistake and then introspecting
Jeremy and Ruth were arguing about household chores. Ruth insisted that Jeremy was not doing enough at home while Jeremy continued to provide lame excuses about why he was unable to do the household chores on time. When their friend Mark overheard their argument, he realised that he was the same as Jeremy. Now as a third person and not being emotionally involved, Mark could objectively see that Jeremey’s lame excuses were childish and illogical, and were exasperating his wife Ruth. Seeing the impact of this, Mark made a mental resolve to overcome his own laziness and help his own wife at home without making any excuses. This is an example of how when one observes a situation that involves other people, one gains a greater understanding of oneself. As one may not be emotionally involved in the situation, one is more objective and hence the ability to learn is more. 6 Our dreams can also tell us about ourselves
Sometimes stronger impressions in our subconscious mind surface in our dreams to the extent that we are able to remember the dream and even learn about our mind. One seeker had a dream where she was experiencing fear before going on stage to deliver a lecture.