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: Close family members and friends are privy to some aspects of our private self as we let our guard down in front of them. Hence, they become invaluable aides in helping us assess ourselves. As we practice becoming more aware of ourselves and how we are perceived by others, we learn many more shades of our characteristics to a minute level. Hence we are in a better position to overcome our personality defects and understand where our strengths lie. In the following paragraphs, we will examine some of the ways one can increase one’s self-awareness. 3 How to increase self-awareness – By observing oneself
To understand our personality, we need to understand the nature of our mind. The mind is made up of two parts – the conscious and sub-conscious mind. The sub-conscious mind is vast and the impressions that are buried deep inside are not easy to uncover and analyse. However, ever so often during the day one’s mind erupts and reacts to some events and situations negatively. As a result, one feels a certain amount of restlessness and emotions such as insecurity, fear or anger.