My dear friend Ron Prasad is an outstanding coach and inspirational presenter and writer. He sent me a copy of his newsletter today and I wanted to share it with you all. I trust that you enjoy the simplicity of breaking this down.
I am often amazed by the responses that people give me when I propose the above mentioned question to them. When I ask people to tell me who they are, most of the time they tell me their name. That is a good start. Having said that, there is more to you than just your name. There is more to you than just what you do or what you have. There is more to you than what you may think.
That is why I talk about self awareness to the people that I work with. In 2008, the importance of self awareness was brought to my attention by my dear friend, Mr Warren Henningsen. Warren is a self awareness expert, and since that day, I have been paying particular attention to self awareness in my own life, and in the lives of the people that I work with.
Self awareness is about getting to know yourself better. You may be now wondering, how do I increase my level of self awareness?
I would suggest a two step process when it comes to raising your level of self awareness.
Step one is asking questions of yourself. What I mean by that is this, at this very moment, just ask yourself a simple question such as “What is important to me?” Or, if you wish to take it further, you may ask “What are my top five values?”
Once you ask yourself that question, answer them immediately. Write it down on a piece of paper or on a computer.
Then it is time for step two, which is, observe. Observe yourself and see if you are congruent to the answers that ‘you’ have written down. Observe yourself in different planes of existence. Check to see if your thoughts, feelings and actions are congruent to the answers that you have written down.
Ask yourself questions such as “Are my actions congruent to what is important to me, or to my top five values?”
For example, if one of your values was integrity (in the answers that you wrote), and you just found yourself having ‘small chatter’ behind someone’s back, ask yourself this “Am I being congruent to my value called integrity by having ‘small chatter’ behind this person’s back?”
Questions such as these will give you a very clarity on who you are, and raise your level of self awareness.
Self awarenes is all about getting to know yourself better- how do I function, what are my thought patterns like, what are my emotions like, what do I expect from myself, what do I see myself as?
Come up with a hypothetical situation, and ask yourself “What will I do in this situation?” The answer to this question will clarify your level of self awareness by telling you more about how you function. Play around with this concept, and come up with different hypothetical situations, in which you ask yourself the same question over and over again.
Once you get to know yourself better, then only will you be in a position to know other people better.
Raising our level of self awareness serves us in the following way – the more self aware you are:
· The better questions you ask
· The better decisions you make
· The better actions you take
· The better results you achieve
Self awareness is all about knowing the person that is closest to you (that is you).
Self awareness is all about knowing the person that you talk to the most (that is you).
Self awareness is all about knowing the person that affects you the most (that is you).
So, after reading this newsletter, please ask yourself the following questions:
· What is my level of self awareness?
· Must I raise my level of self awareness?
· How will it serve me better, if I raised my level of self awareness.
To find yourself, you must look within, not with’out’.
Warren Henningsen
PS: Please be encouraged to contact me regarding any feedback you have for this newsletter.
Yours in Higher Inspiration,
Ron Prasad
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Nice post! Here’s one for ya… In a hierarchical organization, the higher the level, the greater the confusion.
Thanks you for the positive feedback. I am very humbled and honoured.
Love and blessings,
Ron
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