What is selfawareness Self you Awareness having knowledge

What is self-awareness? ‣ Self = you ‣ Awareness = having knowledge ‣ Self-awareness = having knowledge of yourself, or knowing who you are

Knowing what about me? ▷You are a unique person with your own: ○Likes ○Dislikes ○Dreams ○Motivations ○Skills and abilities

Why should I know myself? Knowing yourself (self-awareness) is important for many reasons: 1. Knowing yourself helps you get what you want. 2. Knowing yourself helps you understand your needs. 3. Knowing yourself helps you meet your goals.

How do we get to know ourselves? ▷Some ways could be: ○ Make a list of things you like and don’t like. ○ Make a list of your strengths and areas of needed improvement. ○ Create goals for yourself.

What are opportunities or barriers in my environment? Your environment can help you or make it harder for you to achieve your goals. ▷ Some ways to think about this could be: ○ What are your different environments (like home, school, community settings, etc. )? ○ What are the opportunities and barriers within each of these environments?

How do my actions affect others? ▷Being self-aware allows you to understand how your actions affect other people like your friends, family, and teachers. ○ Think about a time your behavior positively affected your friends, family, and/or teachers. ● ● What were the actions? How did that action affect another person? ○ Think about a time when your actions supported or created barriers for another person. ● ● What were the actions? That did that action affect another person?

Wrap-up ▷What is self-awareness? ▷Why is it important?