Self-awareness 7th may 2008

Hey ! im back again to add in more that i left out.. haha ..=.=" ..
qns 1) What do you find meaningful or useful from the discussion about self-awareness and self-esteem?
Ans: i find self-awareness and self esteem are meaningful and useful as it helps us to create a better impression to others , this enable us to present ourselves more presentable and able to create a better relationship with people.Secondly we can improve our openness to others and increase our social sensitivity. Thirdly we can take appropriate actions to respond to respond to tough situations, such as when people are fighting and u are they to stop them. Through this discussion allows me to know more about myself and what to do to improve myself and create a impression that i want . To me most importantly is to change your negative beliefs and change it to a positive beliefs and improve on our weak personality and enable us to become a better person in life.

Qns 2) What are some of the factors affecting your self-image and self-esteem negatively? How do you intend to deal with or manage these negative influences and raise your self-esteem?
Ans : Some factors such as confident , patient and capability . I am goin to deal with my confident by saying to myself that i can do it and also to practise my speech in front of a crowd especially when i am doin a presentation. i am going to tell myself that these negative influences cannot influence me in any situations.

Qns 3) Imagine yourself in 5 years time. What positive things would you like people to remember you for? How different are you “today” compared to the “you five years from now”? What are the obstacles or fears that you have to overcome to become the “you five years from now”? How do you intend to overcome them?

Ans: In 5 years time i hope that people would remember me as a cheerful , friendly ,outgoing and happy person. I hope that five years from now i will be able to communicate to people more effectively and do things confidently . And to help people out when they are in need . Some obstacles such as not letting any negative beliefs to affect me . I going to overcome by telling myself that im a great person and think of postive things.

Self awareness... 30/4/08

Hi everyone!! i'm back blogging. Last wk on the 30/4/08, our teacher teached us on self awareness and what is it about. The most important word on "Self-awareness" is introspection which means the way u look at yourself. Previously on my first posting i also explain what is about self awareness . Self awareness is important because we can present ourself properly and give others a good impression on you, to take correct actions to respond to difficult situations or manage negative emotions, improve your openness to others and enchances social sensitivity, communicate and interact with others more effectively and lastly work towards becoming what you want to be. So after our teacher explains to us about self awareness , we were suppose to do a personal invetory on how i see on my self in terms of my personality. so the following is my results :

I am…

adventurous	2		fearful	1		organised	1
ambitious	2		flexible	2		outgoing	2
articulate	2		foolish	1		overbearing	0
boring	1		friendly	3		passive	2
bossy	0		frustrated	1		patient	1
capable	1		generous	2		physically fit	2
caring	2		good-natured	3		predictable	1
charming	1		happy	2		principled	1
cheerful	3		Helpful	2		proud	0
confident	1		independent	1		reliable	2
considerate	2		indecisive	2		responsible	2
creative	1		intelligent	2		stubborn	2
critical	1		irritable	0		self-aware	2
cynical	0		kind	2		sensitive	2
demanding	0		lazy	2		serious	1
dependable	1		logical	2		shy	2
depressed	1		lovable	2		stupid	1
determined	2		loyal	2		supportive	2
disciplined	2		leader	2		temperamental	0
diligent	2		negative	0		thoughtful	2
embarrassed	1		observant	1		tolerant	2
energetic	1		open-minded	1		trustworthy	2
enthusiastic	2		optimistic	2		warm	1

hmm and so after this test i found out 6 personalities that best describe me , that are cheerful, happy, friendly, generous , outgoing, energetic. And also from the list of adjectives, i think that good natured , cheerful and friendly enable me to be able to make lots of friends. From the following adjectives that i scored not that well is confident, i going develop my confident by talk more in front of a crowd especially when i am doing a presentation.

After these exercises, we move on on how we can enhance our self-esteem. Firstly is to value myself which consists of acknowldeging and appreciate my positive qualities. We should appreciate myself and learn to move away from being overly focussed on your shortcomings which can erode my self-esteem. Secondly, Practise self-affirmation. Learn to affirm my positive qualities through having postive thoughts about myself that i say repeatedly to myself. This self-affirmation can develop positive thinking and build confidence .

And the following 5 affirming statements that i can make about myself:

1. I am a confident person

2.I can be a more independant person.

3. i can be a patient person

4. i am a creative person

5. i am a charming person

Secondly is to dael with Negative beliefs. It means the beliefs that we hold about ourselves , about others and life , and can influence our self-esteem and our behaviour.

Here are some of the limiting beliefs that i hold:

i am incompentant person, i cannot do things well....

If i wear fashion clothes , people will think that i am attractive.

Thirdly , we should let go of limiting beliefs so we can be a better person.

overall , i think that self awareness and self esteem is important so it can let us be a better person , and able to communicate with people more effectively and create a large range of networks in future with people that are willing to help u out in job or in business.