Self Awareness

Self Awareness
Who’s Who

Two Facts
One Lie

Self Awareness
It’s Called… Self-Awareness
“knowing owns internal states, preferences, resources and intuitions”
Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence

“Self awareness is a Foundational emotional intelligence skill. It’s the

awareness of your emotions, not just in the moment, but across times
and situations, and knowing your emotional tendencies as well”
Travis Bradberry, author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0

Self Awareness
It’s Called… Self-Awareness

Self Self Management

Awareness

Emotional
Intelligence

Relationship
Social Awareness Management

Self Awareness
Discussion

Self Awareness
Why should I be self aware?
• Research show that…
• EI and its components (self-awareness, self management, social awareness
and relationship management) is correlated to students’ academic
achievement
Relation Between Emotional Intelligence and Students’ Academic Achievement of High Schools,
ScienceDirect
• “Being a manager, “a high self-awareness score was the strongest predictor
of overall success.”
Dr. Becky Winkler, American Management Association study of 72 senior executives
• “emotional self-awareness is a leadership competency that shows up in
model after model”
Daniel Goleman

Self Awareness
Find Out Your Powers

Write down
FIVE personal
Strengths in your
personality
Self Awareness
Self Awareness
Reflection

Self Awareness
Types of Self-Awareness

Private Public
Self Awareness
Types of Self-Awareness

Private Public
Self Awareness
Types of Self-Awareness
• Knowledge of, and based on
phenomena internal to, oneself
• May involve awareness of
values, goals and behavior
Duval & Wicklund (1972) and Goukens et al. (2007)

Private
Self Awareness
How to increase Private Self-awareness?

1. Direct ways: 2. Indirect Ways

a. MBTI test a. Exposure

b. DISC analysis b. Reflection

c. Enneagram c. Narrowing Down

d. Barrett Value Center

Self Awareness
How to increase Private Self-awareness?
1. Read a book type that you’ve never
tried 2. Indirect Ways
e.g. if you prefer fiction, try
a. Exposure
reading something in science or politics
2. Take new courses b. Reflection
3. Learn to Network c. Narrowing Down
4. Attend public events
5. Volunteer in NGOs or student
activities

Self Awareness
How to increase Private Self-awareness?

2. Indirect Ways
Let’s Share a. Exposure

Some b. Reflection

Experiences c. Narrowing Down

Self Awareness
How to increase Private Self-awareness?

“We don’t learn 2. Indirect Ways

from experience, a. Exposure

b. Reflection
we learn from
c. Narrowing Down
reflecting on
them”
John Dewy

Self Awareness
How to increase Private Self-awareness?

2. Indirect Ways
Exposure a. Exposure

b. Reflection
Reflection c. Narrowing Down

Narrowing
Down

Self Awareness
Types of Self-Awareness

Private Public
Self Awareness
Types of Self-Awareness
• Knowledge of, and based on
phenomena external to, oneself
• Awareness of relationships to
others, how others perceive me
Duval & Wicklund (1972) and Goukens et al. (2007)

Public
Self Awareness
How to leverage Public Self-awareness?

Let’s get some

FEEDBACK
Public
Self Awareness
How to flourish from FEEDBACK?

Self Awareness
How to leverage Public Self-awareness?
1. Stop Your First Reaction
2. Listen for Understanding
3. Say Thank You
4. Ask Questions to Deconstruct
the Feedback
5. Request Time to Follow Up

Public
Nicole Lindsay,
Taking Constructive Criticism Like a Champ, TheMuse

Self Awareness
Johari Window

Self Awareness
Activity

Self Awareness
Decision
Making

Perceive
The World
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THE TEST

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Self Awareness
 The Four Dichotomies
E Where do you get your energy? I
Extravert Introvert

S How do you take in (Perceive) information? N

Sensing Intuition

T How do you make decisions? F

Thinking Feeling

J How you deal with the outside world? Life Style P

Judging Perceiving

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EI
SN
TF
JP
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People & Things Ideas & Information
E Where do you get your energy? I
Extrovert Introvert

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EI Extroversion &
SN
TF Introversion
JP The direction of our attention
and energy

Extravert (E) Introvert (I)

E is focusing on the outside world: I is focusing on the internal world:
other people, events, actions, things thoughts, emotions, experiences

Self Awareness
Extraversion and Introversion
Where do you get energy?

E I
Extravert Introvert

Characteristics - Outwardly Focused: Characteristics – Inwardly Focused:

• Attuned to outer world of people and • Attuned to inner world of ideas, thoughts
external events and concepts
• Action Oriented – speak-to-think • Reflection – think-to-speak
• Learn best through doing or • Want to reflect before acting or speaking
discussing • Learn best by reflection, mental “practice”
• Sociable and expressive • Private and contained - Keep enthusiasm
• Prefer to communicate by talking to themselves
• Enjoy meeting and talking with new • Avoid being the center of attention
people • Prefer to be alone or interact with people
they know well

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EI
SN
TF
JP
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Facts & Reality Possibilities & Conception
S How do you take in (Perceive) information? N
Sensing Intuition

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EI
SN
TF
Sensing & iNtuition
JP

The way we take in information

Sensing (S) intuition (N)

S focuses on the present: current N focuses on the future: new
events opportunities and ideas
and facts
Self Awareness
Sensing and Intuition
How do you take in information?

S N
Sensing Intuition

Characteristics - Present Focused: Characteristics – Future Focused:

• Emphasize the pragmatic – practical • Emphasize the theoretical
realities • Take in information through “sixth sense”
• Take in information through five senses • Focus on possibilities
• Focus on what is real and concrete – • Value innovation and imaginative insight
Here-and-now – see trends and patterns
• Value practical applications, common • Jump around, leap in anywhere
sense
• Trust inspiration, “gut feel”, “sixth” sense
• Step-by-step and details
• Trust experience, what can be measured
or documented

Self Awareness
How do you prefer to take in
information?

Sensing or intuition

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EI
SN
TF
JP
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Logical Reasoning Emotions & Values
T How do you make decisions? F
Thinking Feeling

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EI
SN
Thinking & Feeling
TF
JP
The way we make decisions

Thinking (T) Feeling (F)

T makes decisions objectively, F makes decisions subjectively,
using logic using feeling

Self Awareness
Thinking and Feeling

How do you make decisions?

T F
Thinking Feeling

Characteristics – Objective Focused: Characteristics – Subjective Focused:

• Use cause-and-effect reasoning • Guided by personal values
• Focus on content • Focus on affect
• Resolve problems through logic • Resolve problems by weighing values
• Look for outcome that “makes sense” • Look for outcome that “feel right”
• Strive for impersonal, objective truth • Strive for harmony
• Analytical • Compassionate

Self Awareness
How do you make decisions?

Thinking or Feeling

Self Awareness
Split T in one side & F in the other

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 The Four Dichotomies
E Where do you get your energy? I
Extravert Introvert

S How do you take in (Perceive) information? N

Sensing Intuition

T How do you make decisions? F

Thinking Feeling

J How you deal with the outside world? Life Style P

Judging Perceiving

Self Awareness
EI
SN
TF
JP
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Stick to rules & Structure Improvise & go with the flow
J How do you deal with the outside world? P
Judging Perceiving

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EI

Judging & Perception

SN
TF
JP
The way we act in the outer
world

Judging (J) Perception (P)

Acts according to a plan, Acts according to a situation
consistent flexible and impulsive

Self Awareness
Judging and Perceiving

How do you deal with the outside world?

J P
Judging Perceiving

Characteristics – Closure Focused: Characteristics – Options Focused:

• Structured, systematic, methodical • Spontaneous, open-ended, flexible
• Plan – Controlled • Adapt
• Like closure – have things decided • Like things loose and open to change
• Avoid last-minute stress • Feel energized by last-minute pressures
• Try to limit surprises • Enjoy surprises
• See routines as effective • See routines as limiting

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Self Awareness
 Learning Styles
The application within a learning situation of an individual’s typical
mode of problem solving, thinking, perceiving and remembering.

Self Awareness
“Empower learners“ & not restrict them to one modality of
learning

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Self Awareness
 Don’t Receive
Enforcement

Framed as “Learning
Disabled”

Framed as Under
Achiever

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Many adults find themselves in jobs that do not
make
optimal use
of their most highly developed intelligences.

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Self Awareness
 Multiple
Intelligences
Theory

Self Awareness
Let’s do…

Self Awareness
Thank You
Self Awareness
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