Self-awareness
-building block to which all elements of Emotional Intelligence are built upon.
-It is important to gain a full understanding of your emotions and how they relate to others in order to effectively make decisions both in and out of the workplace.
5 Elements of Self Awareness (Weisinger, 1998).
- understanding what is important to you
- understanding how you experience things
- knowing what you want
- knowing how you feel
- knowing how you come across to others
Emotional intelligence is based on the idea that you must first become aware of your emotions before you are able to alter your behavior for better results. Studies show that managers who maintain a high level of self-awareness posses more aspects of EQ and are therefore rated as more effective by both superiors and subordinates than those who are not self-aware (Harvard Business Review). Knowledge about the nature of your personality is vital to making sound decisions.
Emotional awareness is knowing what emotions you are feeling and why, and understanding the links between your feelings and your actions (Goleman, 1999). In other words, its the ability to take a step back from the situation to become aware of what's happening rather than become immersed in it and loose control (Goleman, 1998).
Reflection:
In order to be aware of your surroundings you must first be aware of yourself. You can't and should not go into things without knowing if you can handle it. The pressure that one person can take can just be too much, you have to know your boundary, how much you can take. Now if you are already fully aware of thy self you will no longer have a hard time understanding those who and that are around you.
Source: N.A. (N.D.). Self awareness. Internet. Retrieved July 20, 2010 from, http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~yasalde/selfawareness.html
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