5 Reasons Why You Should Perform Self Analysis

Nurturing yourself and understanding all of your inner workings is just as important as nurturing your career, clothing, or finances. Here’s why:

The reason why many people fail to thrive is because of a lack of self-awareness. Research suggests that when we see ourselves clearly and are truly honest with that perception, we become more confident, make better decisions, build stronger relationships, and are less likely to perform negative behaviors like lying, cheating, and stealing.

The unfortunate fact, however, is that only 10-15% of people are actually self-aware.

How can this be? After all, we are consistently living and evaluating our lives on a daily basis… Right?

Well, the reason people tend to lack self-awareness is that we naturally have blind spots and we rarely question our behavior.

Further, people naturally want to feel good about themselves and therefore desire to view themselves in a more positive light.

To gain self-awareness requires that we face the good, bad, and ugly about ourselves, open-mindedly and with a desire for self-improvement.

Self-awareness is the conscious knowledge of one’s character, feelings, motives, and desires.

It is a lifelong journey, so there is no need to feel bad if, up until now, you are still trying to find yourself. Your personality changes, your likes and dislikes change, your strengths and weaknesses change, too!

Even though gaining self-awareness is a lifelong journey, you can actively work to maintain a general sense of self by questioning your actions and being deliberate in assessing your thought processes and patterns.

Promoting self-awareness should begin at an early age, with a collaboration of the parents and teacher. It should become an integral part of the curriculum, and it should also establish the students’ knowledge about themselves, especially given that self-awareness is a critical life skill needed to be an empowered adult.

Unfortunately, this skill is often overlooked for more observable skills like math and science. However, the ability to self-analyze and actualize is critical for managing adulthood.

Some key benefits of reinforced self-awareness are that individuals can:

Understand their strengths and can own up to their challenges
Recognize their needs and talk about their feelings
Spot and empathize with other people’s needs and feelings
Sensitive to how their behavior affects others
Develop a growth mindset and learn from their mistakes

Not only does self-awareness provide the above direct benefits, but you may also experience these indirect benefits.

1. It will save you so much time.

Have you seen people shifting from one University program to another, only to end up dropping? Having a high level of self-awareness will help you avoid this issue since you have already figured out your core. Keeping a self-awareness journal with regular reflections about anything and everything under the sun can keep you on track.

2. It will help you take care of your physical and mental health.

Not knowing “who you are” could stress you out. And most people get stuck with half-baked decisions they are unsure about or that cause stress. And we all know significant stress can lead to more severe health effects like heart disease and stroke.

3. Reflective self-awareness enhances your decision-making skills.

Reflection and self-awareness go hand in hand. Once you get to know who you are, what you like, and what you are good at, decision-making becomes easier. By knowing yourself you can reveal and accept your core and take action to improve as needed.

4. It will eventually help you manage your career.

Although priorities and long-term desires change, a great deal of your career is rooted in your initial decisions early in life, having professional self-awareness can help you understand where you are going and what it takes to get there.

5. A high level of self-awareness can help you succeed in a path you are passionate about.

When we mention success we are not simply talking about a career and a paycheck but rather your passions and the legacy you desire to leave. You cannot do this without knowing who you are and making a plan to utilize your talents to achieve it.

So as you can see, self-awareness not only can help you gain a great deal internally, with benefits that include greater clarity and less stress, but it also can improve your career and relationships. Thus investing in your self-awareness is vital to your self-improvement.

Check out how our Self Awareness Course can help you gain greater self-awareness through strategic assessments of your talents, biases, character, and behavior and in-depth shadow work.

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