S.J. Scott or Steve is the face behind the 'DevelopGoodHabits.com' website. Also, he is a renowned author writing books on Self-Improvement.
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Write 3 pages every morning as soon as you wake up – no shorthand writing. It helps you clear confusion and recognize important tasks that you need to take care off.
Please refer to the blog for more details on this activity.
It helps your track your feelings, thoughts and life events. You can always ponder back into your past and learn from them. Reading your past journals helps you grow and get matured in life.
When you are making an important decision, write down how and why you doing so. After a few month (set the time) review it and analyze your decision – if you have done it right.
Life an organization has its own mission and vision statements, you need to create your vision-mission statement. It should define your priorities. It will help set considerable and practically achievable goals and provide a strategic way to gauge your success.
Write how you want to live your life. What your core values, beliefs, ideas and priorities are? What are your strengths? How will you define yourself? It will set you in the right direction to help achieve your goals. Consult this personal proposal as often as possible.
This is a good activity to do after you experience an adverse event. It is a helpful way to debrief yourself and get a chance to reflect and discover your beliefs after a big, negative incident occurs in your life.
After every big negative life event, take time to reflect on the ABCs.
Write them doing – it will help you move forward in your life. You will be able to look at things more positively and solve problems and stay calm.
Write a letter to your younger self telling all you regret for. Apologize for your mistakes that you have made or for losing good opportunities.
Here, in this test write about how you want people to speak about you at your funeral. Ask what they should remember about you and how you want people perceive you as a person. It will add more purpose to your daily routine and overall life.
If you have to narrate your life to someone – how would it be. So map out what you think brought a positive change in your life.
Writing three most important tasks (of the next day) every night will help your achieve more every day. You would start your day being aware of your purpose for the day.
Prepare a bucket list with all your personal and professional goals. It helps your focus and even motivates you to accomplish something that will end up crossing stuff off the list.
Knowing yourself helps you understand why you're different or similar to others. Doing so will help you recognize your feelings and manage your time and energy better, and help you recognize your emotions. If required take some free online psychometric tests.
Identifying your Eulerian Destiny awakens decisive thinking and self-reflection.
Ask yourself the following questions:
Write these down in four overlapping circles and see where they all meet. It may be time-consuming but the result will define and refine your purposes in life.
The three components of The Freedom Diagram are talent, fun, and demand. Talent is what you are pretty good at. The fun is what you wish you could do all the time, even if you are not paid for it. Demand is what people need or want you to do, and will pay for.
Creating this guide for you will help you decide what skill you should focus on learning so you can succeed in life.
Self-awareness simply starts with asking yourself questions and answering them honestly. So, ask yourself the "three whys".
Before making a big decision, or if try to find out the roots of an issue, ask "why" for three times.
It help you to articulate yourself better. Once you are able to your feelings and emotions, it will release stress and resentment. Rather than terming them simply "good" or "bad", to be more exact. Getting more specific to explain how you feel is a cathartic way to relieve stress and anxiety.
We often criticize ourselves. Rather than focusing on small things that you are not able to accomplish at a given moment, think about how far you have come, or your successes up to that point. Focus on the positive rather than the negative.
Assumptions are a natural thing. However, when they do not meet reality, you end up making assumptions that can be absolutely wrong. So add a question mark (instead of a period) each of your opinions. This helps you create an argument with yourself on some of your beliefs and worldviews preventing you from falling prey to irrational thoughts.
Self-exploration questionnaire helps you uncover your outlook on life. You get more clarity on your thoughts.
Your consciousness is not always influenced by the world. Be an observer of your own thoughts and feelings, especially the negative ones. Let them pass you by as you move ahead.
We often find ourselves in confusion during stressful situations. During these times, you can't think rationally. If you act in the moment, you will probably make the not-so best decision.
So, develop the pause-and-plan response habit. Instead of rushing, slow down and let your muscles relax. This will help set you up to make positive choices.
Sometimes self-awareness activities are not about what you do or say but how you go about doing it. Body language is an example of this. Evaluate your own body language by studying a video of yourself so you can find ways to improve.
Grounding techniques can be used to help keep you in the present. These techniques keep you grounded and help relieve anxiety and make future tasks seem easier to do.
Observing other people can be a fun and potentially worthwhile hobby. It helps you learn about how similar or different you are from them. Knowing that other people are observing you as well will certainly help you be more self-aware.
Taking a walk first thing in the morning can help you meditate about what is going on in your life, and your goals for the day. Sort your feelings and make a productive action plan.
Zhan Zhuang is a simple yet effective tai chi standing practice that helps you gain mental clarity and energy.
Reading a variety of materials on a regular basis improves your thinking skills and expands your vocabulary. You will be able to identify and narrow down the topics and ideas you are drawn to.
It helps you to learn how to be self-reliant. Here, your success is entirely dependent on your own efforts, and you don't have anyone else to blame if you fail. This helps teach people responsibility and decision-making skills.
Conscious breathing improves overall function, relaxes the mind and spirit and helps you overcome anxiety and negative thoughts. Check out this quick guide on conscious breathing.
The quest for self-awareness requires you to stop thinking and stop doing for a period of time in order listen to and understand your inner workings. Meditation is the perfect practice to help you calm your mind and become more focused.
Regularly asking for constructive feedback from people you trust at work, helps you identify the blind spots in your behavior and thinking at work. Take it as an opportunity to see where you have room to grow and improve.
Ask your friends and family to provide feedback, be it positive or negative, on different aspects of your life. This may help you learn something about yourself that you would never otherwise notice.
Once you are aware of your flaws and feel accountable for your actions, you can get closure on these issues. Make sincere apologies to people who deserve them from you, and learn from your mistakes.