Is Self Awareness The Foundation For Life Satisfaction?

Apr 21, 2022 | Ebru Yildirim

Self Awareness Self awareness is defined as the quality by which one has a clear perception of themselves, their personality, strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs, motivations and emotions. It gives you a clear understanding of yourself and others, how they view you, your attitude and behaviors. Self awareness and self-reflection is a critical feature of all great leaders. Knowing your triggers, coping mechanisms, ways of managing conflict, your communication style are all important in self awareness. Strategies For Mindfulness There are several strategies to become more mindful of yourself. Seeking honest and unfiltered feedback from trustworthy people through coaching, assessment tools such as 360-degree feedback can be useful. Your efforts must be to try to understand yourself, not to be right about it. Practice self-reflection, build a strong moral compass and definitive set of personal values. It is also important to work on your emotional intelligence, keep a journal to remain aware of your emotions and how you deal with them. Life Satisfaction Life satisfaction refers to how positively a person evaluates the quality of their own life. In simpler words, life satisfaction is the extent of how much they like their life and are content with it. The contributing factors to life satisfaction are not fully understood yet; however, many researchers suggest that broadly speaking, life chances, course of events, flow of experience, and evaluation of life are possible factors which affect it. Life satisfaction is essential as it has positive effects upon our general well being and health, and reduces risk of mortality. Relationship Between Self Awareness & Life Satisfaction The relationship between self awareness and life satisfaction was identified in a study. It showed that self awareness influenced the life satisfaction of individuals, and a greater self awareness was positively correlated with higher life satisfaction, and vice versa. It is a significant contributor to contentment and satisfaction in life because people with high self awareness are able to see clearly, evaluate and accept themselves as they are owing to the awareness of various aspects of their life, irrespective of whether they were negative or positive. This ability to accept and love oneself with all our shortcomings is a gift which also allows us to find complete freedom. In addition, self awareness is associated with people who engage in self reflection, which gives valuable learning to an individual. It also helps us uncover meaningfulness in our life, which in turn leads to life satisfaction. Self aware individuals can improve negative things, and reinforce positive experiences, and are better able to control their lives. This control over oneself is an important determinant of an individual's ability to live and appreciate their life. Achieving self awareness can be difficult because we are often too critical of ourselves. However, it is very important for us to find this balance, and develop the ability to reflect on our lives, and remain in touch with our inner selves. Only a trained professional such as a life coach can make this journey to self awareness easy. Unlocked Potentials recognize the impact of such positive changes in mindset in transforming lives. And so we strive to provide our clients with the best service and quality guidance to help you attain a fulfilled life.