Unit 1: Self-Awareness and Personal Development

UNIT 1:
Self-awareness
And Personal
Development
Self-awareness and Values Development
1 Nature of Self and Personal Development Plans
2 Filipino character and values
3 Nationalism and good citizenship and values

Lesson 1:
Nature of Self and
L1 Personal Development
Plans
Self-awareness
• As early us the time of Socrates, we have known about the importance of self-awareness.
• Studies show that the best managers are those who are keenly aware of their own strengths
and their weaknesses
• They are able to understand others- their motivation, needs, style, capabilities, and limitations
{ Know thyself }
- Socrates
What is Self-awareness?
• Self-awareness is knowing your motivation, preferences, and personality and
understanding how these factors influence your judgment, decisions, and interactions
with other people.
• Through self-awareness one becomes attuned to present realities and surroundings
and gains understanding of how awareness of these experiences impact our lives.
• Self-awareness or self-knowledge is the starting point for effectiveness at work
{To lead or attempt to lead without first having knowledge of self is foolhardy
and sure to bring disaster and defeat }
- Machiavelli
Self-awareness has many benefits, among them:
• Understanding yourself in relation to others
• Developing and implementing a sound self-improvement program
• Setting appropriate life and career goals
• Developing relationships with others
• Understanding the value of diversity
• Managing others effectively
• Increasing productivity
• Increasing your ability to contribute to organizations, your community, and
family
• For example, knowing what you are good at and what you enjoy doing may
help in selecting a career or job that is professionally satisfying and therefore
financially and personally satisfying.
• Relying solely in others, thoughts or beliefs

about what is best for you can lead to personal and professional unhappiness.
• By knowing yourself- your strengths, weaknesses, likes, and dislikes- you will
know where you belong.
Why is Self Awareness Important in an organization?
• have attained heightened • relate to or empathize with
states of self-awareness co-workers tend to be more
tend to be superior performers trusted and are perceived
ER
MANAG
as being more competent
• Because of self-aware • Working effectively with others

managers are in tune with the will therefore increase
concerns managerial and
of others, they are also able to organizational
reduce the potential for effectiveness.
conflict and are more likely
to
open to feedback
“There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self”
How to Gain Self-awareness
• The first step to becoming aware of ourselves is to recognize our weakness.
strengths, biases, attitudes, values, and perceptions.
• There are many ways to enhance our self-awareness.
• Some of these include analyzing our own experiences, looking at

ourselves through the eyes of others, self-disclosure, acquiring
diverse experiences, and increasing our emotional intelligence.
Self-analysis
• Self-analysis requires people to examine themselves as an object in an experience or
event.
• It requires a person to step back and observe the position or negative impact that
may have influence behaviors, attitudes, thoughts, or interactions.
• Self-analysis is not always an easy process, yet is a necessary skill for synthesizing
information relevant to professional and personal effectiveness.
• The self-analysis process should begin with reflection on and exploration of thoughts
and feelings associated with affective events.
• By reflecting on this feelings and thoughts, individuals can obtain new perspectives
relevant to their lives based on learning experiences. From obtaining new knowledge and
perspective, individuals can become more effective by implementing new behavioral and
cognitive changes in future situations.
• One means to gain insight into ourselves is through reflecting on, examining, and
analyzing our behavior, personality, attitudes, and perceptions.
Behavior
• way in which we conduct ourselves
• the way in which we act.
• Our behavior is influenced by our feelings, judgments, beliefs,
motivations, needs, experience, and the opinions of others.
• Patterns of behavior develop through our reactions to events and actions
over a period of time.
Behavior consists of four components:
1. Motivation- the drive to pursue one action over another.

• What underlying factors move you to make a particular decision or choice?
• Being aware of your core drivers, those things that motivate you-positively and
negatively-can help you understand the roots of your behavior and make adjustment as
necessary to modify your behavior.
2. Modes of thinking- the way you process the various inputs received by the brain.
• How do you analyze information and make judgments about how to use and apply
that information?
• How you make judgments and decisions that lead to choosing one behavior or course
of action over another.
3. Modes of acting- the course of action you apply in a given situation.
• What approach do you choose to apply in response to stimuli, events, people, thoughts,
and feelings?
• Being aware of how you express your reaction to the things that happen to and around
you can help you understand the alternatives available to you when certain events arise.
.
4. Modes of interacting- the way in which you communicate and share ideas, opinions,
and feelings with others.
• Whom do you feel comfortable relating to?
• How do you typically share your thoughts, feelings, and ideas with others? Being
aware of how you talk to and work with others can help you understand how your
preferred style meshes with those with whom you work and live.
Importance of Self-awareness
• Understanding the way your self-concept develops increases your self- awareness.
• The better you understand yourself the more you will know and understand how to
live harmoniously with others.
• Self-awareness will guide you in developing your potentials and overcome

weaknesses in order for you to lead a better and productive life.
• One way to gain self-awareness is by using the Johari Window of the Self created
by Joseph Luft and Harry Ingram.
In the Johari Window, there are four selves that represents you
Q1. you know I. Area of free II. Blind Area (Bad Q2. all information
about yourself Activities (Public or breath Area) about yourself that
and others also open self) OPEN BLIND SELF others know but you
know about you. SELF are unaware of.
III. Hidden or avoided IV. Area of Unknown

area (Private Self) Activitiy UNKNOWN
HIDDEN SELF
Q3. things we know Q4. neither you nor

but do not reveal to others know like
others or are kept certain motives or
hidden behaviors
VALUES
• Defines as a principle or belief that a person prizes and publicly
affirms with conviction, acts on consistently, and chooses from
alternatives.
• A value is considered if it passes the second and third criteria,
namely: that it has been chosen deliberately from several alternative,
and that is acted consistently.
• Persons or institution shapes a person’s value.
• A person is continually developing his values: values can never be
static but must be continually re-chosen as the person grow
in his world
Values maybe divided into 3 categories
a. Choosing-
• it must be freely. Free from coercion --- accountable for the outcome
• Made from alternatives
• If there were no alternatives, then there would be no free choice in the
first place one would be able to accept what he is faced with
the thoughtful consideration of the consequences of each alternatives
• Therefore choice which are made impulsively, without thought, would not
constitute a valuing process.
2. Prizing. - A value that has been chosen should be prized and cherished.
• This means that a person who chooses a value must be happy about what he has
chosen and hold it as something dear to him.
• area of affirmation: after we have chosen something from the alternatives and
are proud of it, we are then glad to be associated with it and are willing to admit so
publicly.
3. Acting. The third category of a value is that we act upon our choice
• "Have I acted on it, or was it something I was still thinking about“
• In this case, if the person has not acted upon it. It would simply not be
a value.
• commitment-in-action which would change one's behavior and
would make evident to other people that there is a value present
• value should be repeatedly acted upon
Values may be classified in terms of the following:
• Personal Values like self-respect, health, privacy, peace of mind, independence

• Family Values close family ties, family happiness
• Spiritual Values like establishing a close personal relationship with God, seeking
His will in our life, following His commandments,
• Cultural Values like “utang na loob” (or debt of gratitute"), “pakikisama' (or
getting along with others'), authoritarianism (giving high regard to authority.

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UNIT 1:

1 Nature of Self and Personal Development Plans

2 Filipino character and values

3 Nationalism and good citizenship and values

• Relying solely in others, thoughts or beliefs

• Because of self-aware • Working effectively with others

• There are many ways to enhance our self-awareness.

• Some of these include analyzing our own experiences, looking at

1. Motivation- the drive to pursue one action over another.

• Self-awareness will guide you in developing your potentials and overcome

III. Hidden or avoided IV. Area of Unknown

Q3. things we know Q4. neither you nor

• Personal Values like self-respect, health, privacy, peace of mind, independence

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