It is important to know yourself:

• You will discover something you don’t

know about yourself– and like it
• You will know your moods, attitudes, and
beliefs begin – and other people’s stop
• You will notice more than you imagined
about the rest of the world
• You will find yourself on track to getting
what you want
• You will laugh more
Source: http://www.slideshare.net/MidrarUlHaq/knowing-yourself-presentation
It is important to know yourself:
• “Why is this happening to me?”
• “Why do I keep having the same
problems?”
• “Why am I so frustrated?”

If they go unanswered, we become stuck in a cycle,

continually repeating the past and forever on the defensive.

Taking control of our lives requires that we find the

answers.
 Defining the “SELF”
Philosophical terms:
-BEING – source of a person’s consciousness
-agent responsible for individual’s thoughts and actions

*based from this definition, the “Self” is an intangible entity that directs person’s thoughts
and actions. It is the outside physical realm of a person.

Psychology, Sociology, or Religion:

-essence of a person: thoughts, feelings and actions, experiences,
beliefs, values, principles, and relationships
-includes a person’s life purpose, meaning, and aspirations

Integrating the various definitions (emphasizing on psychological definition)

SELF is defined as cognitive and affective representation of one’s
identity, it is then defined in terms of human characteristics such as
behavior and thought.
 PERSONALITY
In Psychology – referred to as the set of behaviors, feelings, thoughts,
and motives that identifies an individual.
- the essence of who we are and is the embodiment of one’s physical,
psychological, cognitive, affective, and spiritual self.
Therefore:
When we speak of the “SELF”, we will describe it in personality terms.
Two key components of personality:
**Uniqueness of an individual’s thoughts, feelings, and behavior
**Being relatively enduring (being consistent) over different situations

Example : “FRIENDLY”
Uniqueness – manifestation of your own brand: sunny disposition, readiness to
give advice when needed, generosity to those in need
Consistent – from childhood to adolesence to adulthood

* Consistency through time and the unique manner by which thoughs, feelings,
and behavior are expressed, defines personality.
PERSONALITY? NATURE? NURTURE?
PERSONALITY= NATURE + NURTURE

There is no single gene that creates a trait.

It is always a complex combination of genes, environmental

exposure and experiences, and cultural backgrounds.
 View points of PERSONALITY
* Personality Trait – is a disposition to behave consistently in a
particular way (e.g. shyness or social awkwardness)
Trait Theory is an approach in identifying types of personalities based on
certain traits or attributes, which vary from one person to the other.
Five universal and widely agreed upon dimensions of personality.
BIG FIVE of FIVE-FACTOR MODEL
 View points of PERSONALITY
* Attitude – a settled way of thinking and feeling about someone or
something, typically reflecting in a person’s behavior.
Implicit attitudes are thoughts or feelings that conscious awareness does
not cover
Explicit attitudes are thoughts or feelings that perceived consciously and
express accordingly

For attitude to come in existence, it needs three components:

affect (emotions),
cognition (way of thinking), and
behavior (manifestation of attitude)

What influences attitude?

Social Factors
Learning
Operant Conditioning
Modelling
 View points of PERSONALITY
* Self-Concept – is the cognition of oneself, what one thinks, she/he
knows about her/his identity, personality, and individuality
* Self-Esteem – is attitude towards oneself; how one values oneself
given the negative or positive feedback she/he receives

Self-concept is purely or mostly informational while self-esteem is emotionally inclined

Questions to ponder:
1. What will happen if one is raised in an unsupportive home filled with
verbal degradations?
2. What will happen if one is raised in a fostering or nurturing
environment?
3. Is it right to compare individuals with high self-esteem from low self-
esteem? Why or why not?
4. What can be done, if one’s enemy is her or his low self-esteem?
5. What can be done, if one’s enemy is her or his bloated self-esteem
and self-concept?
 Four Ways to get to Know
Yourself Better
INTROSPECTION
• a reflective looking inward : an examination of one's own
thoughts and feelings
OBSERVATION
• an act of recognizing and noting a fact or occurrence
FEEDBACK RECEIVING
• conveys information about behaviours and offers an
evaluation of the quality of one’s behaviours

ASSESSMENT TOOLS
• personality test
 Four Ways to get to Know
Yourself Better

INTROSPECTION
• a reflective looking inward : an examination of one's own
thoughts and feelings

2014 09 Self Awareness Self Marketing - Strength Weakness Self Exercise.pdf

 Four Ways to get to Know
Yourself Better
OBSERVATION
• an act of recognizing and noting a fact or occurrence

You were asked to observe yourself on the areas of

decision-making, interaction, gathering information.

Write down your observation in jour journal.

 Four Ways to get to Know
Yourself Better
FEEDBACK RECEIVING
• conveys information about behaviours and offers an evaluation of
the quality of one’s behaviours

*Try consulting a few people whose opinions you trust as you ask the following questions:

1.When are you happiest or most successful? When least?

2.When do you feel most focused?
3.What captures your attention?
4.What situations energize you?
5.What kinds of situations get to drop everything else?
6.Do you become focused with other people?
7.Does leadership energize or drain you?
8.What roles do you play in groups?
9.What feedback have you received about your roles with other people?
10.What other patterns do you see?
 Four Ways to get to Know
Yourself Better
ASSESSMENT TOOLS
• personality test
MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR
(MBTI)
Extraversion or Introversion
how individual prefers to channel his or her energy when dealing with people

Sensing or Intuition
how one prefers to process information

Thinking or Feeling
how an individual prefers to make decisions

Judgement or Perception
how an individual prefers to manage one’s life
 Journal Reflection Rubric
Criteria Beginning Developing Accomplished Exemplary Total
Content 0-17 points 18-24 points 25-30 points 31-35 points
Reflection Reflection lacks critical Reflection demonstrates Reflection demonstrates Reflection demonstrates a
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thinking. Superficial limited critical thinking in some degree of critical high degree of critical
connections are made with applying, analyzing, and/or thinking in applying, thinking in applying,
the topic’s concepts. evaluating topic’s concepts. analyzing, and/or evaluating analyzing, and evaluating
Minimal connections made topic’s concepts. topic’s concepts.
through explanations, Connections made through Insightful and relevant
inferences, and/or explanations, inferences, connections made through
examples. and/or examples. contextual explanations,
inferences, and examples.
Personal Growth 0-24 points 25-34 points 35-45 points 46-50 points
Conveys inadequate Conveys limited evidence of Conveys evidence of Conveys strong evidence of
50
evidence of reflection on reflection on own work in reflection on own work with a reflection on own work with a
own work in response to the response to the self- personal response to the self- personal response to the self-
self-assessment questions assessment questions assessment questions posed. assessment questions posed.
posed. Personal growth and posed. Demonstrates less Demonstrates satisfactory Demonstrates significant
awareness are not evident than adequate personal personal growth and personal growth and
and/or demonstrates a growth and awareness awareness through some awareness of deeper
neutral experience with through few or simplistic inferences made, examples, meaning through inferences
negligible personal impact. inferences made, examples, insights, and challenges. made, examples, well
Lacks enough inferences, insights, and/or challenges Some thought of the future developed insights, and
examples, personal insights that are not well developed. implications of current substantial depth in
and challenges, and/or Minimal thought of the experience. perceptions and challenges.
future implications are future implications of current Synthesizes current
overlooked. experience. experience into future
implications.
Writing Quality 0-7 points 8-10 points 11-13 points 14-15 points
Needs to improve writing Average and/or casual Above average writing style Well written and clearly
15
style, clarity, language used, writing style that is and logically organized with organized; characterized by
and/or frequent errors in sometimes unclear and/or minor errors in grammar, elements of a strong writing
grammar, punctuation, with some errors in punctuation, usage, and style and basically free from
usage, and spelling. grammar, punctuation, spelling. grammar, punctuation,
usage, and spelling. usage, and spelling errors.
TOTAL POINTS /100
 JOURNAL ENTRY

1. Based from the different activities, give 3 SIGNIFICANT discoveries

about yourself? How do you say that these are significant discoveries?
2. What NEW information about yourself did you receive from the feedback of your
classmate/s and/or someone you trust? How is it relevant to your life now?
3. How do you expect these discoveries to help you address your challenges
(weaknesses) and become a better version of yourself?