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Self Awareness: What is it and How to Build it



The first domain of Emotional Intelligence is really simple, you’d think. It’s Self Awareness. Get our Kindle-exclusive companion to this course: Emotional Intelligence: A Management Courses Introduction https://geni.us/FsuCDrK Watching this video is worth 2 Management Courses CPD Points*. 🔎 See below for details Overview of Emotional Intelligence This video is part of course module number 1.4.2 Program 1: Managing Yourself Course 4: Emotional Intelligence Section 2: The Components of Emotional Intelligence Other videos in this section include: 🎬 Self Regulation https://youtu.be/va1r9mDTdJo 🎬 Self Motivation https://youtu.be/sJg3as0Kw1I 🎬 Social Awareness https://youtu.be/JbXpjpLM6kI 🎬 Social Skills https://youtu.be/l1JlcG_flj4 = = LESSON NOTES The key components of self-awareness are: • Awareness of your own emotions • Self-confidence • A realistic self-assessment • Knowing what you believe • Knowing what your values are • Knowing what you want from life Our range of emotions is described well by the Plutchik Model. This illustrates 8 basic emotions: 4 positive and 4 negative. Each has different levels of intensity. For self-awareness, you need to connect to your emotions, acknowledge and accept them without judging them, and so become comfortable with them. Just doing this can increase your sense of calm, and damp down the extremes of your emotional responses. From here, you can deliberately take a self-inventory. Also pay attention to: • How your energy levels vary throughout the day, with certain activities, and in the presence of different people • Your style and approach to different interactions and situations • The goals, prejudices, values, and beliefs you have, that influence your choices and confidence levels • Where you are more or less confident = = RECOMMENDED EXERCISE 1. Deliberately notice your emotional, mental, and physical responses throughout your day. Make time to reflect upon it at the end of each day. Do this for at least 2 weeks (4 MC CPD Points) 2. Better still, keep a journal. If you do, add 2 MC CPD Points = = DOWNLOADS Free Resources 🧰 CPD Tools - https://gum.co/MC-CPD Paid resources 🧳 Management Courses Onboarding Kit - https://gum.co/MC-ObK ($3) = = RECOMMENDED READING 📖 Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More Than IQ https://geni.us/KxAZAZ8 📖 Working with Emotional Intelligence https://geni.us/R024Ax 📖 The New Leaders: Transforming the Art of Leadership https://geni.us/5ziIw 📖 Emotional Intelligence: Build Strong Social Skills and Improve Your Relationships https://geni.us/Xn6BpoK 📖 Emotional Intelligence Pocketbook: Little Exercises for an Intuitive Life https://geni.us/Ne8Wz 📖 EQ Applied: The Real-World Guide to Emotional Intelligence https://geni.us/XoqvY ⭕️ Links to our book recommendations are affiliated through Amazon and help support our free videos Managers Need a Basic set of kit to do your job well. Here are my top recommendations: https://kit.co/MikeClayton/manager-s-work-kit (the links are affiliated) = = MANAGEMENT COURSES CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) POINTS You can record your Management Courses CPD points on our free, downloadable CPD record log. 📓 Download it at: https://gum.co/MC-CPD Each video has two levels of MC CPD points. For this video: - If you simply watched the video, record 2 MC CPD points - If you also carried out all of the recommended exercises, score a total of 8 MC CPD points = = CHAPTER MARKERS 00:00 - Empathy and Social Awareness 00:21 - Key Components of empathy and social awareness 00:52 - Mindfulness and Social Awareness 01:36 - Body Language 02:14 - How to develop your empathy skills 03:41 - Mirror Neurons 04:56 - Self-talk 06:00 - Bonus extra: 4 Types of Empathy and Social Awareness 07:42 - What follows from this? #ManagementCourses #Emotional Intelligence #SelfAwareness
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Dr Mike Clayton is a (former) Project Manager and now a management educator. Having trained thousands of people at live workshops, seminars, and conferences, he now delivers training mainly via video. He has 14 books with international publishers and runs two successful YouTube channels. He is also the founder of OnlinePMCourses.com

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