by Omowunmi Oladokun
There is the popular saying that goes this: “man know thyself”. The only reason a man should know himself is to be honest to himself and so that he won’t try to be someone else or live another man’s life. It is important to know your strength (what you can do), weakness (what you cannot do) so you will never try to fit into another’s shoe (forgetting your own strength).
Self awareness can be defined as knowing your personality and individuality, it helps you to know that you are different from others, it is assessing your thoughts, feeling and belief.
TYPES OF SELF AWARENESS.
1.Internal Self Awareness: it is the ability to understand and know your internal state e.g emotions, thought, motives and desires.
2.External Self Awareness: it refers to knowing how people see you. It deals with your social life.
BENEFITS OF SELF AWARENESS.
1.Ends Comparism: the day that you start knowing yourself is the day that you stop comparing yourself with another. Comparism is absolutely unwise, walk boldly in your uniqueness, accepting and believing in yourself.
2.It helps you to know your purpose: self awareness helps you to know what you are cut out for, your passion, motives and abilities.
3.It helps you to know when people lie to you about who you are not: if you don’t know yourself, you will always believe every damn lies that people tell you about yourself. It determines your identity and most times your self esteem.
4.Personal Growth: knowing yourself is one of the pathways to growth sincerely. We won’t really grow, if we don’t know ourselves.
In conclusion, Felicia Day said and I quote:
“knowing yourself is life’s eternal homework”.
Spend time daily to know and study yourself and discover your wonders. It’s worth the time and you will keep unravelling right before your own eyes.
