Self-awareness Quiz: Understanding Yourself and Others

• Self-awareness is the ability to focus on yourself and how your actions, thoughts, or emotions do or don't align with your internal standards.

• When self-awareness tips into self-consciousness, we are reluctant to share certain aspects of ourselves.

• Private self-awareness: Being able to notice and reflect on one’s internal state. Those who have private self-awareness are introspective, approaching their feelings and reactions with curiosity.

• Public self-awareness: Being aware of how we can appear to others. Because of this consciousness, we are more likely to adhere to social norms and behave in ways that are socially acceptable.

• When we look outward, we understand how people view us. People who are aware of how people see them are more likely to be empathetic to people with different perspectives. Leaders whose self-perception matches others' perceptions are more likely to empower, include, and recognize others.

• The Eurich group has researched the nature of self-awareness. Their research indicates that when we look inward, we can clarify our values, thoughts, feelings, behaviors, strengths, and weaknesses. We are able to recognize the effect that we have on others.

• Eurich's research finds that people with self-awareness are happier and have better relationships. They also experience a sense of personal and social control as well as higher job satisfaction.

• As we mentioned earlier, strengthening self-awareness has a variety of benefits. The specifics of each one depends on the individual.

• Lack of self-awareness can be a significant handicap in leadership.

• Self-awareness is the ability to be aware of and understand your own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

• Most people struggle to be self-aware because they ask the wrong questions about their thoughts and emotions.

• The "what" questions help us to look at behaviors and beliefs for what they are, and asking them strengthens our brain.

• Naming our feelings is critical in decision-making, and becoming skilled at it rewires our brain.

• Naming your emotions allows you to take a "third-person" perspective to evaluate what's going on.

• When we let our emotions overwhelm us, we can make bad decisions with unintended consequences.

• When you're receiving feedback, it's important to stop and listen to the person before reacting.

• Practicing mindfulness can help you be more aware of your thoughts and feelings.

• Summarizing the key facts from the text above in 10 sentences.

Test your knowledge of self-awareness, its benefits, and strategies to develop it. This quiz covers the nature of self-awareness, its impact on leadership, the importance of asking the right questions, and the role of emotions in decision-making.