MODULE 2:

SELF-AWARENESS
Personal Mastery is the way
to happiness,

the path to Personal Mastery

is Self-Awareness!
 Module 2:
Self-Awareness
 What Do You See?

A face or a
woman
A rabbit or a duck
A man playing sax
or a beautiful
face
A young lady or
an old woman
A skull or a
vain woman
A face or a
candlestick
 Individuals are products of
learning and experience, and no
two individuals share the same
knowledge base or the same set
of experiences.
 PERCEPTION

is the process of attaining awareness or

understanding of sensory information
“The way we see the problem
IS THE PROBLEM.”

- Stephen R. Covey
 JOHARI Window
(Joe Luft and Harry Ingham)
KNOWN to YOU UNKNOWN to YOU

KNOWN to OPEN BLIND

OTHERS

UKNOWN
to OTHERS

HIDDEN UNKNOWN
 JOHARI Window
(Joe Luft and Harry Ingham)
KNOWN to YOU UNKNOWN to YOU

OPEN BLIND
KNOWN to
OTHERS

UKNOWN
to OTHERS

HIDDEN UNKNOWN
Self-Awareness Activity

Physical Mirror
 Knowing who we are,
what we have in the
different dimensions of
our life, what we can
offer and what we can
give.
includes a recognition of our personality,
our strengths and weaknesses,
our likes and dislikes.
 Strength
Unique talents and abilities
a person has.
Abilities that set people apart
from others and are the best
tools for accomplishment and
satisfaction.
Internal positive aspects that are
under one’s control
 Weakness
Internal negative aspects that are under one’s
control and that one may plan to improve on
a weak point; fault or defect in one's character
a liking; esp., an immoderate fondness (for
something) something of which one is
immoderately fond candy is my one
weakness
Self-Awareness Activity

Social Mirror
 Enables us to stand apart and examine
even the way we “see” ourselves –
our self-paradigm, the most fundamental
paradigm of effectiveness.
Can you look at
yourself
almost as though
you were someone
else?
 Social Mirror
the current social paradigms
and the opinions, perceptions, and paradigms
of the people around us.
 Social Mirror’s Reflection
“I didn’t know you can get
mad.”

“This is so simple, “Why can’t you

why can’t you ever keep things
understand” in order?”
 Theories of Determinism

• Genetic determinism
• Psychic determinism
• Environmental determinism
Self-awareness is the reason:
Why man has dominion over all things in the
world and why he can make significant advances
from generation to generation.
Why we can evaluate and learn from others’
experiences as well as our own.
Why we can make and break our habits.
 “Knowing others is wisdom,
knowing yourself is enlightenment.”

- Lao Tzu
“Let us not look back in anger,
nor forward in fear,
but around in awareness.”

- James Thurber