Knowing Oneself

• The self-concept is a general term used to refer to how someone thinks about, evaluates or perceives themselves.
• The Existential Self is the most basic part of self - concept: the sense of being separate and distinct from others and the awareness of the constancy of the self.
• • How you view your personality traits, such as whether you are an extrovert or introvert
  • How you see your roles in life, such as whether you feel that being a parent, sibling, friend, and partner are important parts of your identity
  • The hobbies or passions that are important to your sense of identity, such as being a sports enthusiast or belonging to a certain political party
  • How you feel about your interactions with the world, such as whether you feel that you are contributing to society.
• Self-knowledge in psychology is "actual genuine information one possesses about oneself". This includes information about our emotional state, personality traits, relationships, behavioral patterns, opinions, beliefs, values, needs, goals, preferences, and social identity. Self - concept is the knowledge of your strengths and weaknesses.
• Ideal Self - It is an idealized image that we have developed over time, based on what we have learned.
• Actual Self - It is the self that has characteristics that you were nurtured or, in some cases, born to have. It is built on self-knowledge.
• Negotiation - There is negotiation that exists between the two selves which is complex because there are numerous exchanges between the ideal and actual self. These exchanges are exemplified in social roles that are adjusted and re-adjusted and are derived from outcomes of social interactions from infant to adult development.
• Our Innate Characteristics

  • Talents - Identified and then developed to be used in a particular subject area (science, literature, sports, politics, etc.).
  • Experience - Includes knowledge and skills that we acquire in the process of cognitive and practical activities.
  • Knowledge - Required for setting goals, defining an action plan to achieve them and risk assessment.
  • Skills - Determine whether real actions are performed in accordance with the plan.
• Personal effectiveness means making use of all the personal resources – talents, skills, energy and time, to enable you to achieve life goals. Your knowledge of yourself and how you manage yourself impacts directly on your personal effectiveness. Being self-aware, making the most of your strengths and learning new skills.
• • Determination - the will that keeps you moving forward to accomplish your goals and fulfill your dreams despite it being an arduous journey. It is a positive emotional feeling that helps you persevere instead of quitting. It is the resolve and commitment to your goals.
• • Self-Confidence - To develop it, you need to learn yourself and your capabilities, gain positive attitude and believe that by performing right actions and achieving right goals you will certainly reach success.
• Persistence - It makes you keep moving forward regardless of emerging obstacles – problems, laziness, bad emotional state, etc. It reduces the costs of overcoming obstacles.
• • Managing Stress - It helps combat stress that arises in daily life from the environment and other people. It increases efficiency in the actively changing environment. Stress arises from the uncertainty in an unknown situation when a lack of information creates the risk of negative consequences of your actions.
• • Problem-solving Skills - Problem-solving is a mental process that involves discovering, analyzing, and solving problems. The ultimate goal of problem-solving is to overcome obstacles and find a solution that best resolves the issue.
• • Creativity - It allows you to find extraordinary ways to carry out a specific action that no one has tried to use. It can lead to a decrease or an increase of costs, but usually the speed of action is greatly increased when using creative tools.
• • Generating Ideas - It helps you achieve goals using new, original, unconventional ideas. Idea is a mental image of an object formed by the human mind, which can be changed before being implemented in the real world. For generating ideas, you can use a method of mental maps, which allows you to materialize, visualize and scrutinize all your ideas, which in turn contributes to the emergence of new ideas.
• The Four Tendencies

  • Upholder - Meets outer expectations. Meets Inner expectations.
  • Questioner - Resists outer expectations Meets Inner expectations.
  • Rebel - Resists outer expectations. Resists Inner expectations.
  • Obliger - Meets outer expectations. Resists Inner expectations.
• The Four Paces of Working

  • Sprinter - Prefer to work in quick bursts of intense effort, and they deliberately wait for the pressure of a deadline to sharpen their thinking.
  • Marathoner - Working on projects steadily, over long periods of time, ignites my creativity.
  • Procrastinators - Hate last minute pressure and wish they could force themselves to work before the deadline looms.