Self-Growth, Self-Improvement and Self-Empowerment are three concepts which go hand in hand. When you embark on any one of them, you’re actually embarking on all three simultaneously. You are then on the path to having a much better personal and professional life and relationships.
It says about Noah that he brought to the ark all animals in couples. But there are things which come in triples, such as SELF-GROWTH, SELF-IMPROVEMENT and SELF-EMPOWEREMENT. The three go hand in hand, and the longer you tread their path, the more they will unite and become ONE.
No wonder all three begin with SELF. No-one can tread the path for you. You are the one responsible to tread the path and do “the work”.
All three form the basis to your ability to develop, maintain and improve healthy personal and professional relationships.
SELF-AWARENESS IS AT THE CORE OF SELF-GROWTH, SELF-IMPROVEMENT AND SELF-EMPOWEREMENT
The way to begin trading this path is by developing Self-Awareness.
WHAT IS SELF-AWARENESS?
Self-Awareness is a journey to your inner-self; getting to know and understand yourself better; being honest and true regarding “who you are”, how you handle your life and relationships, how you sabotage yourself, and harm your relationships, how you limit and imprison yourself.
It’s realizing what controls your emotions, attitudes, reactions and behaviours (such as: fears and needs you are unaware of; traits you deny in yourself and project onto others; your perception of reality and belief-system; messages you internalized at a young age about life and relationships, and so on) – all of which have taken control over you and drove you to sabotage both personal as well as professional relationships without you even realizing it!
THE TRIPLE SELF IS ACTUALLY ONE WHOLE
As you develop Self-Awareness, act on what you have learned and move forward, you walk the triple path of Self-Growth, Self-Improvement and Self-Empowerment and get closer and closer to becoming one whole. You get in touch with yourself, your needs, fears and desires, strengths as well as weaknesses. You expand your authenticity, your ability to speak out your mind, to consciously choose how to react and behave with others.
As you develop Self-Awareness you get closer to “yourSELF”. This enables you to develop, maintain and improve healthy personal and professional relationships.
WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITES TO GETTING CLOSER TO yourSELF?
The path to youSELF is combined of three P: PRACTICE, PERSEVERANCE and PATIENCE.
PRACTICE
Practicing SELF-AWARENESS means: you observe yourself and exercise BEING AWARE of your attitudes, reactions and behaviors. The more you observe and become aware, the more you can make CONSCIOUS DECISIONS.
Such daily, committed, on-going practice requires patience and perseverance.
PERSEVERANCE
Self-Growth, Self-Improvement and Self-Empowerment cannot be achieved in one single shot, be it a weekend-workshop, a short-time counselling, or a trip to “finding yourself in an exotic place”.
It is rather a PROCESS which continues well beyond the workshop, the counselling and/or the trip you’ve taken. These are only the means by which you get closer to yourSELF. The more you develop your SELF-AWARENESS, the more you progress in the path to Self-Growth, Self-Improvement and Self-Empowerment.
PATIENCE
Since expanding Self-Growth, Self-Improvement and Self-Empowerment is a PROCESS, you need to have PATIENCE. The more motivated and dedicated you are to have patience to practice and persevere, the more you will advance in the path to attaining these, get closer to yourSELF and become whole.
SELF-AWARENESS; IT CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Taking the time to develop Self-Awareness - observing yourself, getting to know and understand “who you are” and taking the necessary steps to change and improve - is the key to your SELF-Growth/Improvement/Empowerment and to becoming able to develop, maintain and improve personal and professional relationships.
Doron Gil, Ph.D., an expert on Self-Awareness and Relationships, is the author of “The Self-Awareness Guide to a Successful Intimate Relationship”. Available as eBook and paperback: http://www.amazon.com/Self-Awareness-Guide-Successful-Intimate-Relations...
Dr. Gil has a 30 year experience as a university teacher, workshop leader, counselor and consultant in both the USA and Israel. He has taught classes on Self-Awareness and Relationships to thousands of students, lectured widely on these and related topics at conferences world-wide, gave workshops and trained physicians, managers, school teachers and parents on how to develop Self-Awareness in order to improve their personal and professional relationships.