Like resilience and empathy, self-awareness is a crucial leadership or social-emotional skill. I would argue, and research shows, that self-awareness is in fact one of the most important skills for leaders to develop. Business News Daily, Feb 18th, 2020 published an article entitled, "Want to be a good leader? Step One- Know Thyself." I have said this a thousand times in my career.
I believe it is one of the most essential skills for humans to develop. Why? Because our business is life and we are the leaders. Our business is growing our kids, coaching our teams, teaching in the classrooms, mentoring our employees.
So how do we do it? Step one is regularly asking ourselves, "Am I aware of the fact that?" For example: "Am I aware of the fact that gratitude and self-reflection only seem to be important to me during the holidays or in times of tragedy, or am I aware of the fact that although I always set goals, I never get to February before I throw in the towel?!" While these are just random examples if this sounds like you, rest assured- YOU ARE HUMAN!
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