A vital way of becoming more effective in both business and life is by becoming more self-aware. If you can become aware of your self – your strengths and your weaknesses, your feelings and the messages your body sends you – then, you can become aware of the effects you create. Only once you know your effects and understand what motivates you, can you know how to change things, or even whether you should. Implementing the guidelines in this course is the first step in a continual process of deepening your awareness of your self and the effects you create. Becoming more effective can only deepen your rewards in both your professional and personal life.

This course touches on the definition of the Self, the types of Self, benefits of and limitations to self-awareness, techniques to became more self-aware, the concepts of independence and interdependence.

OBJECTIVES

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Understand what the self is and its different aspects
• Learn from introspection
• Understand the nature and value of emotions
• Appreciate yourself
• Appreciate others
• Improve effectiveness