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    SELF - AWARENESS

    Awareness is the capacity to stand apart of ourselves and examine our thinking, our intentions our behaviors, and our effects on what is around us. It is the ability to "turn our glasses inward upon ourselves, here and now."


    COMPETENCE

    Emotional awareness: Recognizing one's emotions and their effects. People with this competence:
    • Know which emotions they are feeling and why
    • Realize the links between their feelings and what they think, do, and say
    • Recognize how their feelings affect their performance
    • Have a guiding awareness of their values and goals

    Accurate self-assessment: Knowing one's strengths and limits. People with this competence are:
    • Aware of their strengths and weaknesses
    • Reflective, learning from experience
    • Open to candid feedback, new perspectives, continuous learning, and self-development
    • Able to show a sense of humor and perspective about themselves

    Self-confidence: Sureness about one's self-worth and capabilities. People with this competence:
    • Present themselves with self-assurance; have "presence"
    • Can voice views that are unpopular and go out on a limb for what is right
    • Are decisive, able to make sound decisions despite uncertainties and pressures


    What is emotional intelligence?
    A good definition for Emotional Intelligence is given by Mayer and Salovey but there is more...

    Emotional intelligence "is a type of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one's own and others' emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use the information to guide one's thinking and actions" (Mayer & Salovey, 1993: 433). According to Salovey & Mayer (1990), EI subsumes Gardner's inter- and intrapersonal intelligences, and involves abilities that may be categorized into five domains:

    Self-awareness:
    Observing yourself and recognizing a feeling as it happens.
    Managing emotions:
    Handling feelings so that they are appropriate; realizing what is behind a feeling; finding ways to handle fears and anxieties, anger, and sadness.
    Motivating oneself:
    Channeling emotions in the service of a goal; emotional self control; delaying gratification and stifling impulses.
    Empathy:
    Sensitivity to others' feelings and concerns and taking their perspective; appreciating the differences in how people feel about things.
    Handling relationships:
    Managing emotions in others; social competence and social skills.

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