VALUES FORMATION

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• Is the ability to focus on yourself, and how
your actions, thoughts, or emotions do or
don’t align with your internal standard.
• Align your behavior with your values, and
understand correctly how other perceive
you.
• If you are highly self-aware can interpret
their actions, feelings and thoughts
objectively.
• It allows leaders to assess their growth
and effectiveness and change course
when necessary

SELF AWARENESS
• Public self-awareness –being aware of
how we can appear to others, because of
this consciousness we are more likely to
adhere to social norms and behavior in
ways that we are socially acceptable.
• Private self-awareness – being able to
notice and reflect on one’s introspective
approaching their feelings and reactions
with curiosity.

Type of self awareness

• LOOKING INWARD
• > clarification of our values, thoughts,
feelings, behaviors, strength and
weakness
• > recognize the effect of ourselves on
others
• > happier, have better
understandings
• > sense of personal and social
control as well as higher job
satisfaction

Why important?
• LOOKING OUTWARD
• >understand how people view us
• >emphatic to people with different
perspective

Why important?
• 1. it gives us powers to influence outcomes
• 2. it helps us to become better decision-
makers. It gives us more self-confidence
• 3. it allows us to understand things form a
multiple perspective.
• 4.it frees us from our assumptions and biasis
• 5.It helps us build better relationship
• 6.It gives us a greater ability to regulate our
emotions
• 7.It decreases stress
• 8.it means us happier

Benefits
Exercise A
How I see myself? How other’s see me?
Exercise B
• Journaling – pay attention to what’s going on in your private and
public self
• KEEP A JOURNAL – for 1 week - daily - written
• > What did I do well today?
• > What challenges did I face?
• >What was I feeling?
• > How did I respond? In retrospect would I have responded differently?
• > What strength did I use to keep me focused in the best version of myself?
• > What is my intention for tomorrow?
Practice mindfullness
• Mindfulness is a type of meditation in which you focus on
being intensely aware of what you’re sensing and feeling in
the moment, without interpretation or judgement. Practicing
mindfulness involves breathing methods, guided imagery, and
other practices to relax the body and mind and help reduce
stress, it can also be organizing your space, name your
surroundings or even draw or paints. Mindfulness is a journey.
SELF
EXPRESSION
Self expressions is defined as;

As expressing one’s thoughts and feelings, Action of expressing yourself, and it can take What we should eat, drink, study do for fun,
and this expressions can be accomplished a wide variety of forms, words, your facial whom we associate with and who should we
through words, choices or actions. expressions, your body movements, clothing, love or despise and who should be deep
actions and possessions to express your doom.
authentic self, how we should look, think,
speak and act.
How to improve self expression skills/

Apply winning
Speaking
formula

Never lose a
chance to speak in Writing
public

Write almost
everyday-it forces
you to find the
right Body language
words/expressions
to convey the
message

Artistic endeavor
Other modes
of self
expressions
1. Speak your truth at the moment.
2. Widely define yourself not
something that one finds buy
something that one created
Other Techniques/Modes of self
expressions:

1 2 3 4
3. open for new 4.engage in creative 5. try to keep daily 6. acquire self
experiences techniques that journal in which you knowledge – know
harness your creativity write what comes into who you are, take a
to express your your mind. break in a little while,
potential and enhance use reflection.
your life.
Other Techniques/Modes of self
expressions:
7. pursue wants and passion voraciously if become victim of a
day-to-day stressors; dedicate that you will be back – do not
stop

8.develop a keen sense of reality, your head may venture into

the clouds, but your feet should stay firmly on the ground, keep
in touch with reality.

9. face your setbacks, disappointments, and unpleasant

experiences, heads on.
DISCOVERING YOUR TRUE SELF

6 STEPS TO DISCOVER YOUR TRUE SELF

Essential skills you can have is the ability to find your actual self.

> instead of seeking permission from others, when you know

who you are, you know what we need to do.

> when you know yourself, you will gain confidence, grasp your
mission, and begin to have a greater effect on the world.
• 1. BE QUIET – you cannot and will not
discover yourself until you take time to
remain still.
• You won’t be able to view every aspect of
your life – the good and the bad – until
you take sometime alone, analyze
yourself, and be fully honest with yourself
• Quiet yourself and uncover your genuine
self
• Don’t be afraid with silence.

6 steps discovering self

• 2. REALIZE WHO YOU TRULY ARE, NOT
WHO YOU WANT TO BE.
• You may have a notion of who you want to
be, but it may not be who you were born
to be.
• When you understand who you are, you
will be able to recognized where you and
your unique abilities for into the larger
picture
• PERSONALITY TEST – is the ideal place to
start.

6 steps discovering self

• 3.FIND WHAT YOU ARE GOOD AT AND
NOT GOOD AT.
• Trail and error to figure out what you’re
excellent out
• When you put in enough time and your
effort aren’t paying off, it’s the time to call
it quits.
• What is really the adequate time, that it’s
all up to you, but when you quit right you
aren’t giving up; rather you are making
way for something better.

6 steps discovering self

• 4.FIND WHAT YOU ARE PASSIONATE
ABOUT.
• You should pay attention to it, when it
appears, since it indicates an area of life
where you need to pay more attention.
• Focus more on your passion and gain a
deeper understanding of yourself and
you will have a greater effect.
• Passion generates works and consistent
efforts generates result which leads to a
better understanding of your actual self.

6 steps discovering self

• 5. ASK FOR FEEDBACK
• Hearing what people have to say about
you is a useful exercise if you don’t know
yourself, ask them to basic questions
• “What strengths do you believe I should
work on more?
• What shortcomings do you believe I
should improve on?
• Their view isn’t going to be flawless, but
their criticism will most likely point up a
few things you might consider.

6 steps discovering self

• 6.ASSESS YOUR RELATIONSHIP
• Relationship play an important role in
knowing yourself, other people need to
know who you are almost as mush as you
need to know yourself
• People require you to be yourself
• Use your reflection to overcome your
greatest anxieties, because when you realize
who you are, your mission will ultimately
become greater than your worries.
• When you know yourself, you will discover
greater serenity and prosperity more quickly
than ever before.

6 steps discovering self

1. self awareness – your ability to understand
yourself, your personality traits, your habits,
your emotions, your needs, your values.

What 2.Interest awareness – discover what your

interested and what your passionate about life,

does self
reach full potential

discovery 3.Hopes and dreams – writing on what your

means?
hopes and dreams are in life you want to
achieve.

4. Career discovery – self awareness, interest,

hopes and dreams, when looking for a job that
can help reach your full potential – is right for
your personality and goals.
9 tips for self discovery
2.Spend more time
with your passion so
1. Picture and define 3.Explore more 4. note your skills and
that you can start
your ideal self. hobbies and interest. strengths
incorporating it in
yourself.

5.discover what your 6. expand outside 7.use failure to

8. maintain a journal
value are in life your comfort zone develop your growth

9. create a routin.
BUILDING RELATIONSHIP
• Good relationship rely on good communication, whether it’s
face to face on telephone, or email.
• Being open, honest and professional helps established trust
and rapport.
• Importance” with allies to our caused, get support from
people outside, build relationship in which people know and
trust ys, give meaning and richness to our work and to our
lives.
5 ways to build strong relationship
• 1. Have open and honest communication.
• 2. Develop people skills
• 3. Respect and appreciate others.
• 4. Accept support and be supportive.
• 5.Bepositive.