Emotional self awareness is the foundation on which all other scales of emotional intelligence are built. It is the necessary first step toward understanding yourself and identifying areas where you would like to improve. Self-awareness is an important skill that we can cultivate to help us progress on our personal development journey and we could all use a little more of it sometimes.

In our stressful, modern lives it’s easy to react passively to our environment and fracture opportunities to connect. Possessing emotional intelligence and regulating our emotions should be one of the most valued skills; self-awareness is the cornerstone of that intelligence.

This course is a prelude of your Gallup Strengths Program.

Read along for some tried-and-tested, science-based strategies to raise self-awareness.

Standard Training Hours: 0.5 hours (30 minutes)