Reflection On Self Awareness

A important dilemma in my personal life is about my experience as a first generation immigrant in the United States. My parents take extra precaution to make sure I do not loose sight of where I came form and so, my parents drive to Mexico every year with my sister and I to see relatives who are living in conditions worse than ours so that we are grateful of our life in America. As I see my cousins and nieces/nephews grow up, I see realize that they have no real role model to look up to as no one has completed college when their parents exited high school and some not even that. So I want to help my family members to aspire to be something better in life and not a mailman or manual laborer like my father and uncles. I would like to instill

In America, our self-image is undoubtedly one of the most important aspects of our daily lives. In an ever-changing world, we are constantly working in the lens of which we believe the world sees us. But is this true of all people? Disparities in self-perception between different groups of people can easily be detected through cultural psychology (Heine, Takemoto, Moskalenko, Lasaleta & Henrich, 2008). Perception, especially self-perception, can vary vastly from one culture to another. One perspective that drove home this idea was the thinking that East Asian’s attempt to place their concern with self-concept in the hands of the people around them, as opposed to some other cultures that can be found to focus more prominently on

Self-Awareness, self-concept and emotional intelligence are effective managerial concepts that will result in leadership success. According to Stanford University, having these soft skills are indispensable traits that good managers should develop to be successful leaders. Managers strive to become aware of who they are, what their values, attitudes, skills, and abilities are. These values drive them to achieve and will eventually result in them become more effective. (Showry & Manasa, 2014, p. 15)

Being a first generation college student is a heavy load to carry due to the constant reminder of having to be a good role model for my siblings. Children of immigrants are often highly expected to excel in their academics and to be involved in extracurricular activities. His/her parent immigrated to the “Land of The Free” in order to receive a better life and to give their children a place to call home. They work from one to two jobs a week just so that we can dig through the pantry, and raid the refrigerator. We sometimes take our parents for granted unknowingly, and constantly fill our heads with a question that we all seem to ask. “How do I please my parents?”, “What do I have to do to make them happy?”. As students we should all be voicing “College!”. Yes, maybe our folks’s dreams have faded away, however that should be our motivation to aim higher; to achieve our American Dream. Throughout our years of education, our very own relatives and teachers have emphasized on the importance of receiving a higher education. I have come to realize that I should not be asking myself “How do I please my parents?”. Instead, “How do I please myself?”, “What will my lifetime goals be?”, “Will it leave my parents hard work in vain?”. Obtaining a higher education will not impact their lives, but will affect yours drastically. My American Dream has always been to become an immigration lawyer that deals with international relations or to become a professor teaching my true passion for

I was very young when I had my first encounter with cultural diversity. At the time I thought I was the only person that had experienced things like this. When I was five years old my family, father, mother, and sister moved from Illinois to California. This didn’t really mean much to me at the time I didn’t remember much about being in Illinois. The first thing I did remember was that it wasn’t cold here. Next was the house it was big. After a couple days there I was enrolled in school, this was the early 60’s East Los Angeles. The school like my neighborhood was all Black/Negro. I felt comfortable. After three months we moved to West Los Angeles. Here was where things would start to change. First my neighborhood, on a block of thirty

As individuals, we tend to formulate both positive and negative opinions of others based on personal experiences and life exposures. These exposures help shape our belief systems and perceptions towards others. Our different perceptions cause us to generate biases and prejudices towards groups that we might not always affiliate with. However, we are often not aware that we stereotype others and regard them in a negative manner. The realization of the concept can be uncomfortable to grasp, which is why we often deny the beliefs all together. It is often believed that therapists have the required knowledge to help different groups of individuals with an open mind, but that is not always the case. As a psychologist in training, I understand that the first step to being culturally competent is to have self-awareness and recognize your own biases and prejudices.

The most challenging areas that what I have learned in this course is to face own weaknesses and think objectively. Self-Awareness is one of fundamental skills that we need in order to express our feelings appropriately and communicate with the others successfully. The first step to strengthen Self-Awareness is to acknowledge emotions. Then the second step is pay attention to the physical reactions that are influenced by the emotions. The third step is to take a deep breath and think objectively and analyze what and why the emotions are occurring. The fourth step is to not to judge the emotions either it is good or bad but pay attentions to the others and consequences of the emotions and reactions. Self-Awareness is Zako’s weakness area and

This part will discuss self-awareness and continuous self-development through analyzing a number of prior researches, then come up with the link of them to support my role as a manager in the future.

Self-awareness is the capacity for introspection and the ability to recognize oneself as an individual separate from the environment and other individuals.

To get a feel of how my parents were; my parents strayed away from the Asian stereotype which was that all Asian families live under the authoritarian parenting style (Rathus & Longmir, 2010). Instead, my parents chose to adopt the permissive-indulgent parenting style (Rathus & Longmir, 2010) my parents were really laid back; they did not force me to go down a certain career path, instead, they were supportive of my decision to pursue social service work despite them not knowing what it means to become a social service worker. There were not many rules in the house other than the usual “do not do drugs” or “do not skip school, do well in school” My parents reasoning for adopting this parenting style was because, my parents did not want us to be raised like how they were raised, my parents were scared that If they adopted the authoritative parenting style, that when I got older, I would have some resentment towards them. Currently, I am slowly developing a sense of independence by taking on more responsibilities and thinking for myself rather than letting my parents do

The five most critical areas of self-awareness are emotional intelligence, personal values, cognitive style, orientation toward change, and core self-evaluation.

I got a 39 within UCLA Loneliness Scale on the textbook and I was surprised with my result because I did not know that my score has been this higher compared to other men scale which is average of 32. I did not feel any anxiety and fear when I took this scale in the textbook because I feel very confident with myself and relationships with other people. I always trying to respect other people during the conversations nor hanging out with them during a free time because they were always respect me as well all the time. Furthermore, I always listen to other people who needs advice because I want to help them with my experiences. Therefore, they could think that other people have hard times just like anybody else and it could happen to be anytime.

This is my end of year grade 12 culminating self protariate. The project was to create two self portraits but to have them on one page. Initially, I did not expect myself to finish before school ended due to how long it took me to complete it last year. But by reflecting on what happened last year with my lack of time I was able to change my techniques up to fit the time span.

In just about every small town and most medium to large cities, there is a “black” part or section of town. I grew up in a very small town but the part of town I lived in was very big to me. Everyone had the same ideals, beliefs, and expectations. We all knew each other very well. We went to the same church, played in the same park, ate the same type of food, and we listened to the same music. There were no unique individuals, no one really stood out. My town had harmony; a feeling of well being - for lack of a better word. I did not realize that I lived in a culture that had very little diversity. I knew that there were people out side my little world who spoke a different language, dressed different, and ate strange food. But it never occurred to me that I would ever meet anyone very different from me in every way.

“Self-awareness is the first step in creating what you want and mastering your life. Where you focus your attention, your emotions, reactions, personality, and behavior determine where you go in life. Having self-awareness allows you to see where your thoughts and emotions are taking you. It also allows you to take control of your emotions, behavior, and personality so you can make changes you want” (Warmerdam, 2017). I feel that I am more self-aware because of how I tackle many tasks daily. I know my major downfall is poor time management. I did not manage deadlines will nor did I observe to them. I am continuously working on making myself a better person by managing my time well. I have learned that I work well under pressure than I do when the deadline is far away. I remember I was planning my family reunion and my cousin had not arrived with the fish for the first night and all my family was hungry and we were waiting on another fish fryer to arrive. My quick thinking allows us to feed everyone in a record time. I located a few additional fryers and bought local fish and French fries from the area. By the time my cousin arrived all my family was sitting down eating and was grateful that they did not have to continue to wait to eat. I feel I do work better under pressure because I need that extra push.