30 Insightful Questions To Boost Self-Awareness

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The Outcome:

Completing this super insightful reflection exercise will result in renewed clarity and confidence about who it is you truly are right now. The goal of this exercise (or gift) isn't to answer immediately, or to have a perfectly formulated response to each question, it’s an empowering exercise for you to think, feel and reconnect with yourself without any judgement! I’d invite you to just reflect, noticing what comes for you. Capture it, learn from it, and enjoy re-introducing yourself to current self.

I like to think of self-awareness as the precursor to choice, in everything we choose to do. It’s therefore so important to take quality time to reflect on knowing who you truly are and how you choose to intentionally show up.

I complete this exercise a couple of times a year to check in with myself and notice how I’ve progressed from my previous reflections. It also enables me to reconnect and stay close to who I truly am!

“We cannot change what we are NOT aware of, and once we are aware we cannot help but change” -- Sheryl Sandberg.

Instructions:

Simply grab a pen and paper, some quality reflective time (60mins or so) and space. If you can, I highly recommend taking yourself to a different, more relaxed or creative environment, ideally somewhere you’ll feel at ease and won’t get disturbed. 

Ask yourself these 30 questions to boost your self-awareness:

(They are in no particular order, apart from the first one which gives you an indication of your current state as you to start this exercise – enjoy! If you’d like a pdf worksheet of this just drop me a message and I’ll send you one).

1.       How am I feeling right now?

2.       What are my 3 personal successes (big or small) in the last month?

3.       What are my 3 most important core personal values (what I stand for, my non-negotiables in life)? 

4.       If I could pick 3 words (adjective), what would I choose to best describe myself?

5.       Who are the most important people in my life? And why?

6.       What is my #1 personal goal right now? (If you don’t know, create one now).

7.       Why is this goal important to me, and what pain will I feel if I don’t achieve it in my desired timeframe?

8.       How will I know when I’ve achieved this goal? 

9.       Who am I when nobody’s watching? Describe myself using words and/or illustrations.

10.   What 3 things am I grateful for about myself?

11.   What 3 things get me out of bed in the morning?

12.   If I could, what 3 pieces of wisdom would I share with my younger teenage self?

13.   What’s my happy place, visualise it for a minute, enjoy the feeling. Now ask myself, how can I spend even more time here? Capture 3 ways.

14.   What 3 things fill me up with the most amount of energy, and how can I do more of these? 

15.   What 3 things drain my energy, and how can I reduce or even remove these from my life?

16.   What’s my greatest fear right now? What am I most scared of?

17.   How could I use this fear to my advantage? How can the fear fuel me?

18.   What 3 things could I do soonest to better take care of my general wellbeing, specifically my physical and mental health?

19.   Think of a time when I felt stressed or under pressure, what 3 things did I do to help me stay grounded and overcome any unhelpful feelings or anxiety?

20.   What one thing do I have a curiosity to research or learn more about and why?

21.   What’s my definition of “SUCCESS”?

22.   What do I need to let go of that’s not serving me right now, and how will I do this?

23.   What 3 expectations do I have of myself, and how do they make me feel?

24.   What empowering belief do I need to remember right now? Write it down clearly and keep reminding myself of it throughout the day.

25.   What do I love doing that I completely lose track of time, and how can I do more of this?

26.   What’s my biggest worry right now? 

27.   What 3 words describe the best of who you want to be at this time?

28.   From this exercise what 3 things will I commit to changing about myself to better serve me? How and when will I do these?

29.   What have I learnt about myself today? My top 3 takeaways from completing this exercise are… 

30.   Who will I share some of my learning with?

You are the expert of you!

I hope that served you.

All my best

Nemisha

P.S. If you liked this, you'll love some of my other self-concepts. Just drop me a note and let's talk. support@nemishapatelowen.com or connect at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nemisha-patel-owen-b5a52944/