I.
Self-Awareness
Self-awareness
is defined as an awareness of one's own
personality or individuality. The term "self"
often refers to yourself, myself, himself/herself,
oneself and your own self. This refers to person
in a prime condition, as entire person or
individual. Awareness is defined as having or
showing realization, participation, commitment,
and knowledge of one's values development.
Dare to dream, dare to be!
The following are examples of great individuals
who dared to dream and dared to be:
Beethoven was totally deaf, yet he created
musical masterpieces.
Milton was poor, blind, and sick, yet he wrote
Paradise lost and Paradise regained.
Abraham Lincoln failed several times in his
political career before he was elected to
presidency. He even became one of the
greatest US presidents.
Burt Reynolds washed dishes for a living before
he became a well-respected actor.
Hellen Keller struggled to overcome her
handicap to become an inspiration to both the
blind and the seeing.
A. You as you
Nosce de ipsum is Latin for "Know thyself". Let's
begin to know yourself since the essential
formula of achievement is self-analysis.
Know the difference between your biological or
ingerited traits and even your environment or
acquired traits.
2. Self-awareness is an awareness of one's own
personality or individuality
Self - oneself/himself/herself/myself
• belonging to oneself
• a person in prime condition
• entire person as an individual
Awareness- having or showing realizations,
perception, or knowledge
• Be your own best friend and believe in
yourself, so that you can become the person
you want to be.
• You are you and you are what you think. You
are unique in your own way. Only you can
control your destiny and make a difference in
your life.
B.You as a Filipino
•Being aware of and remaining constantly on
guard against the Filipino tendency towards
negativism, you can eventually propel yourself
into positivism.
•Use your "Lakas at tibay ng loob" (courage and
strength) to move away from the fatalistic
"gulong ng palad" (wheel of fortune) and
"bahala na" (come that may) attitude.
•Begin by getting involve with your own life.
Makialam ka sa buhay mo! Cooperate,
makisama ka, by first initiating a change in
yourself.
•Begin without expecting instant miracles. You
have got only one real friend and one worst
enemy and that is yourself.
•Believe in your abilities and work unyieldingly
to reach your objective.
C. You and your Faith
Filipino worship is directed towards God as a
father-figure who takes care of all – "Bahala na
ang Diyos" signifying that Divine Providence is
responsible for our destinies. Thus, whenever
problems confront us, we tend to turn against
God and blame Him for all
D. Your "Self-help" Concepts (Morell, R.W
1999)
You may or not be aware of the "self-help" or
self-improvement teachings, but if you want to
be more successful, you should:
A self-made wall of negative self-talk
(Helmsetter, S. 2000)
Here are few examples of frequently used
negative self-talk. As you read them, see if you
know someone who says something similar, or
if you have said something like any of these
yourself:
II. The Self-Management Sequence
This theory is based on the idea that everything
that occurs in our lives happens because we
mentally “create” it in our brains first. Things
that seem to happen to you happen because of
you—something you influenced, created,
directed, or allowed to happen.
SELF-MANAGEMENT SEQUENCE - 5 STEPS TO
SUCCESS
A. Programming
Our conditioning from the day we were born
has created, reinforced, and nearly permanently
cemented most of what we believe ourselves
and what we believed about most of what goes
on around us.
The first step and the most important step
is: change your programming because it’s the
start of a cause-and-effect chain reaction within
us that is a sequence.
B. Beliefs
What we believe about anything.
The belief we have about anything is so
powerful that it can even make something
appear to be something different than what it
really is. Our beliefs are completely created by
our programming.
C. Attitudes
The perspectives from which you view life.
Your attitude about something influences how
you think and feel about that something.
Determines how you will act on something
and how well you will do it.
Attitudes come from beliefs.
D. Feelings
How we feel about something will always
determine or affect what we do and how we
will do it.
ever use. This has been used the least but is
needed most. (I am…)
Level 5: Level of Universal Affirmation
It is the self-talk of “Oneness” with God.
This level speaks unity of spirit, a divine and
timeless cosmic affinity which transcends all
worldly things and gives meaning to our being.
(It is…)

Your feelings are created, controlled,

influenced, or determined by your attitude.

E. Behavior
Behavior is our actions. The step that most
directly controls your success or failure.

Our actions are controlled, directed, and

influenced by our feelings.

FIVE (5) LEVELS OF SELF-TALK

Level 1: Level of Negative Acceptance
The level of negative acceptance is the
lowest, least beneficial, and the most harmful
level of self-talk. (I can’t…)

Level 2: Level of Recognition and Need to

Change
At this level, we are starting with
ourselves and to others out recognition of our
need to change. (I need to…) (I should…)

Level 3: Level of Decision to Change

This is the first of the first level of self-
talk that works for you instead against you. This
is where you recognize the need to change, and
actually do it. (I never…) (I no longer…)

Level 4: Level of the Better You

The most effective kind of self-talk we can