You may think youre a pretty self-aware person. About 95 percent of people do, says Tasha Eurich, PhD, a Denver-based organizational psychologist who has spent the last decade researching ...

Few traits are more celebrated than self-awareness, broadly defined as the ability to know or understand yourself. And yet, self-awareness is surprisingly rare. Perhaps this is why we worship and ...

What does it mean to be self-aware? It means having what therapists call an “observing ego.” The observing ego is a part of yourself that is able to observe yourself with some amount of objectivity.

Working on self-awareness can help you realistically assess your strengths and weaknesses. Try to avoid blaming outside factors for negative outcomes. You can accept feedback and be open to ...

Truly self-aware people tend to do two things incredibly well, according to clinical psychologist Melanie A. McNally: they acknowledge their emotions, feelings, and behaviors, while also regulating ...

Dr. Matt Poepsel is a VP at The Predictive Index, author of Expand the Circle, and host of Lead the People. Even the most self-aware leaders have knowledge gaps. I've watched brilliant executives miss ...

In the high-stakes world of executive decision-making, what we don’t see often matters more than what we do. Dr. Martin Dubin, clinical psychologist turned executive coach and author of Blindspotting, ...

The observer self, self-as-context, is a core component of acceptance and commitment therapy. It is the part of you that notices, and you can think of the observer self as awareness. Consider that you ...