Chapter 2- Considering Self

 

I like to think I have high self-awareness. This stems from my analytical nature and is the result of constantly monitoring myself and how I interact with my surroundings (ch.2, pg. 32). To many people, this is desirable trait to have. People with low self-awareness are considered foolish and ignorant and are often looked down upon, with good reason. Often times, they don’t even understand the things that they do have consequences that can affect others. For example, at my job people leave shopping carts all over the place, either inside or outside. The end result is more work for employees that could be doing other, more important things at that point in time. There have been several times when my bosses have asked me to go outside to collect carts and there have been not only carts everywhere, but also electric scooters left outside without power. The result is I had to drag the scooter back inside and hurt my hand in the process. With that, low self-awareness is a negative trait. At the same time, I find people like that to be enviable. There have been many times throughout my life that I wished I could stop being so self-conscious about certain things and simply not care, but it is never that easy. That is the only thing I envy about people with low self-awareness. However, one thing I have learned is that sometimes you need to let them know if they have done something wrong because chances are they don’t realize it. If they don’t receive it well, that’s on them though.