Self-awareness.
The awareness of self.
The awareness of how self experiences the environment.
The awareness of how self creates the experience of the environment.
The challenge I have with most traditional ways of learning is it's from the outside in.
Books are read with knowledge.
Speakers speak from stage with knowledge.
Articles are written that contain knowledge.
Experts have guides and resources and videos with knowledge.
This outside-in approach can be beneficial, but does it stick?
Does it fundamentally transform who you are and how you are?
Some things may resonate the minute it is heard and it will last for a few days.
But then the old habits take over, physical and mental.
None of the knowledge matters, that'll simply make someone smart or an intellectual.
To learn, implement, and change core behaviors, that is the challenge.
That is where the holdup is.
People can delay success because the tools to implement and learn and change are not always seen.
To get to where you want to be, you must know where you are.
You must learn from the inside out.
You must reflect, learn and ask, "How would this serve me?"
That is how self-awareness serves success.