Being – Integrity and Authenticity and Self-awareness
What skills is your foundation made of and how do they apply to your life?
I would say, that for me, Integrity and Authenticity are important, as well as Self-awareness. I think that being a person with character and being true to oneself is more important than anything else. I hold that in very regard. I do this by implementing daily life actions, things that I will and will do. Maintaining who I am as a person, I uphold my values and beliefs as a human being. I also uphold authenticity and self-awareness by not complying with societal pressures and focusing on how I feel and what is going on around me. Critical thinking, complexity awareness, and sense-making are also values or actions that I uphold in my daily life as well, which ties into integrity and authenticity. Maintaining sense-making is related to self-awareness due to you being able to it pertaining to SELF. I uphold also listening to myself, gut and what makes me feel comfortable in my daily life by adhering to my self-awareness, sense-making. If I do not conform to societal pressures than I can maintain/uphold my sense-making.
So, my foundation is made of such foundations, 1) Being – Integrity and Authenticity and Self-awareness and also 2) Thinking – Critical Thinking, Complexity Awareness, and Sense-making.
Questions for fellow listeners:
#1 What does your foundation look like when following the Inner Development Goals? Why?
#2 How can you increase the utilization of this goal into your daily life?]
Knowing ourself and what we desire is so important to living an intentional life!
I always try to prioritize myself and my health. Looking out for me now is what sets myself up for success in the future!
With this, it's important to listen to your brain and your body when it needs something. Notice when you get triggered, when you need more sleep, when you need to destress, etc.
My foundation is made up of my Faith. My Faith is the light that guides my goals and the paths I take to achieve those.
It helps me distinguish between right and wrong.
@warmMemory6263 Hi how are you doing? Great post.
#2 How can you increase the utilization of this goal into your daily life? I don’t think I fully understand this question however what I am taking is that when I have a negative I am going to be more mindful and do more of a list of gratitude towards myself and push myself to treat me more like a friend.
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I also view integrity and authenticity as crucial. The point you discussed regarding societal pressures is especially relevant. Nowadays, many individuals face pressure to adhere to societal convictions that do not align with who they truly are. The issue arises later when these individuals are told that they need to stand out or they won’t make it in the job market, college life, or any aspect of life. I think that being our true authentic self allows us to live in alignment with our values and convictions instead of those of others. Once we align with our values, we can live from a space of comfort and peace instead of living following the perspective of someone else.
As for the questions you asked, my foundation is composed of optimism and keeping an open and learning mindset. Sometimes, life’s challenges seem to be never-ending; however, I found that in moments of darkness, being optimistic and open to new possibilities allowed me to face and learn from these difficult experiences. Deep down, I know that it does get better and it always will.
I try to wake up and view each new day as a learning opportunity, there are amazing things to see and to learn. So much beauty and positivity around me. By focusing on this new opportunity that I was given to do better, I allow myself to live from a place of optimism instead of focusing on what I cannot control or change.
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I think the aspects I consider to be the most important are staying true to myself, treating myself with compassion, and like you said, self awareness. I feel like all of these require practice in order to cultivate them, especially treating yourself with compassion. Al of us are so used to becoming our worst critics, but why do we have to do that? Isn't there more value in providing ourselves with the same amount of compassion we would provide others?
