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Awareness of the self is vital to understanding, identifying, and changing nonoptimal behaviors. Understanding how you are feeling about a situation is important. It is a good idea to pause during stressful situations or before making a big decision and access your own state of mind.

Many successful people report being guided by gut‐feelings when making a difficult decision. Identifying your emotional response (conscious and subconscious) should be an integral part of decision‐making. In addition to using your own emotional response to guide your career path and decision‐making, it is important to understand how your emotional response affects other people.

This self‐awareness further extends into identifying your own weaknesses, accepting them and dealing with them. The ability to change means that you need to be able to accept criticism and adapt your path accordingly.