Essay on Self-Awareness: Self-Esteem, Communication & Relationships

This essay explores the author's self-awareness, focusing on their strengths as an eager and responsible learner who values teamwork and continuous improvement. It delves into the importance of self-esteem and strategies for enhancing it, such as eliminating negative comparisons and fostering a positive inner self-image. The essay further emphasizes the significance of interpersonal relations, highlighting the role of effective communication, active listening, and understanding others. It suggests promoting team activities, managing boundaries, and recognizing emotional triggers to build stronger relationships and foster a flexible and collaborative work environment. The author also stresses the impact of communication style on building trust and credibility within a team.

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Self –Context Essay
I think I am an eager learner as I have a passion to learn new things. One can rely over me for
their work as I work curiously with all the efforts. I understand by responsibility and then
organize the work accordingly. I find myself flexible in every situation as I can adjust
comfortably by working of unexpected challenges (Cameron and Jessica 561-578). I enjoy
working with many people and work in the direction to achieve the goal efficiently.
I am worth trusting especially at time of team coordination and meeting the deadlines. I don’t
get frustrated from my failures instead of that I boost up the positivity in other team
members. I am a work oriented person by making sure that smooth coordination of
components takes place.
I am self-motivated, as I have faced many failures but instead of breaking down I have learnt
from them and taken steps towards success. I have eagerness to grow and learn things this has
helped me to be versatile and grow dynamically in nature. I am not satisfied from my work
easily as I always try to do and perform better. People like my skills of resolving the difficult
situation easily due to my customer service skills (Ferris and Lance 279-297). I also have a
good writing skill that helps in undertaking qualitative research.
Self-esteem can be improved by recognizing the areas in which change can be undertaken for
betterment. The habit of compare and despair should be eliminated as it is one of the barriers
in overall growth. Self-esteem brings up the positive energy by removing all the negativity
that might affect the mental health (Ferris and Lance 279-297). Self-esteem can be improved
by bringing up the inner rock start on the platform so that the works gets appreciated and
motivation gets boosted up.

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It is important to improve self and interpersonal relations with other team members. This can
be improved by improving the communication by actively listening to others. It is also
important to change the behaviour accordingly (Bleidorn and Wiebke 396). The relation can
be improved by trying to understand others rather them being understood. Emotional triggers
should be recognized this improves learning about others. Apart from that, team activities
should be conducted so that so that positive values gets exchanged (Marcia 340). It also helps
in managing boundaries and avoiding the gossips in the organisation. The relations can also
be improved by promoting the team members so that they find ways towards success.
The style of communication impact others as it builds the relation and strong the bonding
among the team mates. It brings the clarity in the communication and also improves
credibility (Cameron, Jessica and Steve 12-90). The style of communication can build
relations and create a flexible environment so that one can share their ideas easily.

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Work Citied
Marcia, J.E., 2017. Ego-Identity Status: Relationship to Change in Self-Esteem. Social
Encounters: Contributions to Social Interaction, p.340.
Cameron, Jessica J., and Steve Granger. "Does self-esteem have an interpersonal imprint
beyond self-reports? A meta-analysis of self-esteem and objective interpersonal
indicators." Personality and Social Psychology Review (2018): p. 12-90.
Bleidorn, Wiebke, et al. "Age and gender differences in self-esteem—A cross-cultural
window." Journal of personality and social psychology 111.3 (2016): 396.
Cameron, Jessica J., et al. "The robust self-esteem proxy: Impressions of self-esteem inform
judgments of personality and social value." Self and Identity 15.5 (2016): 561-578.
Ferris, D. Lance, et al. "Ostracism, self-esteem, and job performance: When do we self-verify
and when do we self-enhance?." Academy of Management Journal 58.1 (2015): 279-297.