Develop your Self Awareness with Emotional Intelligence

This video gives details about this course on the Udemy platform and ways to get the most from it by using your emotional intelligence.

To make the course more fun, there are details of a specific practical activity - a competition - that will help you to work towards completing the course. Look for the letters that make up the word UDEMY that are hidden in some of the lectures to win a valuable prize. (No, it's not free access or a discount code for another course!)

Before we start the course, here is a practical activity that encourages you to think about why you are taking the course and what you want to get from it.

Emotional intelligence forms an important part of how we manage ourselves in the world and in our interactions with other people. This course is part of a series of similar courses to give a more in-depth understanding of what emotional intelligence is and how it can be applied.

This lecture gives an overview of the course on self-awareness giving details about the course structure and how this links to the course goals and learning objectives.

In this lecture, we'll look at what self-awareness is, the aspects of self-awareness and how you can develop it.  We'll, also. look at how self-awareness relates to emotional intelligence.

Becoming more self-aware and getting insights into their levels of emotional intelligence can be very challenging for some people. Often they react by getting defensive, apportioning blame and criticising others. This video explores some of the challenges when working with others resistant to developing their self-awareness and their emotional intelligence.

This lesson looks at the skill of giving and receiving feedback.  This is a fundamental skill needed for anyone wishing to become more self-aware.  It helps you to clarify your thoughts and to help others to understand your needs and interests.  

This lecture is a more in-depth look at self-awareness and the benefits that come from being more self-aware.

How perceptive are you about yourself?

Assess your self perception and how others view your capability through this practical activity.

If you are going to get the best out of this course, it is important that you complete this practical activity!

(I know that it is very easy to ignore this but you will not develop your understanding of your Self-Perception from just watching the video lectures!)

Your self-confidence is affected by how you think and feel about yourself - your self-regard. This lecture sets out the learning outcomes for this part of the course.

Examples that illustrate some of the behavioural characteristics of Self-Regard in practice.

What does a good level of self-confidence mean? This lecture gives some insights into good levels of self-regard.

Your sense of self-worth and what you think about yourself shapes how you act and react, how others treat you, and what kind of people show up in your life.

This quiz will give you some insights into your self-esteem.

Your beliefs about yourself can limit what you do and the results you get. This lecture looks at self limiting beliefs.

This lecture introduces the Johari window that helps you to think about what is known to you and others and what is not to you and others.

What are values and how are they involved in how you express yourself? This lecture gives an overview of your values underpinning your Self-Regard.

The review of this series of lectures on Self-Regard.

This practical activity is very important in boosting your self confidence.  It enables you to assess your values and guides you around how these can lead to your strengths and your weaknesses.

The practical activity will help you to confidently determine and present your strengths and weaknesses.  This will be useful to you if you are seeking a promotion at work and if you are going for a job interview.

It is important that you complete practical activity, if you are going to get a better understanding of what your strengths and weaknesses are.  This is a standard question that is asked at every interview - either directly or indirectly.

(I know that it is very easy to ignore this but you will not develop your understanding of your values from just watching the video lectures!)

The learning outcomes for this part of the course on how you become more aware of your emotions and how to manage them more effectively through self-awareness.

Examples that illustrate some of the behavioural characteristics of Emotional Self-Awareness (or lack of) in practice.

Watch this one minute observation test to get an insight into emotional responses.

A series of posters covering the basic human emotions and how they are expressed on the face.

A look at emotional states, traits, moods and styles and find out more about what it means to be unable to identify and describe emotions in yourself.

You maybe confused about the terms emotions and feelings and how the two seem to be readily interchanged. This lesson helps to give a distinction between the two.

A look at the seven basic human emotions and how they are expressed on the face.

This lecture looks at the structure of the brain with a simple, but practical overview. It looks at where emotions are generated.

The biological purpose for emotions, how they develop and the reason why we experience them.

How emotions are viewed and how this has changed over time.

This lecture looks how you can start noticing your emotions so that you are in a position to begin managing them more effectively.

How you manage and handle your emotions depends upon a number of factors.  People fall into three distinctive styles for attending to and dealing with their emotions.  This lecture covers handling emotions by looking at the three distinctive styles.   

This lecture explores ways that you can master your emotions.

This lecture gives guidance about how you can become detached from your emotions in various circumstance.

A quick overview of this part of the course that covers emotional self-awareness. 

The practical exercise that accompanies part of the course is looking at your emotional self-awareness. It gives you the chance to determine what triggers certain emotions in you, how and where you feel these emotions and some alternative ways of managing them.

If you are going to get a better understanding of the impact that various emotions have upon you, it is important that you complete this practical activity!  

(I know that it is very easy to ignore this activity but you will not develop your understanding of how emotions impact upon you and your reality from just watching the video lectures!)

The complete set of Lightbulb Moments cards looking at understanding emotions.

An overview of this part of the course that is designed to give you more self-awareness around your behavioural preferences and how these impact upon your behaviour.

This exercise is an integral part of the course. 

It is important that you download and print off the booklet prior to watching the next series of video lectures.  This will help you as you work through this module. 

The booklet will help you to determine your behavioural preferences and your Behavioural Type with more confidence.  From this understanding, you will have a deeper insight into the awareness that you have of yourself and it will help you to understand the behaviours of other people.

This booklet is not interactive.  You will need to print the booklet and work with it manually as you watch the next four videos. 

A look at the behavioural preferences identified by Carl Jung that were further researched and developed by Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Cook Briggs.

This lecture will help you to determine what energises you and how you get your energy. 

(NB  The spelling of "Extraversion" is not the commonly used version but the the version widely used in psychology. Extra is the Latin prefix for outside and extravert, as originally used (and spelled) by Jung, means someone who is turned outward.)

This lecture will help you to determine how you take in information from the outside world.

This lecture will help you to determine how you process information.

This lecture will help you to determine how you orientate yourself in the world.

Assessing your Type and some hints and tips when working with Type.

An overview of this part of the course on behavioural preferences.

This quiz will test your knowledge and understanding of behavioural preferences.

This lecture covers the learning outcomes for this part of the course on Self-Actualization.

Examples that illustrate some of the behavioural characteristics of Self-Actualization in practice.

What is your core purpose or your vocation in life?

This lecture covers setting goals and the importance of written goals.

There are problems with goal setting when goals are either unrealistic or are confused with plans.  This lecture explores goal setting and planning.

This video takes you through the 7 steps that will enable you to create the life of your life focused around your core purpose or vocation.

This lecture looks at how your beliefs help or restrict you.

Visualisation is a very powerful technique used to create a future for yourself based upon what you want.

This video looks at how to work with visualisations to improve performance and confidence and includes a variety of examples.

There is a set of Lightbulb Moments Cards on Visualisation available to download. These will help you as resource cards to remind you to practice your visualisation.

You can rewire your brain.  It takes effort but rewiring your brain will ensure that you take advantage of opportunities in life.

This lecture covers how affirmations can change your beliefs.

An overview and a review of this part of the course with details of the exercise to help you with your Self-Actualization.

This practical activity helps you to define your core purpose or vocation in life.  It encourages you to think about precisely what your ideal world or lifestyle will be three years from today.  From this, you will be able to determine what goals you should put in place in a timely manner to achieve those outcomes that you are looking for.

If you are going to get a full understanding of the core purpose of your life, it is important that you complete this practical activity!  

(I know that it is very easy to ignore this but you will not develop your understanding of your core purpose from just watching the video lectures!)

This booklet brings together a lot of information presented within the course and provides 10 great tips to help you to improve your self-awareness and your emotional intelligence.

This is a practical activity to conclude this emotional intelligence course.  It requires you to consider your goals and objectives for taking the course that you set for yourself at the beginning of the course.

These Lightbulb Moments resource cards have been created to provide you with handy reminders of key points around topics covered within the course.

This video will help you if you are having issues accessing your Certificate of Completion.

Some free stuff and some special offers.