According to Daniel Goleman, self-awareness competencies include emotional self-awareness, accurate self-awareness and self-confidence. Emotional self-awareness is the first component of self-awareness. This reflects the importance of recognizing one’s own feelings and how they affect one’s performance. Accurate self-assessment involves knowing one’s inner resources, abilities and limits.
People with this competency are aware of their strengths and weaknesses, reflective, learning from experience, open to candid feedback, new perspectives, continuous learning and self-development. Self-confidence involves a strong sense of one’s worth and capabilities.
Goleman (1998) also said, people with this competence present themselves with self-assurance, have presence, can voice views that are unpopular and go out on a limb for what is right, are decisive, able to make sound decisions under pressures people with self-confidence typically see themselves as efficacious, able to take on challenges and to master new jobs or skills. They believe themselves to be catalysts, movers and initiators, and feel that their abilities stack up favorably in comparison to others.
