: Accurately defining your emotions, the origins of those emotions, and the effects those emotions have on yourself and the people around you; the ability to know your personal strengths and limits; the ability to accurately assess how others perceive your behavior.
Here are just a few handpicked books we believe to be great resources for understanding and developing self-awareness.
The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz
The Four Agreements reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.
Insight
Tasha Eurich
Through stories of people who have made dramatic gains in self-awareness, she (Tasha Eurich) offers surprising secrets, techniques and strategies to help you do the same—and how to use this insight to be more fulfilled, confident, and successful in life and in work.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
This beloved classic presents a principle-centered approach for solving both personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and practical anecdotes, Stephen R. Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity—principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.
The Art of Talking to Yourself
Vironika Tugaleva
...this book is a plea for self-trust and a gentle guide to self-awareness. Instead of helping you become who you think you should be, The Art of Talking to Yourself hopes to introduce you to someone more interesting: who you are.
Ego is The Enemy
Ryan Holiday
Ego Is the Enemy draws on a vast array of stories and examples, from literature to philosophy to history. We meet fascinating figures such as George Marshall, Jackie Robinson, Katharine Graham, Bill Belichick, and Eleanor Roosevelt, who all reached the highest levels of power and success by conquering their own egos. Their strategies and tactics can be ours as well.
Our AQ (Awareness Quotient)
Brian Cunningham
This book clarifies the key elements of our Awareness Quotient, and includes the practical application of these essential principles in all areas of your leadership and life. Our AQ provides you with the understanding needed to take your leadership performance all the way into the highest possibilities of your service to others.