Gopalachar - Self Awareness by Namitha Gopalachar

(Duckworth 36)

emailnamitha — 2025-09-25 14:18:01 UTC

“I’ve caught myself doing it too. When someone really, really impresses me, I might reflectively say to myself: What a genius! I should know better. I do. So what’s going on? Why does an unconscious bias toward talent persist?”

(Duckworth 45)

emailnamitha — 2025-09-25 14:18:24 UTC

“I was an underdog....If my classmates could read our history assignment in an hour, I allowed myself two or three.”

(Matthews 37)

emailnamitha — 2025-09-25 14:19:00 UTC

“The term" emotional intelligence" refers to the ability to identify, express, and understand emotions; to assimilate emotions into thought; and to regulate both positive and negative emotions in oneself and others.”

(Matthews 37)

emailnamitha — 2025-09-25 14:19:55 UTC

“It highlights the extent to which empirical evidence supports EI as a valid construct and debunks some of the more extravagant claims that appear in the popular media.”

(Darity Jr 397)

emailnamitha — 2025-09-25 14:20:58 UTC

“When self-focused, people compare the self with standards of correctness that specify how the self ought to think, feel, and behave.”

(Darity Jr 397)

emailnamitha — 2025-09-25 14:21:18 UTC

“The process of comparing the self with standards allows people to change their behavior and to experience pride and dissatisfaction with the self.”

(Miller)

emailnamitha — 2025-09-25 14:22:52 UTC

“Self-awareness involves recognizing one’s own emotions, strengths & weaknesses, which embraces personal & professional growth.”

(Miller)

emailnamitha — 2025-09-25 14:23:11 UTC

“High self-awareness leads to better decision-making, improved relationships & increased emotional intelligence.”

Connection

emailnamitha — 2025-09-25 14:35:11 UTC

These two connect because as humans when we feel that we have not met the standard of our society, we often times tend to nit pick or "correct" ourselves or compare ourselves to others.

Connection

emailnamitha — 2025-09-26 19:40:41 UTC

These two connect because Darity Jr's statement directly correlates to the example of the famous author John Irving that Duckworth used to demonstrate that with dissatisfaction of ones self, can lead to high standards.

Connection

emailnamitha — 2025-09-26 19:58:12 UTC

These two connect because both are explaining how emotional intelligence and self awareness go hand in hand. Through the process of ones emotions they are able to control how they feel.

Connection

emailnamitha — 2025-09-26 20:55:37 UTC

Self awareness has a lot of positive impacts. These two authors agree with the fact that self awareness and emotional intelligence can have great impacts on people.