self-awareness
noun
self-aware·ness
ˌself-ə-ˈwer-nəs 
: an awareness of one's own personality or individuality
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An overabundance of ego involvement and the judging of others will not allow the vital components of self-awareness and accountability a client needs to benefit from the coaching experience.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
There’s a clever self-awareness to the way Jingle All the Way puts a mild-mannered, suburban Schwarzenegger into action-hero mode.
—Sezín Devi Koehler, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Even her description of chemotherapy—her stomach outlined, her internal organs individually asserting themselves—suggests that what her ordeal gave her was a kind of unbearable self-awareness.
—Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
Do Virginia and George McCaskey have any self-awareness as to how screwed up their stewardship of this franchise has been?
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Dec. 2024
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
There’s a clever self-awareness to the way Jingle All the Way puts a mild-mannered, suburban Schwarzenegger into action-hero mode.
—Sezín Devi Koehler, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Even her description of chemotherapy—her stomach outlined, her internal organs individually asserting themselves—suggests that what her ordeal gave her was a kind of unbearable self-awareness.
—Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
Do Virginia and George McCaskey have any self-awareness as to how screwed up their stewardship of this franchise has been?
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Self-awareness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-awareness. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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