Self-awareness is the conscious knowledge of one's own character, feelings, motives and desires. It’s how you view yourself from a third-party’s perspective. For example, when you set for yourself a sales target and you feel fear of achieving it, thinking that it is impossible to do so then self awareness at this point would be to acknowledge that you are fearful and start to investigate inwards to understand why is there a fear of growth? Does it stem from unworthiness or something deeper?