Cultivating external self awareness comes from aligning with your internal self awareness and goals. When you know how you are - you can streamline your actions, choices, words, and behaviors to align with who you are AND what the room needs in any given moment.
Tone, volume, topics, etc. should be accounted for when building connection - but we should be able to both \"read the room\" and \"stay aligned with our highest self\" in a way that doesn't feel overwhelming.
Practice listening, keeping conversations fairly neutral, sustaining respect and objectivity when you can - and you'll feel less self-conscious and more self-aware as a result.
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