Blind Spots: Insight for Self-Awareness
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The key is self-awareness.
“Man, know thyself well. Learn the things that are and all that is.” These are the words of the Ancient Egyptian Master of masters, Tehuti. Known to the Greeks as Hermes Trismegistus (thrice-great).
This quote finds its way into many of my talks and articles because if you don’t take the time to really get to know yourself, you won’t make it very far on the path to mental and emotional mastery, which is the road to high achievement and fulfillment.
Tony Robbins says, “Awareness is the foremost power."
An individual who needs no introduction told us “Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free”.
Self-awareness is one of the keys to high Emotional Intelligence. The more awareness you have, the more control you can have over your direction in life.
Million-Dollar Question: Wouldn’t it be more advantageous to spend less time worrying about who or what blindsided you and why and spend more time adjusting your mirrors so that chances of it happening again are lessened?
Donald Trump advises, “It will save you time if you can go for your own blind spot before someone else gets to it first”.
One of the main ingredients to self-awareness is accurate self-assessment. What mental and emotional programs are you operating on in the various contexts of your day-to-day living?
Do you really know you? Answer the following questions in 1 minute or less and take notice of the degree of ease or difficulty in answering them.
1. What’s most important to you in life and how do you confirm that you have it?
2. What are the three things that make you the angriest and how do you effectively manage your anger in those contexts?
3. How do you get better at what you do best every day?
4. The next time you find yourself unmotivated and procrastinating, how are you going to get yourself fired up?
5. In your business/professional life what drives you more, solving a problem or attaining a goal?
If you haven’t assessed certain aspects of your life those questions could be challenging to answer decisively in 1 minute or less.
1. What’s most important to you in life and how do you confirm that you have it?
The first question relates to your beliefs and values. You can take out the word life and substitute any context you’d like, such as relationship or your career.
The potential blind spot here is being extremely disappointed and frustrated with your outcomes in various aspects of your life.
Along with this frustration comes...
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