26 - Have Insight in Sight
- https://smallstepspod.com/?p=2490
Links
- https://www.insight-book.com/
- https://www.kornferry.com/insights/articles/565-accurate-self-insight-decreases-derailment-risk
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/joefolkman/2015/01/08/top-ranked-leaders-know-this-secret-ask-for-feedback/?sh=1bfa53bb3195
- https://www.successpodcast.com/blog/2018/6/25/adam-grants-guide-to-success-and-self-awareness
- https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2006/04/11/americans-see-weight-problems-everywhere-but-in-the-mirror/
- https://hbr.org/2015/03/research-were-not-very-self-aware-especially-at-work
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/youre-not-all-that-self-promoters-six-times-more-likely-to-derail-according-to-pdi-ninth-house-and-university-of-minnesota-study-147742375.html
Summary
- Ensure that you focus on having great internal self-awareness. what's going on on the inside of you. And you have a grasp of the external self-awareness. And that's what other people think of you.
- Look for these alarm clock moments. Those are going to be situations that are either new roles or new rules. Earthquake events that shake us up, or everyday insights. Ensure that when things are going on in life that gives you insights into you and the world around you that you make sure that you listen,
- make sure that you're not focusing on yourself when trying to gain self-awareness. Focusing on other people can give us almost as much insight as ruminating, mulling over, or just concentrate on ourselves
- to make sure we get the right feedback, which means the right people, the right questions, and the right processes. Ensure that they have exposure to your behavior that you're asking for feedback on and that you trust that person. Make sure you ask them specific questions, maybe even written down. focus on only one or two things
Challenge
- Write down a few sentences on your life areas. You want to have more self-awareness. Is it your friendships, your faith, your work? And try to figure out what's the one or two areas that you could really succeed with knowing more about yourself and more about what other people think about you in that area.