The Art of Manliness

How to Develop Greater Self-Awareness

Jun 22, 2022

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Self-awareness is crucial for success in the 21st century, enhancing individual effectiveness and understanding of oneself and others.

Balancing internal and external self-awareness is key to gaining a comprehensive view of oneself.

Practical tools like 'what' questions, self-reflection check-ins, and feedback from 'loving critics' aid in enhancing self-awareness.

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Internal vs External Self Awareness

01:16

3-4 loving critics that will provide honest feedback monthly

01:57

Are You Self Aware?

01:26

The Seven Pillars of Self Awareness

02:31

Introduction

2min

Slash Self Awareness

3min

Self Awareness Is the Foundational Skill of the 20th Century

2min

What Is Self Awareness?

2min

Are You Self Aware?

3min

The Seven Pillars of Self Awareness

3min

Are Your Reactions Even Your Values?

2min

Building Self Awareness

2min

How to Grow Your Self Awareness in Your Life

3min

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Zequil Purzes, Melotone and Gummies - Sleeping Soundly to Day

2min

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Are You Self Aware?

3min

12.

Are You Getting Cognitive Dissonance Disorder?

2min

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How Much Do You Think About Yourself?

5min

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Is Journaling Really a Great Tool to Self Reflection?

4min

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The Cult of the Self

3min

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How to Practice Mindfulness Without Judgment

2min

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The Magic of Picking the Right People to Give You Feedback

4min

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How to Handle Unsolicited, Hard Feedback

4min

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Is There a Difference Between Internal and External Self Awareness?

2min

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The Insi Quiz

3min

95% of people say that they're self-aware. But only 10-15% of people actually are. As my guest today says, that means "on a good day, 80% of us are lying to ourselves about how much we're lying to ourselves" and this blind spot can have big repercussions for our success and happiness.

Her name is Tasha Eurich, and she's an organizational psychologist and the author of Insight: Why We're Not as Self-Aware as We Think, and How Seeing Ourselves Clearly Helps Us Succeed at Work and in Life. Tasha kicks off our conversation by arguing that our level of self-awareness sets the upper limit of our individual effectiveness and that self-awareness can be developed and is truly the meta skill of the 21st century. She then unpacks what it is you know about yourself when you possess self-awareness, how there are two types of this knowledge, internal and external, and how you can have one without the other. Tasha then outlines the seven pillars of self-awareness, the barriers to getting insights into them -- including falling into the cult of self -- and how these barriers can be overcome, including asking yourself a daily check-in question. We then discuss how two of the most common methods for gaining self-knowledge -- introspection and journaling -- can in fact backfire and how to do them more effectively by asking yourself what instead of why, and actually journaling less instead of more. We also get into why you should be an in-former, rather than a me-former on social media, how to become more mindful without meditation, and how to solicit and handle feedback from other people, including holding something called the "Dinner of Truth."

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