Tasha Eurich, an organizational psychologist and author of "Insight," dives into the intriguing world of self-awareness. She reveals that while 95% of people think they are self-aware, only 10-15% truly are. The conversation highlights the importance of balancing internal and external self-knowledge, and offers insights on the barriers to self-awareness, including biases and excessive introspection. Eurich also discusses how engaging with social media as an 'in-former' rather than a 'me-former' can enhance personal insight and connections.
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insights INSIGHT
Self-Awareness Gap
Self-awareness is crucial for success and happiness, yet most people overestimate their own self-awareness.
This "blind spot" can significantly hinder personal and professional growth.
insights INSIGHT
Two Sides of Self-Awareness
Self-awareness involves understanding your core values, passions, and aspirations (internal self-awareness).
It also includes recognizing how others perceive you (external self-awareness).
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Pleasers and Internal Self-Awareness
Tasha Eurich gives the example of "pleasers" who prioritize others' desires over their own.
These individuals often struggle with internal self-awareness and may make choices that don't align with their true values.
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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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