"Know thyself." Great advice, right? But what does it mean, and why is it important?
Up Next in Know Thy Self: An Introduction to Self-Awareness
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Why is Self-Awareness Hard for Leaders?
More power usually leads to lower self-awareness; leaders tend to become LESS self-aware as they move up in an organization. This is a problem. But why does it happen?
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The Automatic Self: Internal Self-Awa...
A crucial part of internal self-awareness is understanding our instinctive, emotional tendencies, and also the heuristics (decision-making shortcuts) and biases that influence our thoughts and actions. These things comprise our "automatic self" and can be difficult to change. But if we are aware ...
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The Deliberate Self: Internal Self-Aw...
We have mental models of ourselves. This the the person we would describe if someone were to ask us, "What kind of person are you?" Yet often this model self differs significantly from our actual thoughts and actions. Awareness of our "deliberate self" is an awareness of our model self, our actua...
