Insight
Why We're Not as Self-Aware as We Think, and How Seeing Ourselves Clearly Helps Us Succeed at Work and in Life
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Crown Business
BBB Library: Psychology and Strengths
ISBN: 978-0451496812
Editorial Review
Self-awareness is the meta-skill of the twenty-first century. If we’re not self-aware, it’s almost impossible to master the skills that make us stronger team players, superior leaders, and better relationship builders—at work and beyond. The lifelong journey to understanding who we are and how we’re seen can be a bumpy one, full of obstacles and roadblocks. It can be difficult, painful, and slow. It can make us feel imperfect, weak, and vulnerable. But this road is also paved with the greatest of opportunities. Insight is for anyone who wants to make the leap from self-blindness to self-insight, and in turn reap the rewards of smarter choices, stronger relationships, and a better life.
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Wisdom to Share
To gain true insight, we also have to learn how to hear that truth—not just listen to it, but really hear it.
If we can receive feedback with grace, reflect on it with courage, and respond to it with purpose, we are capable of unearthing unimaginable insights from the most unlikely of places.
When we’re in possession of information that might make someone uncomfortable, we tend to choose the path of least resistance: we simply decide to say nothing.
If we view our challenges accurately and as an opportunity for redemption, even the most horrific experiences can help us learn, grow, and improve.
Once we get some distance from our problems, we start to see them as less upsetting and more solvable—and sometimes they cease to look like problems at all.
If we spend too much time scrutinizing what’s in our rearviewmirror, we’re certain to crash into a light post.
When we obsess over the causes and meaning behind negative events, we keep the emotions that come with them at arm’s length, which can often be even more painful for us than the act of ruminating.
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