How to Develop Greater Self-Awareness

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

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.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Brett.
0:01.0	We're taking a break from new episodes today.
0:02.0	So we're going to re-broadcast episode number 644, how to develop greater self-awareness.
0:06.0	It's one of our most popular episodes of all time.
0:09.4	Hope you enjoy it.
0:10.4	And while I have you, if you haven't done so already, I'd appreciate you taking one minute
0:13.6	to get a view on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
0:15.4	It helps that a lot.
0:16.6	Thanks so much.
0:17.6	We'll see you on Monday with a new episode.
0:19.6	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:29.9	95% of people say that they're self-aware, but only 10 to 15% of people actually are.
0:34.9	As my guest today says, that means on a good day, 80% of us are lying to ourselves about
0:38.8	how much we're lying to ourselves.
0:40.3	And this blind spot can have big repercussions for our success and happiness.
0:44.3	Her name is Tasha Yurick, and she's an organizational psychologist and the author of
0:47.3	Insight.
0:48.3	Why we're not as self-aware as we think and how seen ourselves clearly helps us succeed
0:51.9	at work and in life.
0:53.2	Tasha kicks off her conversation by arguing that our level of self-awareness sets the upper
0:56.9	limit of our individual effectiveness and that self-awareness can be developed and is
1:00.3	truly the metascale of the 21st century.
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