The Importance of Self-Awareness
The GaryVee Audio Experience
Gary Vaynerchuk
4.8 • 18.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2015
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
There is something that is rarely talked about in the business world and I want to start building more attention for it.
That thing is self-awareness.
I’m upset that the narrative these days is that everyone needs to be number one, own a company, be in charge. A lot of people are going to lose that way.
Self-awareness allows people to recognize what things they do best so they can then go hard on those aspects of their life. It also helps you accept your weaknesses.
What works for one person doesn’t work for everyone. I want people to learn to be at peace with themselves, to understand what they can offer, because everyone’s got something. The key, however, is learning how to find it.
Self-awareness can help you do that.
Self-awareness is being able to accept your weaknesses while focusing all of your attention on your strengths.
The moment you decide to accept your shortcomings and bet entirely on your strengths, things will change. Trust me.
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| 0:00.0 | The underlying current when people write about you, |
| 0:02.4 | yeah, who the f*** is this guy? |
| 0:04.3 | Yeah, I mean, you get that, right? |
| 0:06.1 | Of course. |
| 0:07.4 | Who the f*** are you? |
| 0:18.7 | This is a word that is rarely talked about in our space |
| 0:21.0 | that I want to start building more attention for. |
| 0:23.5 | Self-awareness. |
| 0:25.5 | I wanted to live on this message so much. |
| 0:28.0 | I would create a test or a drug that allowed people |
| 0:31.3 | to become self-aware. |
| 0:32.5 | One potion inject, not hustle, not smart, self-awareness. |
| 0:37.1 | I don't fear being self-aware. |
| 0:41.3 | I know I suck at a lot of stuff. |
| 0:43.6 | I think everybody lies to themselves. |
| 0:46.5 | Some people are meant to be DNC players. |
| 0:49.2 | And I'm pissed that the narrative now |
| 0:51.0 | is that you need to be a number one |
| 0:52.2 | and have your company because a lot of people |
| 0:54.0 | are going to lose or leave money on the table |
| 0:56.6 | because that's just the narrative. |
| 0:58.6 | Some such a positive guy, I struggle to think about the things |
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