Maxwell: True self-awareness requires external feedback for blind spots
John Maxwell · #80 John Maxwell: Developing the Leader in You · Mar 31, 2020 · at 7:06
Leadership author John Maxwell discusses personal development with Shane Parrish, explaining why individuals cannot rely solely on internal introspection to identify their weaknesses.
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“When people talk about being self-aware, I always say, I don't think so. I think that we all have blind spots. I do. I have things that I don't see about myself, and that's why I need other people to come around who, you know, care for me, but want to see me obviously reach my potential. And so they, sometimes the only self-awareness I have is the awareness that was given to me by someone else until I understood it and had a, maybe a teachable spirit said, okay, I'm going to work on this area now, now that I see it, now that I know it.”
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