Category: Self-Knowledge

On Comparing Yourself to Others

We all know that com­par­ing our­selves to oth­ers comes with per­son­al and pro­fes­sion­al risks, the main one being that as indi­vid­u­als we can devel­op a sense that we lack some­thing that oth­ers have — and this is bad for our con­fi­dence, sense of dig­ni­ty and self-respect. But despite this aware­ness, for many if not most… Con­tin­ue read­ing On Com­par­ing Your­self to Others

Two Energies for Personal Change

As I’ve worked with lead­ers over the years I’ve noticed two pat­terns of per­son­al growth. The first is based on the desire for per­son­al agency — a top­ic I’ve addressed recent­ly (and at many times) on this blog; the sec­ond is growth based on tran­scen­dence. Exam­ples of per­son­al agency include: These are all instances of… Con­tin­ue read­ing Two Ener­gies for Per­son­al Change

Toward Better Introspection

 “We study our­selves to for­get our­selves.” –Zen say­ing I The truth is that when it comes to the most dif­fi­cult life or work chal­lenges, many of us pre­fer accept­able, expert answers, the sim­pler and more straight-for­ward the bet­ter. And yet, that’s not always the case. There are also times when we also want to go… Con­tin­ue read­ing Toward Bet­ter Introspection

Thinking for Yourself

Think­ing for your­self means think­ing inde­pen­dent­ly — being con­scious of old pat­terns and bias­es and work­ing to over­come them as you make your own judg­ments. This process can be about iden­ti­ty, work, rela­tion­ships — any­thing at all. And it’s impor­tant to con­sid­er because when our past con­di­tion­ing is in charge it does much of our… Con­tin­ue read­ing Think­ing for Yourself