Category: Self-Knowledge

Three Voices: Truth, Kindness and Destiny

Self-Truth: This voice pro­vides ongo­ing assess­ment of the real­i­ties we must face — both the exter­nal and the inter­nal ones. When impaired or not present, this voice can lead to self-decep­­tion and dis­tor­tion. If there is “too much” self-truth we may be immo­bi­lized by its crit­i­cal judg­ments that we mis­in­ter­pret as truth. If “too lit­tle”… Con­tin­ue read­ing Three Voic­es: Truth, Kind­ness and Destiny

The Shadow of Psychological Safety

It is prob­a­bly inevitable that when a con­cept achieves broad accep­tance that there will be debate over what it is and what it is not. Sur­vey­ing LinkedIn and oth­er social media sources, it’s appar­ent that the con­cept of psy­cho­log­i­cal safe­ty devel­oped by Har­vard Busi­ness School’s Amy Edmond­son has both achieved this lev­el of accep­tance and… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Shad­ow of Psy­cho­log­i­cal Safety

Running into Other People’s Unconscious

In Mar­i­lyn Mon­roe’s last inter­view, titled “My Own Pri­vate View of Myself,” she explains what fame has meant to her. Con­duct­ed only a month or so before she died, her words are res­o­nant with both strength and melan­choly, offer­ing a glimpse into her inner world. “…when you’re famous you kind of run into human nature in… Con­tin­ue read­ing Run­ning into Oth­er People’s Unconscious

Using Projections to Gain Self-Knowledge

A pro­jec­tion hap­pens any­time some­one uncon­scious­ly places their own beliefs, desires, con­clu­sions or expe­ri­ences onto anoth­er per­son or group of peo­ple. In its pos­i­tive form, it may help us empathize with oth­ers, as we use our expe­ri­ence to imag­ine their real­i­ties. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, pro­jec­tion has a dark­er side and becomes less pos­i­tive when it serves as… Con­tin­ue read­ing Using Pro­jec­tions to Gain Self-Knowledge