Monday, March 14, 2011

Self Awareness

How often have we talked about self awareness with one another? A lot.  I'll admit that I'm no where there yet, but I've been working on myself for quite awhile.  One day you'll have the weirdest interaction with someone who so obviously has no self awareness.  I did recently, and I thought to myself, "what the what!? Where is HE from? How on Earth doesn't he know that his behavior is unacceptable?"

Self awareness isn't about how old you are.  It's not about how awesome and nice you are.  It's about knowing what makes you...you.  It's a lifelong process that is gradual.  And if you are smart, you will come up with mechanisms to develop beyond your shortcomings.  Note: This doesn't mean it's ok to say, "I know I'm bad at X, get over it!"