How to catch your blind spots...

Blind spots are fatal.

They cause up to 90% of road accidents leading to terrifying injuries and death.

Our own blind spots are pretty dangerous too. They create biases and misunderstandings in relationships.

Why? Because this is stuff we can’t see about ourselves but other people can. Hence the name- blind spot.

Here’s the reality though: We’ve all got them. No matter how switched on, logical or smart we want to appear.

Emotions play a big role here. It’s hard to see things clearly when we’re swayed by our feelings or driven by attachment to what we want things to be.

One way to prevent this tendency is to collect data points that often come in the form of feedback.

Rather than get triggered by people’s observations, use that as an opportunity to ask “Is this sitting on my blind spots'“? Looking for patterns helps identify feedback that is received consistently from different people.

Patterns give insightful cues about blind spots that invite attention.

Actively asking for feedback takes it a step ahead, which requires both courage and vulnerability.

As scary as this may feel, the costs of living in ignorance are far greater.

The ‘soft things’ that make the hard stuff work

When you think of unicorn businesses, your mind would go toward numbers, strategies, and data.

You probably wouldn’t think of vocalizing feelings, building interpersonal skills and leading from the heart. But this is what Dr Carole Robin helps start-ups do, to take them to the next stage of their growth.

As a former Stanford Business Professor, Carol knows what it takes to build high-growth teams and companies.

In this episode, she shares some of those insights like:

-The 6 characteristics of exceptional relationships
-What it takes to increase your impact
-The signs of a true leader
-How to get through difficult people and more!

The only compromise that makes sense

Compromising is not ideal. We all want things to go our way and on our timeline.

The problem with that is that life has its own plans for us.

Most of us struggle to deal with unexpected events that are thrown our way. We fight reality and wait for things to get better before living full out, instead of accepting ‘what is’ and working things from there.

If only we had the luxury of waiting for everything to fall in place. But time doesn’t stop for anyone. It just keeps flying away.

Sometimes you’ve got to pivot from what currently is and experience life from that place. That compromise justifies living in the moment and extracting the best of what you have.

In case you missed me last week

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