BRX Pro Tip: Self Awareness Test
Stone Payton: [00:00:00] And we are back with Business RadioX Pro Tips. Stone Payton and Lee Kantor here with you. Lee, today’s topic is self-awareness.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:09] Yeah. Most successful people think they’re self-aware. And, you know, here’s a little test that you can see how self-aware you are. Just imagine this scenario. Something bad has happened. If that something bad is happening to you or to somebody you know, do you attribute that something bad to just bad luck or is it that that person was being an idiot?
Lee Kantor: [00:00:37] Usually, when it’s you, you’re like, “Oh, darn, that bad luck happened.” But if it’s a stranger, it’s like, “What a moron. How could they do such a silly, dumb thing?”
Lee Kantor: [00:00:47] And that’s usually attributed to a kind of lack of self-awareness. If something bad happens to other people, you think they’re morons. But if it happens to you, it’s just bad luck and you give yourself and your friends a lot more grace usually than you do a stranger. Or even in today’s social media world, any type of rival or somebody who believes the opposite of you, you don’t give them any grace at all.
Lee Kantor: [00:01:13] So if you want to be more self-aware, try giving other people the same benefit of the doubt that you’re giving yourself or your friend. That is probably closer to the reality of the situation. You know, if you’re giving yourself grace for something bad that’s happened, try giving that same grace to people that you don’t know, or maybe you’re not even a big fan of.
