WHAT I'M READING WEDNESDAY : Insight by Tasha Eurich

I don't like open loops.

When my husband and I watch TV (which is rarely), I have to commit ahead of time to stopping after one or two episodes.

Otherwise, I can find myself binge-watching until I get my conclusion.

A few weeks ago, I delved into Tasha Eurich's latest book, Shatterproof which is all about living beyond resilience. We may break, but we don't have to shatter.

I don't even know how the book ended up on my list, but it did.

After finishing it, I was surprised and excited to learn that she had a previous book, written in 2017 - Insight.

Like any binge personality can attest to, I knew I had to delve into that one too.

One of the key premises in Insight, is that self-reflection does not always lead to self-awareness. Our pesky ego gets in the way of truly knowing ourselves and our blind spots.

In addition, our reluctance and inability to get honest feedback (due to the
'mum effect'), often leaves us in the dark, no matter how much time we spend reflecting or reading.

Last week, while working with a group of leaders through the book The Advice Trap, I asked the leaders to self-identify their "advice monster." Is it a tell-it, save-it, or control-it monster?

They drew pictures of their monsters, identified who brings out this monster, in what contexts, what they get out of it, etc.

At the end of the session, I set them a challenge -- to share their learning with their teams and to get their team's opinion on their advice monsters.

If I had a screenshot, you would have seen eyes wide, and mouths open in objection.

We'll see next week how many followed through.

That's the thing about insight, and blind spots.

We can only get so far alone.

If you're a leader, or one who works with leaders in helping them develop self-awareness and self-insight, I recommend this one.

👉 Who helps you have a stroke of insight?

Originally posted on LinkedIn with comments.

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