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95% of people say that they're self-aware. But only\xa010-15% of people actually are. As my guest today says, that means "on a good day, 80% of us are lying to ourselves about how much we're lying to ourselves" and this blind spot can have big repercussions\xa0for our success\xa0and happiness.\xa0\n\nHer name is Tasha Eurich, and she's an organizational\xa0psychologist and the author of Insight: Why We're Not as Self-Aware as We Think, and How Seeing Ourselves Clearly Helps Us Succeed\xa0at Work and in Life. Tasha kicks off our conversation by arguing that our level of self-awareness sets the upper limit of our individual effectiveness and that self-awareness\xa0can be developed and is truly the meta skill of the 21st century. She then unpacks what it is you know about yourself when you possess self-awareness, how there are two types of this knowledge, internal and external, and how you can have one without the other. Tasha then outlines the seven pillars of self-awareness, the barriers to getting insights into them --\xa0 including falling into the cult of self -- and how these barriers can be overcome, including asking yourself a daily check-in question. We then discuss how two of the most common methods\xa0for gaining self-knowledge --\xa0introspection\xa0and journaling --\xa0can in fact backfire and how to do them more effectively by asking yourself\xa0what instead of why, and actually journaling\xa0less instead of more. We also get into why you should be an in-former, rather than a me-former on social media, how to become more mindful without meditation, and how to solicit\xa0and handle feedback from other people, including holding something called the "Dinner of Truth."\n\nGet the show notes at aom.is/selfawareness.