The Increase Your Impact Newsletter is your Monday morning edge, created for growth-minded individuals. Each issue is a 2-3-minute read that delivers actionable strategies and powerful stories straight from my work with the world’s top performers. I 'd love to have you join my weekly email list and join thousands of others who are striving to get better, just like you.
IYI Newsletter: the truth you can't see
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Approximately a 2-minute read Good Morning! I remember my middle school teacher teaching us about blind spots in science class. It felt like a magic trick. I couldn't understand how my eyes couldn't pick up the dot right in front of my face! We have blind spots not only in our vision, but also in how we lead and interpret situations. They come in the form of the following:
Your brain takes the information you can see and fills in the rest with a story that makes it feel factual. The more experience you have, the better you get at convincing yourself your interpretation is correct. This is why the advice to "be more self-aware" isn't productive. You can't introspect your way to something your brain can't see. As a driver, you know this: you don't fix a blind spot by staring harder into the mirror. You have to turn your head. Turning your head means changing your position. It takes someone standing at a different angle, who sees your decisions from another seat and has no reason to protect your picture. The outside perspective is powerful. This is why in sports we say, "The eye in the sky doesn't lie." Certainty isn't proof you're seeing clearly. Try this week: Thanks for joining me this week! Justin If you are interested in working with one of our process coaches or booking a keynote presentation for your organization, reply to this email, and we'll connect! If this email was forwarded to you and you want it to come directly to your inbox, click here to subscribe |
Justin Su'a
The Increase Your Impact Newsletter is your Monday morning edge, created for growth-minded individuals. Each issue is a 2-3-minute read that delivers actionable strategies and powerful stories straight from my work with the world’s top performers. I 'd love to have you join my weekly email list and join thousands of others who are striving to get better, just like you.
Approximately a 2-minute read Happy Monday! As you may know, I'm a huge fan of asking effective questions. I love crafting the right question at the right time for the right person. Here are some common questions many of the people I work with ask themselves: How do I become great? How do I become a better leader? How do I reach my potential? How do I get to the next level? On the surface, those are great questions. They can help you think bigger, clarify what matters, and point you in the...
Approximately a 2-minute read Good Morning! There's a moment that happens in almost every serious pursuit, regardless of whether you're in professional sports, a student, an executive, or even at home. It's when the path becomes seemingly too difficult to bear. It's when you realize you underestimated how hard the journey would actually be. I once spoke with a professional athlete who was in the middle of this exact part of his path. He said things had gotten tough, and he wondered how much...
Approximately a 2-minute read Good Morning! Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about ambiguity. Not in some abstract, philosophical sense, but in the way it quietly shows up in everyday life when we are not completely sure what we are doing, why we are doing it, or whether we should fully commit to it. One definition of ambiguity is "a lack of exactness, " and that word, exactness, has been sticking with me because I’ve noticed how much hesitation and indecision can come from simply not making...