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William Vanderbloemen

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
150 total appearances

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Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

And that was self-awareness. So the unicorns, the 1%, the people who are best at self-awareness said that it was their worst of the 12. Like, I really gotta work on this. Now, if you flip the script, we also surveyed 250,000 people just randomly, like normal people like you and me. 91% of all those 250,000 said they were above average at self-awareness.

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

And that was self-awareness. So the unicorns, the 1%, the people who are best at self-awareness said that it was their worst of the 12. Like, I really gotta work on this. Now, if you flip the script, we also surveyed 250,000 people just randomly, like normal people like you and me. 91% of all those 250,000 said they were above average at self-awareness.

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

And that was self-awareness. So the unicorns, the 1%, the people who are best at self-awareness said that it was their worst of the 12. Like, I really gotta work on this. Now, if you flip the script, we also surveyed 250,000 people just randomly, like normal people like you and me. 91% of all those 250,000 said they were above average at self-awareness.

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

Like, I'm not a statistician, but I'm pretty sure there's not a group where 91% is above average. 50% is above, 50% is above. Like, we all think we're good. It's a major human blind spot. And people say, well, I don't know what you're talking about. What do you mean? Let me ask you this. Mike, do you remember back in your radio days the first time you heard your voice recorded? Oh, of course.

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

Like, I'm not a statistician, but I'm pretty sure there's not a group where 91% is above average. 50% is above, 50% is above. Like, we all think we're good. It's a major human blind spot. And people say, well, I don't know what you're talking about. What do you mean? Let me ask you this. Mike, do you remember back in your radio days the first time you heard your voice recorded? Oh, of course.

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

Like, I'm not a statistician, but I'm pretty sure there's not a group where 91% is above average. 50% is above, 50% is above. Like, we all think we're good. It's a major human blind spot. And people say, well, I don't know what you're talking about. What do you mean? Let me ask you this. Mike, do you remember back in your radio days the first time you heard your voice recorded? Oh, of course.

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

Yeah. And what was that like?

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

Yeah. And what was that like?

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

Yeah. And what was that like?

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

No, I hate it. I was like, who is this person? I don't want to put me back on. I don't want to listen to this. This is all, it's cringy, right?

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

No, I hate it. I was like, who is this person? I don't want to put me back on. I don't want to listen to this. This is all, it's cringy, right?

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

No, I hate it. I was like, who is this person? I don't want to put me back on. I don't want to listen to this. This is all, it's cringy, right?

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

that's the perfect example of how we see ourselves one way but the world perceives us another and the unicorns just get really determined at figuring out how is it people are seeing me what am i good at where do i need to get better while most of the rest of us just float along thinking i'm pretty good at all this the problem though is if you lack self-awareness you lack the ability to know you need to fix your self-awareness it's a bit of a chicken and an egg right

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

that's the perfect example of how we see ourselves one way but the world perceives us another and the unicorns just get really determined at figuring out how is it people are seeing me what am i good at where do i need to get better while most of the rest of us just float along thinking i'm pretty good at all this the problem though is if you lack self-awareness you lack the ability to know you need to fix your self-awareness it's a bit of a chicken and an egg right

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

that's the perfect example of how we see ourselves one way but the world perceives us another and the unicorns just get really determined at figuring out how is it people are seeing me what am i good at where do i need to get better while most of the rest of us just float along thinking i'm pretty good at all this the problem though is if you lack self-awareness you lack the ability to know you need to fix your self-awareness it's a bit of a chicken and an egg right

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

Yeah. I think though, Mike, we're living in maybe the best season ever for people who want to develop self-awareness. There are literally hundreds of personality profiles you can take to discover what your strengths are or what gives you energy or where you're good with other people. Like the Enneagram is super helpful. The disc inventory.

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

Yeah. I think though, Mike, we're living in maybe the best season ever for people who want to develop self-awareness. There are literally hundreds of personality profiles you can take to discover what your strengths are or what gives you energy or where you're good with other people. Like the Enneagram is super helpful. The disc inventory.

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

Yeah. I think though, Mike, we're living in maybe the best season ever for people who want to develop self-awareness. There are literally hundreds of personality profiles you can take to discover what your strengths are or what gives you energy or where you're good with other people. Like the Enneagram is super helpful. The disc inventory.

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

We actually built one around these 12 habits and tested it against the 250,000 and the 30,000. Like, where am I in these 12 habits against the general population and against the unicorns? And that gives me a map for knowing how I'm perceived and how I'm going to get better. So I think there's, it's by the way, sorry, shameless plug. If you go to vanderindex.com, you'll see that profile.

Something You Should Know
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA

We actually built one around these 12 habits and tested it against the 250,000 and the 30,000. Like, where am I in these 12 habits against the general population and against the unicorns? And that gives me a map for knowing how I'm perceived and how I'm going to get better. So I think there's, it's by the way, sorry, shameless plug. If you go to vanderindex.com, you'll see that profile.