BLINDSPOTS - WE ALL HAVE THEM
In a webinar on Blindspotting * by Marty Dubin , he offered up this controversial thought: “Your strengths can become your blind spots ”. Are you the same person you were ten years ago? Most would answer no. But if you ask people close to them, they would say yes. Has our personality changed? Or our perspectives, behaviour, outlook on life, patterns of living? And can we ‘fix’ our personality? When I contemplate my own situation, I often say (and feel) that I am not the same person I was ten, twenty years ago, or the person I was when I was married. I feel different, I think differently. But … am I the same person inside? I believe so. Because although my habits and routines and perspectives have shifted, inside, my core values and beliefs are the same. Back to Dubin’s statement that our perceived strengths become our blind spots. How? Dubin said to think of your strengths, then add the word ‘too’ in front. So…I think I’m independent? How about ‘too independent’? Oh, that’s right...
