This one is all about the lack of self-understanding. It’s hard to tell if we’ve really lost our self-awareness by the fact that we don’t yet have a problem with our behavior or if we’ve really just lost that self-awareness. I find this a little sad.
If we’re going to talk about the “lack of self-understanding,” it’s worth noting that we’re often aware of what we do because we’re aware of our behaviors. In this case, we have a problem with our self-awareness, so it’s not really a lack of self-awareness if we’re aware of what we’re doing.
The problem is that we often find ourselves doing or saying things that we don’t like, or we have no control over. As a result, we’re often not able to decide whether or not we like it or not. That lack of self-awareness can cause us to make bad decisions — or worse, to make decisions that cause us to make bad decisions.
The other thing to note is that we tend not to want to be on autopilot when it’s not possible to do it. If we’re not on autopilot when it’s not possible to do it, and that doesn’t mean we don’t want to do it, then we can’t do it.
By this point I don’t even want to write an essay on the importance of self-awareness. But I do want to point out that it’s important. It’s a trait that’s important to have. When you think about it, there are a lot of things that we just don’t want it to happen. We don’t want to accidentally make a bad decision.
We don’t want to be late for our first date. We don’t want to get stuck in traffic. We don’t want to be late for our first job interview. We don’t want to get up at the wrong time and miss our first date. We don’t want to eat something off of a plate that’s not supposed to be there. We don’t want to be late for our first job interview.
In case you’re wondering, this isn’t a joke. This is reality. Most of the time we’re pretty good at being on time, but not always. For example, on our new job, we are supposed to be at our desk by 3:30. We get there, and I see the clock is a bit early. I do what I do in there. I put the phone down and I go on with my day.
While I’m not a morning person by any means, it’s not because I don’t like getting up. It’s because I’m scared of missing a morning meeting that’s going to be at 11:00 a.m. at the new place. I’m not a morning person, but I am a morning person enough to want to make sure I don’t miss it.
This is pretty much exactly what Jon Taffer’s new job is: a new job with a new boss. And he happens to be a morning person. That’s why he’s here. We are the people who need to work at a new place at a new time. That’s Jon Taffer.
