Think you’re self-aware? Think again | Oliver Burkeman

Genuine self-knowledge relies on coming to see yourself as a stranger The psychologist Tasha Eurich reports that 95% of people think they’re self-aware – that is, conscious of what really makes them tick and how they come across to others – yet only about 10-15% of us truly are. The discrepancy shouldn’t come as a surprise, since one thing people with no self-awareness are going to lack self-awareness about, you’d assume, is their lack of self-awareness.Doubtless yo