{"id":1241,"date":"2017-08-16T13:46:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T13:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2017-08-16T13:46:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T13:46:37","slug":"book-review-insight-by-tasha-eurich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/?p=1241","title":{"rendered":"BOOK REVIEW: &#8220;Insight&#8221; by Tasha Eurich"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1242 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nickduffel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Insight-Cover-nyt.png?resize=227%2C316\" alt=\"Insight-Cover-nyt\" width=\"227\" height=\"316\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nickduffel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Insight-Cover-nyt.png?w=375&amp;ssl=1 375w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nickduffel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Insight-Cover-nyt.png?resize=215%2C300&amp;ssl=1 215w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nickduffel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Insight-Cover-nyt.png?resize=150%2C209&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nickduffel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Insight-Cover-nyt.png?resize=100%2C139&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/>Insight, by Tasha Eurich, is the self-awareness manual we didn\u2019t know we needed.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t know we needed it, but it turns out we do\u2014desperately so.\u00a0 As Eurich herself points out in chapter one, \u201cself-awareness is the meta-skill of the twenty-first century.\u201d\u00a0 So rare is this skill, and so powerful a determiner of success in both business and relationships, that we cannot afford <em>not <\/em>to develop it.\u00a0 Eurich defines\u2014really, <em>hacks<\/em> the definition of\u2014self-awareness, convinces the reader why it matters so much, and then gives pages of practical application.\n<p>The \u201cdefinition hack\u201d mentioned above is really the key point of the book: that there are two parts to self-awareness.\u00a0 There is internal self-awareness, which has to do with seeing yourself clearly, and there is also external self-awareness which is knowing how other people see you.\u00a0 You can have one of these two parts without having the other.\u00a0 According to Eurich, this explains how there can be an increase in business books calling for greater Emotional Intelligence, self-awareness, etc. but a general decline in these skills across the board.<\/p>\n<p>The first half of the book focuses on roadblocks to self-awareness and on internal self-awareness.\u00a0 A critical point in the first half is the inadequacy of introspection to help us discover ourselves.\u00a0 \u201cThinking isn\u2019t knowing,\u201d Eurich points out.\u00a0 She offers tried-and-true\u2014and often counterintuitive\u2014ideas for really seeing and <em>understanding<\/em> yourself clearly.\u00a0 One section, about the power of self-compassion, was transformative for me, and I believe it could help many others.\u00a0 Listen to this: \u201cThe problem is not being aware of yourself but loving the person you find out you are.\u201d\u00a0 Powerful.<\/p>\n<p>That said, I benefitted even more from the second half of the book.\u00a0 Eurich transitions to talk about external self-awareness, which is painfully elusive to so many of us because we are reluctant to tell each other the truth.\u00a0 She offers page after page of helpful wisdom, and much of it is counterintuitive (a common theme).\u00a0 The book offers many assessments that are sure to provide many \u201cwince moments\u201d and insights into our own blind spots. \u00a0There is also a section dedicated to building self-aware teams that on its own is worth the price of the book.\u00a0 Finally, Eurich tackles the subject we all hoped she would: How do I deal with the unaware leader that I work for, and can they really change?<\/p>\n<p>All throughout the book, Eurich writes with a playful, yet authoritative tone.\u00a0 At times, I laughed out loud, and other times I found myself getting emotional.\u00a0 She isn\u2019t afraid to tell less-than-rosy stories about herself.\u00a0 Her conclusions and insights come from very thorough research, but she never comes across clinical or dry.\u00a0 In short, she seems to be the perfect author for a book like this.<\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend this book, and I hope and pray it ends up in as many hands as possible.\u00a0 It needs to be read, and widely, because the more who read it, the better off our world will be.\u00a0 Did I just say this book could make the world a better place?\u00a0 Yes I did.<\/p>\n<p>Please Note: This book was gifted as a part of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloggingforbooks.com\/\">Blogging for Books<\/a>\u00a0Reviewers Program in exchange for my unbiased review of this work. This has in no way influenced my opinion or review of this work.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insight, by Tasha Eurich, is the self-awareness manual we didn\u2019t know we needed.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t know we needed it, but it turns out we do\u2014desperately so.\u00a0 As Eurich herself points out in chapter one, \u201cself-awareness is the meta-skill of the twenty-first century.\u201d\u00a0 So rare is this skill, and so powerful a determiner of success in&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/?p=1241\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BOOK REVIEW: &#8220;Insight&#8221; by Tasha Eurich<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,4,7,12],"tags":[15,26,32,35,36,212,113,114,150,151,157,166,168],"class_list":["post-1241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging-for-books","category-books-2","category-leadership-2","category-reviews","tag-52-books","tag-average","tag-books","tag-business","tag-change","tag-emotional-intelligence","tag-leaders","tag-leadership","tag-reading","tag-reflection","tag-reviews-2","tag-self-deception","tag-servant-leadership"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EHHr-k1","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1244,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241\/revisions\/1244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}