The thing that gets in most people's way of achieving their hopes, goals and dreams more than anything else in their entire life is, paradoxically, themselves. And the problem is that they can't see how they're doing it because they lack self-awareness.

Now, this is a question that I wish I got more often — "How do I be more self-aware?" because without self-awareness, you can't see your own failures and shortcomings and you'll have no way to catch your own blind spots which means that in certain areas of your life you're gonna run in circles giving rationalizations and excuses for why you're stuck and missing the real point which is why in this video I want to give you some mindsets and exercises to increase your level of self-awareness and get out of your own way.

It gives you an impartial third party who's going to reflect back to you the things that you are saying and hopefully catch you in the areas where you are being less than honest with yourself. In addition, I've done this sort of thing with therapy and counseling previous in my life; it led to what I think is the most valuable video that I've ever made on this channel, Why you Don't Feel Good Enough.

If you haven't checked that out, go ahead but that was a direct result of a therapy session that I had after a rough breakup. So if you are someone that has been considering therapy or could use someone to talk to but the idea of getting up and going into their office has just been daunting — you didn't want to see other people or you don't want to clear your schedule for it — consider checking out BetterHelp.

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