THE GAME-CHANGING ACCELERATOR FOR YOUR GROWTH
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Have you ever been in conversation with someone that helped you see something you weren’t already seeing on your own? That something could have been a physical object right under your nose that you had looked past, or it could have been a new possibility for action in your life that, no matter how long you mulled over the issue, the idea for that particular path never became apparent. It’s the kind of experience that often leaves you exclaiming, “Of course! I can’t believe I didn’t see that!”
The real power of these types of conversations is not that they solve issues for you but that they give you access to a realm of knowledge from which you can create solutions yourself; often immediately and easily.
Access to this realm of knowledge allows you to see what you’ve never seen before. This is the game-changer between slow, minimal progress and rapid growth.
In today’s issue of The Grip, we reveal this powerful realm of knowledge for accelerating success in your life and show you one way to start accessing right now.
Let’s dive in!
THE KNOWLEDGE THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
Austrian philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, famously said, "A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.” Let that sink in.
You will always behave in a way consistent with how a situation occurs for you.
What occurs in your mind determines your actions and resulting quality of life. So, what is it that determines what will or won’t occur for you in the first place?
What occurs for you is a function of the degree to which you operate in the following three realms of knowledge:
REALM 1 What You Know You Know: You are aware of your knowledge and can put it to use.
REALM 2 What You Know You Don't Know: You are aware of your lack of knowledge and can acquire it if you choose.
REALM 3 What You Don't Know You Don't Know: You are unaware of your lack of knowledge and, therefore, have limited capacity to obtain or utilize it on your own.
The graph below is rough estimate of how your access to knowledge compares to all the knowledge currently available in the world. Out of all the knowledge currently available, What You Know You Know accounts for 1% and What You Know You Don’t Know is another 4%. The remaining 95% of all knowledge currently available in the world exists for you outside your awareness altogether in What You Don’t Know You Don’t Know—it’s not on your radar whatsoever.
If you are like many others, much of your growth is about moving knowledge from REALM 2 to REALM 1. There is nothing wrong with this, but it severely restricts the amount of growth potential you can ultimately actualize; the combined possibilities of these two realms are a fraction of what’s possible in REALM 3.
REALM 3 is where the magic happens. Access to What You Don’t Know You Don’t Know will have the greatest impact on the quality and acceleration of your growth. It's the realm of your blind spots, the obstacles you can't see, and the questions you're not asking. As such, it is also the realm of new options, new choices, and new pathways for action.
The new possibilities available in What You Don’t Know You Don’t Know will set you free from the inherent constraints of What You Know You Know and What You Know You Don’t Know. Your success will accelerate as you see what you haven’t seen before and create what you haven’t created before. The impossible will become possible, and your life will advance in seemingly miraculous ways.
Why don’t more people operate in this realm? It’s almost impossible to access on your own. REALLY. Imagine attempting to see your own face completely on your own—good luck. But with the right tool, such as a mirror, seeing your face on your own becomes possible. So, we created a tool to help you access What You Don’t Know You Don’t Know any time on your own for free.
“A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that’s unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.”
the strategic self-reflection guide
FOR ACCESSING WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW YOU DON’T KNOW
We developed the Strategic Self-Reflection Guide to give you visibility into areas of your life that are otherwise inaccessible on your own. It is comprised of 30 uncommon questions to help you discover what else is possible in a particular area of your life. Use it for your relationships, business, health, team, family, friends, finances, purpose—any area where you want to accelerate success.
Identify one issue at a time and utilize any of the following questions that apply to your specific situation:
What do I really want?
Why does it matter to me?
Why haven’t I achieved it already?
What do I do to keep from getting it?
Which do I prefer, having what I really want or having all the reasons why I can’t have it?
Who is responsible for how _______ turns out?
What questions have I been afraid to ask myself or others?
What is delay costing me?
How much longer am I willing for _______ to seem impossible?
Who would I need to be for this to be possible?
What do I get by staying unclear or indecisive? What do I avoid?
What’s the downside to getting what I want?
What’s the upside to not getting what I want?
Who have I been unwilling to be, that if I take it on, will empower me to create what I want?
What stops me? What would be possible for me without that concern?
In what ways am I addicted to ________ being difficult?
How would I need to see _______ to experience it as easy, fun, and happening quickly?
Who is more powerful, me or the situation?
What’s the opportunity in this situation? What will I create out of it?
Am I willing to look foolish, be wrong, make mistakes, now know, feel pain, and face fear in order to grow?
What am I actively making room for in my life?
What judgements do I have against asking for help?
How must I see this situation so that it is consistent with my desired outcome?
If I have all the time there is for what I want, then what?
What decision am I delaying making?
What experiences do my words create for me and others?
Based on my actions alone, to what am I sincerely committed? To what am I not committed?
Am I living fully now or getting ready to live one day?
What impact does my presence make on others?
Who do I say I am?
Download the PDF of The Strategic Self-Reflection Guide. You may freely share it with others.
The Strategic Self-Reflection Guide is a great first step for accessing the powerful knowledge available in the realm of What You Don’t Know You Don’t Know. Put it to use and it will serve you well.
Now for anyone serious about transforming their work or home life, there is a much more advanced way to operate in this realm that we highly recommend. We will tell you all about it in next week’s issue of The Grip. Stay tuned!
May you prosper in every way!
Becky & TPL Team
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