Blind Spots: How to Stop Missing What’s Right in Front of You

2021-08-25

How do you know what you don’t know? “The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.” ~ Pierre Abelard If you don't think you have a blind spot, yours is probably bigger than anyone else's. We all have them - it's part of being human. In the physical realm, science calls this a scotoma, a physiological obscuration of the visual field corresponding to the inability to detect light in part of the optic d...

How do you know what you don’t know?

“The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.” ~ Pierre Abelard

If you don't think you have a blind spot, yours is probably bigger than anyone else's. We all have them - it's part of being human. In the physical realm, science calls this a scotoma, a physiological obscuration of the visual field corresponding to the inability to detect light in part of the optic disc. The fascinating thing is the brain fills in the surrounding information from the other eye so the blind spot is not normally perceived. Applied to business the lesson is profound.

Ignorance is not bliss and what you don’t know can hurt you.

Chief among reasons for blind spots are our own strongly held beliefs. We don’t really see things as they are - we see what we want to see.

Tune in for 5 ways to expose blind spots.
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