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See Yourself With Clarity

How self-aware are you? How well do you know yourself? Do you know how others perceive you? 

There are two kinds of self-awareness: internal – how we perceive ourselves – and external – how others perceive us. To be truly self-aware, we need to gain both an internal and external perspective. 

To successfully take others’ perspectives in highly charged situations, we should start by “zooming in” on our perspective first to better understand it. 

Next, we should “zoom out” and consider the perspective of the other person.

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