How well do you know yourself? On a scale from 1 to 10?

Most people who answer this question give a number between 5 and 10. What does that tell you? If indeed it is the way of most, then it means either that everyone knows themselves quite well or we are all deceiving ourselves.

In my line of work, the most interesting theme that I encounter time and time again is the theme of “blindspots.” We have all experienced them. Out driving you want to change lanes and you check all your mirrors. Then you head over to that oh-so-desirable lane and what happens? Some invisible car out of nowhere honks their horn at you! Out of nowhere! Where in the world did they come from? They must have been speeding, you think, because I know they weren’t there a second ago.

But what if they actually were there. Going the same speed as you and listening to their Lady Gaga just like you? Well that means...

Have you ever asked yourself this question? What do I want to be when I grow up? Ever? It isn’t an uncommon question to ask. In fact, it might be one of the most common questions to ask. Some similar questions are: What do I want to do with my life? What is my work? What do I want to do
for a living?

There is no way around the fact that some people almost never ask this question of themselves because nothing could be more clear to them. These people have known their entire lives that they were going to be a surgeon. And guess what? They are surgeons. They took a path straight to their desired occupation and that is where they are and what they will be doing until they retire.

Some other people, in my experience, most people, however, have less clarity about themselves and their future worklife. There were subjects in school that they liked and disliked. There were subjects in school...

Name a celebrity. Go ahead. Do it. Write their name down or write it in your phone. Blurt their name out to a friend as you read this on your phone. The first one that comes to mind. (Your friend will think you are weird but it won’t last long and they probably already do anyways. It’ll be fun.)

Now whomever you named, ask yourself for real. “Do I really celebrate this person?” Think about that. Would you throw a celebration of this person you named? Have you even met this person?

Today, we misuse this word “celebrity” using it just to mean famous people or actors or models. It no longer has anything to do with the actual of celebration. Celebration is that unique experience of being so excited about a person, so grateful that a person or event is real and a part of your life.

So now that we’ve taken this thing apart until we can’t even remember what we are talking about, let me...