207. How Clearly Do You See Yourself?

Do you see yourself the same way others see you? What’s the difference between self-perception and self-awareness? And why do Mike and Angela both hate fishing?

 

SOURCES:Luis von Ahn, co-founder and C.E.O. of Duolingo; former chair of the board at Character Lab.Paul DePodesta, chief strategy officer of the Cleveland Browns; former baseball executive.Daniel Kahneman, professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University.Michel de Montaigne, 16th-century French philosopher.Barbara Tversky, professor emerita of psychology at Stanford University and professor of psychology and education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

 

RESOURCES:"What Makes a 360-Degree Review Successful?" by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman (Harvard Business Review, 2020)."Self-Other Agreement in Personality Reports: A Meta-Analytic Comparison of Self- and Informant-Report Means," by Hyunji Kim, Stefano I. Di Domenico, and Brian S. Connelly (Psychological Science, 2019)."Don’t Let a Lack of Self-Awareness Hold You Back," by Tim Herrera (The New York Times, 2018)."Self-Discipline Outdoes IQ in Predicting Academic Performance of Adolescents," by Angela Duckworth and Martin E.P. Seligman (Psychological Science, 2005).

 

EXTRAS:"Personality: The Big Five," series by No Stupid Questions (2024).Big Five Personality Inventory, by No Stupid Questions (2024)."Remembering Daniel Kahneman," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024)."How Much Personal Space Do You Need?" by No Stupid Questions (2023).Moneyball, film (2011).Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis (2003).