Lets face it – looking at oneself candidly is one of the most difficult of all personal challenges. Yet it is arguably this most vital part of our consciousness.

We possess this prism to filter and mitigate the ravages of reality to promote self-survival or obscure the pathway to crucial knowledge that is currently unacceptable. It is the essential tool for orchestrating real self-learning.

The task of acquiring behaviors that allow one to more accurately assess one’s limitations and assets is woefully absent from curriculums in most higher education and professional development.

This capacity for an outside objectifying eye is central to most behaviors associated with growth development and higher level learnings that promote the adaptation to stress and foster characteristics consistent with resiliency.

Receiving this vital information and facilitating a state of readiness on the part of the recipient to utilize the potential for self-knowledge is rarely addressed in training programs.

It’s been my experience that no matter how excellent the content of the material, real constructive learning is limited because adults tend to see themselves as masters of their experience. They become complacent with ideas and practices that do not confirm their previous foundation of wisdom.

It is necessary for each individual to relate to the content in a way that resonates with aspects of their past experience, -yet allows for discovery of a complementary schema.

About Dr. Harvey Goldstein.

Dr.Harvey Goldstein is a partnering faculty member for the Emerging Leader’s program. He brings his expertise in human behavior to the strategic facilitation of difficult situations and difficult people. His experience in police psychology, behavioral aspects of crisis management, and, more recently, motivational training with high profile senior executives brings a unique perspective to the MSB Coach team. Dr. Goldstein is the director of TheHalenGroup Inc., a behavioral science and organizational development consulting firm. Visit Our Team to view Complete Bio.