DO YOU KNOW YOUR BLIND SPOT?

The question in the title is actually unanswerable and, generally speaking, stupid. That’s because if you ask it of any person who is mentally alert, she will probably say:

“Of course, I don’t know my blind spots! They wouldn’t be a blind spot if I knew them! And for that reason, that question is a stupid question!”

Of course a person could also answer: “No, I don’t think I do come to think of it; I wonder what my blind spots are?” Or, “Yes, I know my blind spots and I’m working on them!” As a Meta- Coach one of your tasks with clients is to help them discover, identify, expose, mirror, and enable them to confront their blind spots. That’s a key purpose of the Confrontation Conversation. Clients will almost never come right out and say:

“See, I have these blind spots and I need you to help me expose them so I can deal with them and not get side-blinded and sabotage my own best intentions.”