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Can You Really Find Self-Awareness in a Spreadsheet?
The answer might surprise you
Internal accountability wasn’t always top of mind for me.
My self-awareness was often missing. It would take an intense argument or period of sorrow to begin the process of reflection. In response, I blamed, bullied, and occasionally beat myself up over my flaws.
I would listen and ponder my strengths and weaknesses, with a resolve to hold myself more accountable. Then I would regress to how I was.
What I needed was a better system of internal accountability. One that would make the process of introspection consistent. I found a solution where I didn’t expect to find one.
Jim Collins is better known for his insights on business leadership.
But within Jim’s practices lives a method to develop self-awareness. Using it to focus on personal happiness, Jim has cultivated a happy and productive life.
But how did Jim achieve this?
His internal accountability begins with a spreadsheet.
Self-awareness in a spreadsheet
A spreadsheet isn’t a tool you would associate with self-awareness. There is no introspection template in Microsoft Excel. It’s all numbers and formulas…
