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Uncovering your blind spots 😊 A first step is to learn to see our blind spots. Here are 7 ways to get started. Admit you have biases. Then try to uncover what they may be. Think about how you react to certain situations, people or types of information. Do you have an immediate impulse that steers you away from some people, places and things, and toward others? Why? Challenge yourself. Ask yourself why you believe what you believe, think what you think and act how you act. Are your beliefs, thoughts and behaviors serving yourself, but potentially underestimating, limiting or harming someone else? For example, consider how you interact with and describe people, places and situations. Are you being fair? Can you believe, think and act in ways that show more kindness and compassion? Can you patiently listen to another person or consider another way of doing something? Expand your sense of empathy. Listen to understand other people’s views and feelings without judgment. Think about any given situation from another person’s perspective. How would it feel to be them? Would you want to trade places — why or why not? Assess your body language. Is it saying what you want it to? Are you showing respect for others around you? For example, consider the different perspectives on personal space, touch, expressions, gestures and eye contact. What’s appropriate, respectful and comfortable varies culturally and from person to person. Seek new experiences. Push yourself out of your comfort zone. Regularly look for opportunities to interact with people who are different from you. For example, you could join an employee resource group at your organization, visit a part of town you’ve never been to, try recipes from other regions, read opinion editorials by authors who don’t share your views, watch foreign movies, listen to podcasts and music from different places, or invite a neighbor or co-worker you don’t know to lunch. Keep learning. Take the time to educate yourself about the current views and perspectives, as well as the histories, cultures and heritages different from your own. As you do, also think about the hardships, setbacks and other experiences others are facing today and historically. This can help you better understand where they’re coming from and gain some insight into why. Keep trying. Uncovering your blind spots doesn’t happen overnight. It takes honest self-examination, time and practice to unlearn what is deeply ingrained in our thought patterns, behaviors and actions. It also takes a willingness to compromise and to even laugh at yourself once in a while.

Uncovering your blind spots 😊 A first step is to learn to see our blind spots. Here are 7 ways to get started. Admit you have biases. Then try to uncover what they may be. Think about how you react to certain situations, people or types of information. Do you have an immediate impulse that steers you away from some people, places and things, and toward others? Why? Challenge yourself. Ask yourself why you believe what you believe, think what you think and act how you act. Are your beliefs, thoughts and behaviors serving yourself, but potentially underestimating, limiting or harming someone else? For example, consider how you interact with and describe people, places and situations. Are you being fair? Can you believe, think and act in ways that show more kindness and compassion? Can you patiently listen to another person or consider another way of doing something? Expand your sense of empathy. Listen to understand other people’s views and feelings without judgment. Think about any given situation from another person’s perspective. How would it feel to be them? Would you want to trade places — why or why not? Assess your body language. Is it saying what you want it to? Are you showing respect for others around you? For example, consider the different perspectives on personal space, touch, expressions, gestures and eye contact. What’s appropriate, respectful and comfortable varies culturally and from person to person. Seek new experiences. Push yourself out of your comfort zone. Regularly look for opportunities to interact with people who are different from you. For example, you could join an employee resource group at your organization, visit a part of town you’ve never been to, try recipes from other regions, read opinion editorials by authors who don’t share your views, watch foreign movies, listen to podcasts and music from different places, or invite a neighbor or co-worker you don’t know to lunch. Keep learning. Take the time to educate yourself about the current views and perspectives, as well as the histories, cultures and heritages different from your own. As you do, also think about the hardships, setbacks and other experiences others are facing today and historically. This can help you better understand where they’re coming from and gain some insight into why. Keep trying. Uncovering your blind spots doesn’t happen overnight. It takes honest self-examination, time and practice to unlearn what is deeply ingrained in our thought patterns, behaviors and actions. It also takes a willingness to compromise and to even laugh at yourself once in a while.

Uncovering your blind spots 😊 A first step is to learn to see our blind spots. Here are 7 ways to get started. Admit you have biases. Then try to uncover what they may be. Think about how you react to certain situations, people or types of information. Do you have an immediate impulse that steers you away from some people, places and things, and toward others? Why? Challenge yourself. Ask yourself why you believe what you believe, think what you think and act how you act. Are your beliefs, thoughts and behaviors serving yourself, but potentially underestimating, limiting or harming someone else? For example, consider how you interact with and describe people, places and situations. Are you being fair? Can you believe, think and act in ways that show more kindness and compassion? Can you patiently listen to another person or consider another way of doing something? Expand your sense of empathy. Listen to understand other people’s views and feelings without judgment. Think about any given situation from another person’s perspective. How would it feel to be them? Would you want to trade places — why or why not? Assess your body language. Is it saying what you want it to? Are you showing respect for others around you? For example, consider the different perspectives on personal space, touch, expressions, gestures and eye contact. What’s appropriate, respectful and comfortable varies culturally and from person to person. Seek new experiences. Push yourself out of your comfort zone. Regularly look for opportunities to interact with people who are different from you. For example, you could join an employee resource group at your organization, visit a part of town you’ve never been to, try recipes from other regions, read opinion editorials by authors who don’t share your views, watch foreign movies, listen to podcasts and music from different places, or invite a neighbor or co-worker you don’t know to lunch. Keep learning. Take the time to educate yourself about the current views and perspectives, as well as the histories, cultures and heritages different from your own. As you do, also think about the hardships, setbacks and other experiences others are facing today and historically. This can help you better understand where they’re coming from and gain some insight into why. Keep trying. Uncovering your blind spots doesn’t happen overnight. It takes honest self-examination, time and practice to unlearn what is deeply ingrained in our thought patterns, behaviors and actions. It also takes a willingness to compromise and to even laugh at yourself once in a while.

Uncovering your blind spots 😊 A first step is to learn to see our blind spots. Here are 7 ways to get started. Admit you have biases. Then try to uncover what they may be. Think about how you react to certain situations, people or types of information. Do you have an immediate impulse that steers you away from some people, places and things, and toward others? Why? Challenge yourself. Ask yourself why you believe what you believe, think what you think and act how you act. Are your beliefs, thoughts and behaviors serving yourself, but potentially underestimating, limiting or harming someone else? For example, consider how you interact with and describe people, places and situations. Are you being fair? Can you believe, think and act in ways that show more kindness and compassion? Can you patiently listen to another person or consider another way of doing something? Expand your sense of empathy. Listen to understand other people’s views and feelings without judgment. Think about any given situation from another person’s perspective. How would it feel to be them? Would you want to trade places — why or why not? Assess your body language. Is it saying what you want it to? Are you showing respect for others around you? For example, consider the different perspectives on personal space, touch, expressions, gestures and eye contact. What’s appropriate, respectful and comfortable varies culturally and from person to person. Seek new experiences. Push yourself out of your comfort zone. Regularly look for opportunities to interact with people who are different from you. For example, you could join an employee resource group at your organization, visit a part of town you’ve never been to, try recipes from other regions, read opinion editorials by authors who don’t share your views, watch foreign movies, listen to podcasts and music from different places, or invite a neighbor or co-worker you don’t know to lunch. Keep learning. Take the time to educate yourself about the current views and perspectives, as well as the histories, cultures and heritages different from your own. As you do, also think about the hardships, setbacks and other experiences others are facing today and historically. This can help you better understand where they’re coming from and gain some insight into why. Keep trying. Uncovering your blind spots doesn’t happen overnight. It takes honest self-examination, time and practice to unlearn what is deeply ingrained in our thought patterns, behaviors and actions. It also takes a willingness to compromise and to even laugh at yourself once in a while.

Uncovering your blind spots 😊 A first step is to learn to see our blind spots. Here are 7 ways to get started. Admit you have biases. Then try to uncover what they may be. Think about how you react to certain situations, people or types of information. Do you have an immediate impulse that steers you away from some people, places and things, and toward others? Why? Challenge yourself. Ask yourself why you believe what you believe, think what you think and act how you act. Are your beliefs, thoughts and behaviors serving yourself, but potentially underestimating, limiting or harming someone else? For example, consider how you interact with and describe people, places and situations. Are you being fair? Can you believe, think and act in ways that show more kindness and compassion? Can you patiently listen to another person or consider another way of doing something? Expand your sense of empathy. Listen to understand other people’s views and feelings without judgment. Think about any given situation from another person’s perspective. How would it feel to be them? Would you want to trade places — why or why not? Assess your body language. Is it saying what you want it to? Are you showing respect for others around you? For example, consider the different perspectives on personal space, touch, expressions, gestures and eye contact. What’s appropriate, respectful and comfortable varies culturally and from person to person. Seek new experiences. Push yourself out of your comfort zone. Regularly look for opportunities to interact with people who are different from you. For example, you could join an employee resource group at your organization, visit a part of town you’ve never been to, try recipes from other regions, read opinion editorials by authors who don’t share your views, watch foreign movies, listen to podcasts and music from different places, or invite a neighbor or co-worker you don’t know to lunch. Keep learning. Take the time to educate yourself about the current views and perspectives, as well as the histories, cultures and heritages different from your own. As you do, also think about the hardships, setbacks and other experiences others are facing today and historically. This can help you better understand where they’re coming from and gain some insight into why. Keep trying. Uncovering your blind spots doesn’t happen overnight. It takes honest self-examination, time and practice to unlearn what is deeply ingrained in our thought patterns, behaviors and actions. It also takes a willingness to compromise and to even laugh at yourself once in a while.

Uncovering your blind spots 😊 A first step is to learn to see our blind spots. Here are 7 ways to get started. Admit you have biases. Then try to uncover what they may be. Think about how you react to certain situations, people or types of information. Do you have an immediate impulse that steers you away from some people, places and things, and toward others? Why? Challenge yourself. Ask yourself why you believe what you believe, think what you think and act how you act. Are your beliefs, thoughts and behaviors serving yourself, but potentially underestimating, limiting or harming someone else? For example, consider how you interact with and describe people, places and situations. Are you being fair? Can you believe, think and act in ways that show more kindness and compassion? Can you patiently listen to another person or consider another way of doing something? Expand your sense of empathy. Listen to understand other people’s views and feelings without judgment. Think about any given situation from another person’s perspective. How would it feel to be them? Would you want to trade places — why or why not? Assess your body language. Is it saying what you want it to? Are you showing respect for others around you? For example, consider the different perspectives on personal space, touch, expressions, gestures and eye contact. What’s appropriate, respectful and comfortable varies culturally and from person to person. Seek new experiences. Push yourself out of your comfort zone. Regularly look for opportunities to interact with people who are different from you. For example, you could join an employee resource group at your organization, visit a part of town you’ve never been to, try recipes from other regions, read opinion editorials by authors who don’t share your views, watch foreign movies, listen to podcasts and music from different places, or invite a neighbor or co-worker you don’t know to lunch. Keep learning. Take the time to educate yourself about the current views and perspectives, as well as the histories, cultures and heritages different from your own. As you do, also think about the hardships, setbacks and other experiences others are facing today and historically. This can help you better understand where they’re coming from and gain some insight into why. Keep trying. Uncovering your blind spots doesn’t happen overnight. It takes honest self-examination, time and practice to unlearn what is deeply ingrained in our thought patterns, behaviors and actions. It also takes a willingness to compromise and to even laugh at yourself once in a while.

Uncovering your blind spots 😊 A first step is to learn to see our blind spots. Here are 7 ways to get started. Admit you have biases. Then try to uncover what they may be. Think about how you react to certain situations, people or types of information. Do you have an immediate impulse that steers you away from some people, places and things, and toward others? Why? Challenge yourself. Ask yourself why you believe what you believe, think what you think and act how you act. Are your beliefs, thoughts and behaviors serving yourself, but potentially underestimating, limiting or harming someone else? For example, consider how you interact with and describe people, places and situations. Are you being fair? Can you believe, think and act in ways that show more kindness and compassion? Can you patiently listen to another person or consider another way of doing something? Expand your sense of empathy. Listen to understand other people’s views and feelings without judgment. Think about any given situation from another person’s perspective. How would it feel to be them? Would you want to trade places — why or why not? Assess your body language. Is it saying what you want it to? Are you showing respect for others around you? For example, consider the different perspectives on personal space, touch, expressions, gestures and eye contact. What’s appropriate, respectful and comfortable varies culturally and from person to person. Seek new experiences. Push yourself out of your comfort zone. Regularly look for opportunities to interact with people who are different from you. For example, you could join an employee resource group at your organization, visit a part of town you’ve never been to, try recipes from other regions, read opinion editorials by authors who don’t share your views, watch foreign movies, listen to podcasts and music from different places, or invite a neighbor or co-worker you don’t know to lunch. Keep learning. Take the time to educate yourself about the current views and perspectives, as well as the histories, cultures and heritages different from your own. As you do, also think about the hardships, setbacks and other experiences others are facing today and historically. This can help you better understand where they’re coming from and gain some insight into why. Keep trying. Uncovering your blind spots doesn’t happen overnight. It takes honest self-examination, time and practice to unlearn what is deeply ingrained in our thought patterns, behaviors and actions. It also takes a willingness to compromise and to even laugh at yourself once in a while.

Uncovering your blind spots 😊 A first step is to learn to see our blind spots. Here are 7 ways to get started. Admit you have biases. Then try to uncover what they may be. Think about how you react to certain situations, people or types of information. Do you have an immediate impulse that steers you away from some people, places and things, and toward others? Why? Challenge yourself. Ask yourself why you believe what you believe, think what you think and act how you act. Are your beliefs, thoughts and behaviors serving yourself, but potentially underestimating, limiting or harming someone else? For example, consider how you interact with and describe people, places and situations. Are you being fair? Can you believe, think and act in ways that show more kindness and compassion? Can you patiently listen to another person or consider another way of doing something? Expand your sense of empathy. Listen to understand other people’s views and feelings without judgment. Think about any given situation from another person’s perspective. How would it feel to be them? Would you want to trade places — why or why not? Assess your body language. Is it saying what you want it to? Are you showing respect for others around you? For example, consider the different perspectives on personal space, touch, expressions, gestures and eye contact. What’s appropriate, respectful and comfortable varies culturally and from person to person. Seek new experiences. Push yourself out of your comfort zone. Regularly look for opportunities to interact with people who are different from you. For example, you could join an employee resource group at your organization, visit a part of town you’ve never been to, try recipes from other regions, read opinion editorials by authors who don’t share your views, watch foreign movies, listen to podcasts and music from different places, or invite a neighbor or co-worker you don’t know to lunch. Keep learning. Take the time to educate yourself about the current views and perspectives, as well as the histories, cultures and heritages different from your own. As you do, also think about the hardships, setbacks and other experiences others are facing today and historically. This can help you better understand where they’re coming from and gain some insight into why. Keep trying. Uncovering your blind spots doesn’t happen overnight. It takes honest self-examination, time and practice to unlearn what is deeply ingrained in our thought patterns, behaviors and actions. It also takes a willingness to compromise and to even laugh at yourself once in a while.

Uncovering your blind spots 😊 A first step is to learn to see our blind spots. Here are 7 ways to get started. Admit you have biases. Then try to uncover what they may be. Think about how you react to certain situations, people or types of information. Do you have an immediate impulse that steers you away from some people, places and things, and toward others? Why? Challenge yourself. Ask yourself why you believe what you believe, think what you think and act how you act. Are your beliefs, thoughts and behaviors serving yourself, but potentially underestimating, limiting or harming someone else? For example, consider how you interact with and describe people, places and situations. Are you being fair? Can you believe, think and act in ways that show more kindness and compassion? Can you patiently listen to another person or consider another way of doing something? Expand your sense of empathy. Listen to understand other people’s views and feelings without judgment. Think about any given situation from another person’s perspective. How would it feel to be them? Would you want to trade places — why or why not? Assess your body language. Is it saying what you want it to? Are you showing respect for others around you? For example, consider the different perspectives on personal space, touch, expressions, gestures and eye contact. What’s appropriate, respectful and comfortable varies culturally and from person to person. Seek new experiences. Push yourself out of your comfort zone. Regularly look for opportunities to interact with people who are different from you. For example, you could join an employee resource group at your organization, visit a part of town you’ve never been to, try recipes from other regions, read opinion editorials by authors who don’t share your views, watch foreign movies, listen to podcasts and music from different places, or invite a neighbor or co-worker you don’t know to lunch. Keep learning. Take the time to educate yourself about the current views and perspectives, as well as the histories, cultures and heritages different from your own. As you do, also think about the hardships, setbacks and other experiences others are facing today and historically. This can help you better understand where they’re coming from and gain some insight into why. Keep trying. Uncovering your blind spots doesn’t happen overnight. It takes honest self-examination, time and practice to unlearn what is deeply ingrained in our thought patterns, behaviors and actions. It also takes a willingness to compromise and to even laugh at yourself once in a while.