What are the dangers of lacking self-awareness?

Lacking self awareness is like having a faulty compass - if you can’t see where you are you can’t know where you are going.

Your ability to make the right decisions is compromised.

You cannot see your mistakes, so you are unable to learn from them.

If you are not learning, you are not growing.

You blame. Blame = lack of power.

You take credit for other people’s work.

The way you see yourself and the way others see you is not consistent.

You wonder why you can’t seem to relate to others or why they react to you in ways you did not anticipate.

You cannot see beyond your own perspective.

A lack of self awareness is attributing to others things that are only related to you: why can’t I trust? Why doesn’t she make me happy?

You witness circumstances around you repeating themselves, like they are chasing you. Why do I always end up in toxic situations? Why won’t anyone listen to me? Why does nobody understand me? Why are people around me so sensitive?

The danger of not having self awareness is being locked in a dark room, unable to see you are the one who created it, and the one holding the keys.

(Drawing by Dan Roam)