Turn off autopilot. Turn on self-awareness.

Yesterday I wrote about working your entire life to develop simple and obvious skills that most people take for granted. Let’s stay on that topic today. If you didn’t read yesterday’s message, use 1-minute to read it now.

People overlook simple skills because of a lack of self-awareness and situational-awareness. It doesn’t matter how basic or obvious the skill is. What matters is how good you are at it. That means you need to evaluate whether basic personal skills are giving you a big advantage, making no difference at all, or costing you.

Don’t think about whether a skill is basic. Don’t think about what you know.

Honestly assess what you’re doing with the skill. Accurately observe the impact it has. Adjust your action based on what you observe.

Embrace the chase. Do the work.