A Harvard Business School study found 95% of Americans think they're self-aware, but only 10% actually are. Lucas Sherraden talks about this gap with Stephen Scoggins, a pastor and real-estate coach, then shares how his daughter caught him giving a canned answer about the market. He's donating all book profits to stop human trafficking.
I ran across a frightening study as I was doing the Uncaged Leader stuff. Tasha Urich out of the Harvard Business School did a study on self-awareness, and 95% of Americans believe that they're completely self-aware, but only 10% actually are.
He has been not only a pastor, he's been a very successful real estate professional, leadership coach, brokerage owner, you name it. This man's a rock star.
We were at a basketball gym. My kids were all playing basketball, and I have 2 middle school girls and a high school boy, and that's how they played their game. So They're bookended. So in between the games, somebody came up and says, "Hey, Mr. Shred, how's the real estate industry?" And I said, "It's great," because that's what all realtors say.
It's great. It's awesome.
And they go, "No, how's your business?" I said, "As if I will ever sell a house." Ha ha ha ha! And at that time, my eighth grade daughter Danielle comes up and hears that comment. She puts her hand on my arm, looks up at me with her brown eyes and her basketball uniform. She says, "You are a good real estate agent, aren't you, Dad?" And in that moment, I answered her. I said, "Yes, sweetheart, I am." I want to be real clear to your audience. I'm giving away 100% of the profits of this book to stopping human trafficking.