EI + G.A.P. · Lesson 2 of 4

Authentic Interaction

The circle of light widens through interaction. When you engage authentically, new insights emerge through others: blind spots revealed, emotions understood, perspectives broadened.

Authentic means you are willing to be seen and willing to be changed. Performance-mode engagement produces no new information.

Why it matters

Others hold the parts of your self-knowledge you cannot access alone. Interaction is not a soft skill; it is a data source.

In practice

  • A leader asks a junior team member what they would do differently, and then does it.
  • A student joins a group where they are the only one with their background, and stays long enough to learn.

Your reflection

Who has told you something true about yourself that you could not have seen alone? What did you do with it?

Knowledge check

What widens the circle of awareness?

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