Our uniquely human ability to look down from a higher level doesn’t apply just to understanding reality and the cause-effect relationships underlying it; it also applies to looking down on yourself and those around you.
a.Think of yourself as a machine operating within a machine and know that you have the ability to alter your machines to produce better outcomes.
b.By comparing your outcomes with your goals, you can determine how to modify your machine.
c.Distinguish between you as the designer of your machine and you as a worker with your machine.
d. The biggest mistake most people make is to not see themselves and others objectively, which leads them to bump into their own and others’ weaknesses again and again.
People who do this fail because they are stubbornly stuck in their own heads. If they could just get around this, they could live up to their potential.
This is why higher-level thinking is essential for success.
e.Successful people are those who can go above themselves to see things objectively and manage those things to shape change.