David Livermore - Part 2 -CQ Strategy - Where Shifts Happen

If you haven't listened to Part 1 with David you may like to check it out.

In this episode David and Trisha discuss how we can increase CQ Strategy by gaining metacognitive awareness. They discuss some ways of doing that touching on reflection and journaling. They talk about unhelpful dogmas and instead trying to find a way to reflect that suits you and your styles. 

Cultural interpreters, the importance of awareness of your own culture and how it shapes your gut responses, mindfulness – all ways mentioned to increase our awareness. Experiencing another culture – through travel or through growing up in a different culture – can also enable us to have heightened awareness.

Using tools such as IAT or a values inventory and checking the results with others around us can increase our awareness of self and how we come across to others. The Five Whys is a proven strategy for increasing awareness.

Harvard Implicit Association Test (IAT)

Five Whys

David also describes a perspective taking exercise and refers to the work of Adam Galinsky

Trisha’s Guided Journal for Adapting to Life Overseas – Finding Home Abroad – ebook here

Once again discussing a personal shift for David enhances our understanding of how we grow our metacognitive awareness in real life situations.