By admitting your inadequacies, you show that you're self-aware enough to know your areas for improvement. Adam Grant

Are you ready to admit it?

Right now you either thinking, how does he know? Or, admit to what?

Let’s address these questions one at a time.

First, don’t worry. I don’t have access to your mind yet, so any deep dark secrets you have hidden are still safe for now.

Now to address your question about admit to what.

Well, if there’s something in your life that you want to change, then the first thing you have to do is admit it. Admitting shines a bright light on the issue, it brings it out of the dark recesses of your mind and put’s right there on the table in front of you for all to see. If you’re familiar with any of the famous addiction programs, then you know that admitting is the first step to recovery.

Now you might not need recovery in the traditional sense, but if you’re working on changing something about yourself, then to some extent you’re trying to improve. And although recovery and self-improvement aren’t identical, they share similar paths.

Admission is recognition, and you can’t change or solve what you can’t recognize, because only after you recognize can you describe. And once you can describe something then it’s no longer ethereal, it becomes tangible.

So take the first step and admit. Do it out loud if you have too. If you’re brave enough then share it with someone you trust and let them bear witness to your first step towards change. It’s only after you admit can you commit to change.

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