Be Your Own Life Coach With The Socratic Method.

It just takes honesty, practice, and these questions.

There are certainly benefits to working with a coach or therapist. Both make it easier to catch blind spots in one’s thinking and can help hold us to accountability.

That said, the Socratic Method can be used to facilitate self-coaching through journaling; helping brainstorm through challenges, correct for errant thinking, and expand perspectives.

Before we dive into the Socratic Method though, let's look at ways to compensate for blind spots and accountability on our own.

Tips on Blind Spots

Blindspots are bound to happen. The brain has neurochemical limitations, is biased by previous experiences and conditioned priorities, and often ignores things that make it too uncomfortable. Thus it rarely sees the full picture and requires training to expand its focus.

You can help correct for blindspots by:

• Broadening your questions
• Coming back to your journal at different times of the week or states of mind
• Asking friends to help you see the situations from different points of view