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>>> WELCOME BACK TO "PORTLAND TODAY."
TODAY."
TODAY." WE WANT TOO CATCH UP WITH THE
LOCAL AUTHOR OF THE BOOK YOU
SEE HERE CALLED "BLIPPED SPOTS:
WHY GOOD PEOPLE MAKE BAD
CHOICES."
CHOICES."
CHOICES." IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW IF YOU
HAVE BLIND SPOTS.
YOU MAY OFFEND SOMEONE WITHOUT
EVEN REALIZE IT.
KEVIN McCARTHY TRAVELS THE
COUNTRY TALKING ABOUT IT.
HE IS HERE.
WELCOME, KEN.
WELCOME, KEN. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THIS
CONCEPT A BLIND SPOT, EXACTLY?
>>
>> BLIND
>> BLIND SPOTS ARE UNCONSCIOUS BIASES, ASSOCIATIONS, MEMORY
TRAPS AND THINKING ERRORS, IN
OTHER WORDS, A LARGE VARIETY
OF PSYCHOLOGY IMPACTS THAT
INFLUENCE OUR DECISION-MAKING
AND OUR BEHAVIORS.
SOMETIMES WE ARE NOT AWARE OF
THINGS WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF.
WE ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
WE ARE MOVING AT THE SPEED OF
LIFE AND THE NEXT THING WE KNOW
OUR KIDS ARE GROWN AND OUT OF
THE HOUSE AND WE REALIZE WHAT
WE MISSED.
WE MISSED. SO THERE ARE THE
PREOCCUPATIONAL BLIND SPOTS.
AND OTHER BLIND SPOTS ARE, FOR
EXAMPLE, LET'S TAKE COMEDY,
AN APROPOS SUBJECT RIGHT NOW,
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
RIGHT? WE
RIGHT? WE HAVE BOUNDLESS COMEDY RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. IN
NOW. IN THE SENSE OF WHAT WE HAVE
HERE IN OUR OWN LITTLE WORLD
VIEWS.
VIEWS.
VIEWS. OUR FRAMEWORK OF HOW WE
PERCEIVE REALITY AND HOW WE
INTERPRET THAT PERCEPTION AND
ACT ON THAT INTERPRETATION.
WHAT HAPPENS IS WE ARE SORT OF
WRAPPED UP IN OUR OWN LITTLE
WORLD.
WORLD.
WORLD. EVERYTHING SEEMS RIGHT AT THAT
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. WHAT HAPPENS THEN IS WE ACT,
SPEAK OR SAY THINGS
INAPPROPRIATE.
INAPPROPRIATE. IN OUR WORLD IT IS ALL ABOUT
THE FUNNY --
>> TO MAKE A JOKE.
>> AND ULTIMATELY AN OFFENSIVE
ONE.
ONE.
ONE. >>
ONE. >> AND ULTIMATELY OFFEND MAYBE
MORE THAN ONE.
SO WE HAVE TO BECOME MORE AWARE
OF ALL THE DECISION-MAKING
GOING ON UNCONSCIOUSLY AND ALL
THE THINGS IMPACTING OUR
CONSCIOUS BEHAVIOR AND ACTIONS.
>> HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT BEING
MINDFUL OF WHAT YOU SAY AND HOW
YOU ACT?
YOU ACT?
YOU ACT? >> WELL, AWARENESS IS A BIG
PART OF IT.
AS I SPEAK ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY, ONE OF THE BIGGEST
IMPACTS WITH AUDIENCES, FOR
EXAMPLE, IS HELPING RAISE THAT
LEVEL OF AWARENESS, THE FACT
THAT WE ALL HAVE BLIND SPOTS.
SO, TO HAVE THE AWARENESS THAT
WE HAVE BLIND SPOTS AND THEN
OWN THAT CONCEPT IS A REALLY
BIG DEAL AND EASIER SAID THAN
DONE.
DONE.
DONE. THERE WAS A SURVEY DONE BY A
PSYCHOLOGIST WHERE THEY
SURVEYED 800 AMERICANS AND 85%
OF THOSE SURVEYED BELIEVED THEY
HAD LESS BIASES THAN THE
AVERAGE.
AVERAGE.
AVERAGE. >> SO BIAS AND BLIND SPOTS,
CAN THOSE BE USED
INTERCHANGEABLY, POLITICS,
INTERCHANGEABLY, POLITICS, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS -- THOSE
SORTS OF THINGS?
>> EVERYTHING.
>> EVERYTHING. AND BIAS IS MAYBE A CATEGORY
UNDER THE BIGGER CATEGORY OF
BLIND SPOTS.
BLIND SPOTS. WE ALWAYS WANT TO REENFORCE
WHAT WE CONTINUOUSLY BELIEVE.
>> DOES IT TAKE A SITUATION
WHERE YOU OFFEND SOMEONE AND
THEY CALL YOU OUT FOR IT SO YOU
ARE AWARE OF IT?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. YOU CAN GAIN MORE SELF
AWARENESS.
AWARENESS. THAT IS ANOTHER BIG PROBLEM.
A PSYCHOLOGIST, TASHA -- HER
NAME BLANKS OUT ON ME BUT SHE
WROTE THE BOOK "INSIGHT" AND
SAYS 95% OF US THINK WE ARE
AWARE BUT ONLY 15% OF US
ACTUALLY ARE.
ACTUALLY ARE. BECOMING AWARE AND TAKING
ACTIONS TO GAIN MORE AWARENESS
AND LEARNING.
AND LEARNING. THERE IS AN ARTICLE YOU GUYS
TALKED ABOUT, THE BAND IN
MCMINNVILLE, "WE THREE."
THEIR MOTHER DIED THREE YEARS
AGO AND THE YOUNGEST SON,
MANNY, I BELIEVE, STARTED TO
WRITE A SONG ABOUT THE PASSING
OF THEIR MOTHER AND COULD NOT
UNTIL THIS TRANSCENDENT MOMENT
HAPPENED AND PUT HIS THINKING
INTO HER MIND AND SAW THE WORLD
AND FAMILY THROUGH HER EYES.
SO, AS WE CAN BEGIN TO SEE
OTHER PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR EYES
AND NOT JUST OUR FRAMEWORK IT
HELPS US TO BECOME MORE AWARE.
>> I AM SURE THE BOOK IS
HELPFUL, AS WELL, IN
NARROWING DOWN EXACTLY HOW THIS
CAN BE APPLIED TO YOUR OWN
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. THE
LIFE. THE BOOK AGAIN IS CALLED