How to know what you don’t know? Learning to make yourself aware by reflecting within

Kathleen Strickland
3 min readOct 8, 2021

“When we’re having a toothache, we know that not having a toothache is a wonderful thing. Yet when we don’t have a toothache, we’re still not happy. A non-toothache is very pleasant.”
Thich Nhat Hanh

A person recently suggested I become more aware of my surroundings, that I increase my overall awareness. Then the…

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Kathleen Strickland

Kathleen is an executive coach, author, and entrepreneur. Her Medium writings are based on and taken from her 40+ years of coaching and helping others.