Self Awareness. This is the one thing every great player has, according to Jeff Probst. Self awareness is huge in this game. The game is quite simply, one large social experiment, you don’t have a chance to strategize, if you ostracize yourself from your tribe within minutes of hitting the beach. Take Francesca for example, only person in the history of Survivor to be voted out first, twice! If she had even an ounce of self awareness she would have known the second time around to just keep her mouth shut for the first three days. She was perceived as an aggressive threat in this game because of how strong she came on. Below is my little self awareness experiment to see if I am self aware or I lack those skills like Francesca did. I will start with a list of words that I feel accurately describe myself. The list is a combined effort between me and my daughter. We will then email a survey to friends and family asking for 5 words that THEY feel describe me. Self awareness is a vital key to Survivor success.

My List:
Adaptable
Adventurous
Ambitious
Andophidiophobe
Athletic
Bald
Blunt
Caring
Caucasian
Celiac
Competitive
Eye roller
Facially expressive
Flexible loyalties…
Galeophobe
Germaphobe
Great at puzzles
Horrible memory
Hottie
Humorous
Line crosser
Mesomorph
Photogenic
Protective
Persuasive
Sarcastic, sarcastic, sarcastic
White collar
Young at heart

Daughter’s List:
Amicable
Asshole
Atheist
Aware
Bowler
Colorful
Coordinated
Daredevil
Divorced
Enviable
Father
Former-foodie
Funny
Hangry
Immature
Innovative
Insightful
Leader
Libero
Loud
Motivated
Obnoxious
Obsessive
Paranoid
Purposeful
Quick
Reader
Republican
Ruthless
Social
Stingy
Strategic
Stubborn
Supportive
Survivor
Thinker
Thrifty
Tired
Violinist

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