Think of a time in your life when you experienced one of Van Hecke’s (2007) ten common blind spots cited in your text. Which one was it? What was/were the outcome(s) of your experience? What might have happened differently if you had not experienced that blind spot (i.e., if you had thought things through first, explored your own biases, seen the big picture and put things in context, noticed what was going on; or had not jumped to a conclusion, not seen the world in rigid categories, not lied to ourselves, not engaged in willful ignorance, etc.)?
2. Refer to the first activity, The Action Arrow, in the Suggested Activities section. Which of these do you think is the most difficult or challenging—developing a plan to achieve a goal; developing tactics to address unexpected complications; or developing logistics for implementing the plan to attain the goal timely? Why? How can tactics and logistics interact in the face of unexpected complications?