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Blind Spots; What You Don't See Is Costing You
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On his 40th birthday, Aaron Antillon caught his own reflection in the mirror — and it turned into one of the most honest self-assessments of his life. In this episode, the certified DISC Master Trainer and personality strategy expert behind Legacy Leadership Academy opens up about that moment: how he got to where he is, where he's headed next, and the blind spots he didn't even know he had. Aaron walks us through a personality-based SWOT assessment — strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats — as a practical tool for surfacing the traits that quietly hold us back. Because you can't fix what you can't see. We dig into how to identify your blind spots and the concrete steps that turn them into clear vision, for how you lead and how you live. Chapters 01:23 Introduction 07:58 Blind Spots 12:04 The Cost of Blind Spots 18:23 Alieviating Blind Spots 21:09 Conclusion https://legacytrainingnetwork.com/keynotes-trainings/ ----------------------------------------- GEB America is available on DIRECTV channel 365-1, the GEB app on iOS and Android, and various streaming platforms by searching GEB Network or GEB America. ALL New GEB Website The GEB America Podcast is a Golden Eagle Media production - Tulsa, OK Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on this program are solely those of the speakers and not necessarily those of GEB America, Oral Roberts University, or their employees. This program is not intended to offer investment, financial, medical, legal, or any other advice. Viewers should consult a professional on any such subject matter.
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On his 40th birthday, Aaron Antillon caught his own reflection in the mirror — and it turned into one of the most honest self-assessments of his life. In this episode, the certified DISC Master Trainer and personality strategy expert behind Legacy Leadership Academy opens up about that moment: how he got to where he is, where he's headed next, and the blind spots he didn't even know he had. Aaron walks us through a personality-based SWOT assessment — strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats — as a practical tool for surfacing the traits that quietly hold us back. Because you can't fix what you can't see. We dig into how to identify your blind spots and the concrete steps that turn them into clear vision, for how you lead and how you live. Chapters 01:23 Introduction 07:58 Blind Spots 12:04 The Cost of Blind Spots 18:23 Alieviating Blind Spots 21:09 Conclusion https://legacytrainingnetwork.com/keynotes-trainings/ ----------------------------------------- GEB America is available on DIRECTV channel 365-1, the GEB app on iOS and Android, and various streaming platforms by searching GEB Network or GEB America. ALL New GEB Website The GEB America Podcast is a Golden Eagle Media production - Tulsa, OK Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on this program are solely those of the speakers and not necessarily those of GEB America, Oral Roberts University, or their employees. This program is not intended to offer investment, financial, medical, legal, or any other advice. Viewers should consult a professional on any such subject matter. ...more Show the full description Show less On his 40th birthday, Aaron Antillon caught his own reflection in the mirror — and it turned into one of the most honest self-assessments of his life. In this episode, the certified DISC Master Trainer and personality strategy expert behind Legacy Leadership Academy opens up about that moment: how he got to where he is, where he's headed next, and the blind spots he didn't even know he had. Aaron walks us through a personality-based SWOT assessment — strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats — as a practical tool for surfacing the traits that quietly hold us back. Because you can't fix what you can't see. We dig into how to identify your blind spots and the concrete steps that turn them into clear vision, for how you lead and how you live. Chapters 01:23 Introduction 07:58 Blind Spots 12:04 The Cost of Blind Spots 18:23 Alieviating Blind Spots 21:09 Conclusion https://legacytrainingnetwork.com/keynotes-trainings/ ----------------------------------------- GEB America is available on DIRECTV channel 365-1, the GEB app on iOS and Android, and various streaming platforms by searching GEB Network or GEB America. ALL New GEB Website The GEB America Podcast is a Golden Eagle Media production - Tulsa, OK Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on this program are solely those of the speakers and not necessarily those of GEB America, Oral Roberts University, or their employees. This program is not intended to offer investment, financial, medical, legal, or any other advice. Viewers should consult a professional on any such subject matter.
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The Mirror Moment: Aaron's Wake-Up Call 0:00 Here's a question. What if grocery shopping took 10 minutes instead of 2 hours? Azure Standard's new direct to home delivery service is now available in your area. Shop online for organic groceries,0:12 household essentials, pantry staples, and more, then have everything delivered directly to your door. It's an easier way to stock your home without adding another trip to your schedule. Visit azure standard0:24 dot com. That's a z u r e standard dot com.0:30 Well, hello again everybody, and welcome to the GEB America podcast. I'm your host Dave Groves. My guest today is someone who is not a stranger to the program. Aaron Antelon is with us again. He's a speaker, a certified0:41 disc master trainer, and with more than 20 years of experience on stage and over 1000 paid talks, he is the creator of the legacy leader types framework. Now here's what's really great about what Aaron0:53 does. He helps people do things differently. He trains leaders to see that the very thing that is making them successful and high achievers may be the same thing that's impacting them, costing them their best people,1:05 their best, really, productivity and performance. And he knows that moment personally. He found himself standing in front of a mirror at 40 years old realizing that he was losing the people who mattered most. And he1:17 wasn't failing, but he was just unaware.1:20
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1:53 I'm so glad to have you here, Aaron, back on the podcast.
1:57 Man, it's great to be here in person. Yeah. There's no place, I say, on Earth like Old Roberts University.
2:04 That's right. We're here on the campus of ORU in the GEB studios, nice and cool on an extremely hot summer day. Yes. Glad that you joined us coming up from Texas. So the mirror, what tell
2:16 us about that experience.
2:18 Well, that was something that took place on my 40th birthday.
2:22 Oh, on your birthday?
2:23 On my 40th birthday, a day that should have been celebrated, a day that I was going to have a great, day of going out with my family,
2:36 and something happened. As I went to go and get ready for the day, I didn't take the normal glance and then off to the next task
2:47 Mhmm.
2:48 As I typically would do. This time, I looked in the mirror, and I stared in the mirror. At 40 years old, I asked myself this question.
3:00 Aaron, how did you get here? On the outside, you know, just, days before I received phone calls as we had been broadcasting nationally Mhmm. On,
3:20 what And I received a call from some friends that were like, Aaron, I didn't know that you had arrived. Like, what are you talking about? They said, we saw you on television. I didn't
3:32 know that you had achieved that level of success.
3:35 That's what it takes everybody. Just
3:36 That's what it takes. And they're looking on the outside, but they didn't know what was taking place on the inside. Yeah. On the inside, there was a disease
3:49 that was taking place because of the friction, because of the gaps from where I was currently at and where I knew
4:01 that I was created for something more. I knew that I was created for a greater impact than what I was making. Mhmm. I knew that I was created for a greater influence than what I had.
4:14 Someone asked me just recently as they heard this story, Erin, are you ever satisfied? I said, I was dissatisfied and therefore it created that disease because I
4:25 knew that I was playing or I was living way below my means.
4:31 How did you know that? Was it just a premonition from God? Something inside?
4:37 Because I was doing enough to get by. I'll tell you this. My dad, God rest his soul, he's in heaven now. He did him and, my mom did the very best that they knew, But my dad
4:48 would tell me this, Aaron, you're a great communicator. Just bluff your way through. And so throughout life up to that point, I'm
5:00 bluffing my way through. I'm talking my way out of situations, talking my way into situations, and not having the character, not having the,
5:14 the system to sustain me.
5:16 Oh, I got it.
5:16 In those rooms. Yeah. And so on my 40th birthday, I take what I'm thinking is just a glance to get ready for the day to celebrate the day.
5:27 Mhmm.
5:28 And I went and I focused and I said, what? How did you get here? How did you get here? Like I said, from the outside, everything looked good. But then a follow-up
5:39 question came up that I think was really transformational for me. Aaron, if you continue going down this same path at this same pace, will
5:51 you fulfill your full God given potential? And that's what wrecked me. With uncontrollable tears coming down my face, for the 1st time I could say,
6:03 I was honest with myself. Wow. And I said, no. I learned this, if you fail to look within, you can expect to go without.
6:15 Yeah. So what do you do now? Now that you have this insight, and now that you it was it was calling me for take to take some
6:27 additional steps of action. At that time, I was pastoring. That time, I was very connected in the ministry world. And I went and I consulted an apostle. I went
6:39 and consulted and talked to some of my leaders, and they were telling me this. Well, are you praying? I said, absolutely. Yeah. Checking off on that box. Are you in the word? Checking off on that
6:51 box. Are you walking in love? Checking off on these boxes, the spiritual boxes that we wanna check off on, not perfect but accountable,
7:03 but I still knew that there were other things that I needed to do.
7:08 Yeah. For sure.
7:09 And I needed to develop myself in these areas. And so that's whenever I begin to invest in my own personal growth and development. Because here's what I found.
7:21 As I began to look intently, I found that in both of my businesses, as well as at home, the same things were taking
7:33 place. In the common denominator. It was me. Yeah. As a pastor, I was blaming the the parishioners for not being
7:45 faithful, for not being loyal, for not being able to handle the power, not being able to handle the fire. They're not committed. In my businesses, same thing,
7:57 not committed. The same the same the same situations. In my home, I'm losing my home. Those that mean the most to me,
8:10 and I learned this. I said, I have to do something different.
8:14 Mhmm.
8:15 In order to rectify this, you know, what I have to do different is the way that I work within myself.
8:23 That's good.
8:24 I discovered I was living with blind spots.
8:27 So we I mentioned that in the open. You wrote the book, Blind Spots, What You Don't See That's Costing You. I'll show that to the folks. Tell me, what what do you mean by blind spots? Because obviously, we know we
Unmasking Blind Spots with DISC
8:39 know we drive a car. Right? There's a car in the lane next to me. But we know in the business world, a lot of times we hear that kind of thing bantered about. What do you mean when you say blind spot?
8:48 That's a great question. What I mean is that there's a recurring gap between how you believe that you are, what you intend, and then how people really
9:00 receive you. If there's a gap between how you are, what you intend, and how you're being received, there's a
9:12 leadership blind spot taking place. See, business insider business news daily in 2021 says even the highest level of leaders have blind spots.
9:24 But unfortunately, many of them don't know what they are. So then so therefore, we're not able to do anything with them. And I was in that place. And so I began
9:36 to dive in deep into not just identifying my blind spots, but then identifying, okay, 1st of all, doing a SWOT analysis with myself. What are my strengths? What are the
9:48 weaknesses? What are the opportunities and threats of my own personality style? Then I begin to dive into understanding the DISC model of human behavior and the
10:00 framework. And that's where we created the content, the curriculum, the information that, I wrote this book on is blind spots. I began to develop
10:12 this content using the disc model framework of what are the potential blind spots that the dynamic
10:23 developer, that the inspiring influencer, that the stable strategist, and the calculating creator have. And then what are the action steps? Once you be Mhmm. See, because you cannot
10:36 be aware of something until you're 1st aware of it. And so as I became aware of it, I begin to then implement
10:48 action steps on turning those blind spots, What I call into clear vision.
10:54 So the blind spots really often are associated with your own personality type.
11:01 They can be. Yes. Yeah. When when I go and I train organizations and typically it's a leadership training
11:09 Mhmm.
11:09 The leader because I believe that everything rises and falls on leadership. Leadership is the problem, but leadership is also the solution. And so we go into organizations and train the leaders, and I
11:21 don't come off and say, hey, Dave. These are your blind spots.
11:24 Mhmm.
11:25 Based on your predominant personality style, here are the things that you should be aware of that you need to look for to ensure because these are potential
11:37 blind spots. That if you're operating in the out of control trait of your personality style, then it's typically going
11:49 to bring about a negative response. You know, Harvard Business Review, Gallup says about the same thing. 75 percent of people of employees who leave
12:01 their job, they're typically leaving a bad manager.
12:05 Right. Yeah. I've seen that study. Mhmm.
12:08 But what if but what if you provide a stronger compensation plan? It's typically a non negotiable. Because if you're not if the manager,
12:19 if the leader is operating in blind spots from their personality style, they typically lead they typically lose the group.
12:30 Yeah.
12:30 Lose the team members.
12:32 Yeah. I, it's funny. I was thinking about this this morning. I recently, in the last 6 months or so, we came aware of a situation where the leader, from the outside and what was public
12:44 facing and what most people that interacted with the business saw was this very per you know, just personable, kind at times, very, you know, customer
12:56 service oriented. But behind the scenes and ultimately, what happened was, you know, kind of like not really, I wouldn't say a mutiny, but, it became more and more apparent that how
13:08 he operated behind the scenes was very toxic. Right. And people were afraid to speak up and say anything because they knew that they would be you know, if there were any cuts, they would be on the chopping block, not
13:19 because of anything they did other than questioning, you know, certain things. And there was a an environment that really, became very, difficult for a lot of people that
13:31 work there. And it all was because of that that leadership facade. So, I I mean, I I don't know this person. I would guess that probably they the operating in blind spot is spots is what
13:43 they have done to survive and to also be successful in that regard. But do you see a lot of this costing businesses? You know, what what's that what's that look like? I mean, if
13:55 especially with businesses maybe monetarily successful.
13:58 What it typically cost, 1st of all, you see this operating in organization. In this look at this Dave because we've both had and have experience in the
14:10 church world.
14:11 Mhmm.
14:11 And I talked to pastors alike in this. It typically costs, we could say ministries and professional organizations, corporations, their best
14:22 people. Starting off number 1, it typically costs their best people because they're operating because what happens in with the leadership blind spot is it typically
14:34 stifles creativity.
14:36 Right.
14:37 It typically prohibits or creates or suppresses an individual from speaking up just
14:49 like what you had said in a group discussion in a meeting because they're just doing enough to get by or enough to satisfy the particular requirements to
15:01 check off on the box, satisfactory, satisfactory, and typically not going the extra mile. And whenever the organization replaces a leader, it
15:12 typically costs double, 2 x of the individual salary. So there's substantial loss with blind spots.
15:24 The Mitchell Communication Group says that miscommunication within an organization cost businesses an average of 26000 dollars every year.
15:35 Just per business?
15:36 Per business.
15:37 Just a miscommunication.
15:38 Per employee. Per employee.
15:39 Per employee. Wow.
15:41 It was funny because just a few weeks ago, I was training an organization, a lead team, executive team, who has over 5000 employees. And the CFO was in
15:53 the room and I said and I gave that stat and I said, pull out your calculator. How many employees do do you guys have? Well, over 5000. I said, well, let's just say 5000.
16:04 Mhmm.
16:04 If it costs your organization 26000 dollars multiplied by 5000, What's that figure?
16:18 And she stated it. And I said, do you guys have a line item in your organization for miscommunication? And she came up on the defensive, and she said, well, it doesn't cost us quite that
16:29 much. Okay. Give me a roundabout figure and what it does cost. And it was in the millions.
16:35 Yeah.
16:35 It wasn't in the hundreds of millions, but it was in the millions. It's costing organizations their best people
16:42 Yeah.
16:43 Because of leadership blind spots.
16:45 Wow. Yeah. So it would be day to day things that, like, well, we had to redo this because it was miscommunication. Now that costs money, but also, well, that person left because they were tired of not feeling
16:57 valued or not being put in a position where they could clearly understand the objectives.
The Hidden Costs of Blind Spots
17:02 Absolutely. If we're to look at the 4 predominant personality styles, the dynamic developer, the inspiring influencer, the stable strategist, and the calculating creator.
17:14 We were to identify that a potential blind spot for the dynamic developer could be that they're very rash. They're very hard tone. They want it done immediately.
17:25 Mhmm.
17:26 Get it done. Get it done now.
17:29 Right.
17:30 And what happens is that to those that are opposite styles, which are typically the stable strategist that are carrying, sharing, team builders
17:40 Mhmm.
17:41 Community, builders. It typically builds on their emotions. Well, you need to be strong and can't be driven by your emotions, but that's the way they're naturally wired.
17:52 Right.
17:53 The inspiring influencer typically is at the front line. They may be your sales team. They may be in charge of putting events together.
18:05 And a blind spot, a potential blind spot, let me use that word potential, could be that they overlook details.
18:13 Mhmm.
18:13 They're involved they're involved with the fun, the excitement.
18:17 Yeah.
18:17 The putting of the stuff together. Oops. How did I forget that?
18:23 Yeah.
18:24 The stable strategist. Because they're all about the team, about the commune, about the community. Typically, it takes a long time for them to make
18:36 a decision because they wanna make sure that the decision is made with the community in mind. But hurry up. Come on. Make a choice. Make a decision.
18:45 Yeah. You got the d. Need it now.
18:49 We need it now. And what happens is that it applies stress. And here's the truth to this, Dave. Anytime in an organization or even at home, when there
19:01 is a high level of stress, there's a low level of productivity. That's why this is so important
19:08 Yeah.
19:09 To understand. But with a low level of stress creates a high level of productivity. But what if you're in a performance based culture?
19:22 How do you manage stress and how do you still create high level productivity? There's different communication methods that best that are best for
19:33 each of the 4 personality styles.
19:35 Mhmm.
19:36 And it's important to be agile because here's the truth. Everyone communicates but very few people connect.
19:43 Yeah.
19:45 Caring is the bridge. Here's the truth. I care enough about you as an individual that I'm going to be
19:56 agile in understanding and identifying your predominant personality style. I care enough about you that I'm going to make the necessary adjustments
20:09 in order to effectively connect with you. That helps alleviate these blind spots.
20:17 So I wonder those of you watching, do you hear yourself in any of the the disc for sure? And there may be some people out there that are like, you know that mirror thing that Aaron did at 40? I see
20:29 mouth see myself in that. What would you say to people? They're like, I I'm hearing what you're saying, and I need to reflect. I need to look inward. But what do
20:40 I do now? What do you do now? Well, we have 1st of all, they can get the book.
20:46 Right here.
20:47 They can get the book and inside the book, I think it's after the introduction or after the 1st chapter. What we did is that we've provided a free tool, a free resource
20:59 where they can take a quiz. Okay. To identify their predominant personality blind spot. And from that, there will be an action step, a reflection
21:11 guide that they can use that as the same mirror framework that I used in order to look at yourself and identify, am I operating this
21:22 way? What are the necessary shifts that I can take right now in order to turn my blind spots into clear vision. So that's
21:34 you get that just when you buy the book?
21:35 That that comes along with the book.
21:37 Awesome. Yeah. Tell us, you know, before we run out of time, because I know people are like, well, what do I do? Tell me what to do. Website, socials, what's the what's the place to find that if they want to
21:48 find it? Blindspots book dot com. The QR code is right there on your screen. They could get that. We've made it very affordable, very simple to be able to use. We also have leadership training programs.
22:00 We bring this training not just to organizations, but also to churches. Let me share 1 thing right quick.
22:06 Yeah.
22:07 Because I love because my passion as a former pastor, my heart is to empower and equip pastors. And so when I've shared that, that, poll by
22:19 Gallup, Harvard Business Review, 75 percent of of employees who leave their organization typically leave a bad manager. I often ask pastors, has anybody ever left
22:31 your church? They look at me like, of course, you're a pastor. You are a pastor. You know that you know the answer to that question. And I've asked them this, How many leaders, how many people
22:43 have left your church because you're no longer anointed, because you're no longer equipped to preach, teach the word? And they're looking at me like that doesn't happen. Mhmm. Well, why do they leave their,
22:55 your church? The answer is because there's a communication challenge. Mhmm. Because there's a conflict challenge. Mhmm. And if
23:07 we have a good handle on understanding what are the potential blind spots within our leadership or within our
23:18 team, even as we develop others
23:21 Yeah.
23:22 It will help close that back door to not just acquire the best talent or acquire the best people, but also to retain the best people, which of course will increase
23:33 profit and it can also, boost productivity and performance.
23:39 Well, I kinda feel like that with with organizations that are, you know, for profit, you know, knowing that your people are with you and that you're doing the things to eliminate
23:50 those blind spots so you don't lose those best people. Because how frustrating is when you work with a whatever, a business vendor, whatever, and you find out that person you've dealt with for a while is no longer
24:02 there. You know? It's that like, you talked about the impact of losing people. If 75 percent of your people that leave are because of bad management or a bad manager, think about what that's costing
24:14 them in the relationship where people are like, oh, well, I really like dealing with them because of that person. Maybe I'm gonna go deal with this competitor. You know?
24:22 Or the other thing is is that if they see a cycle of turnover, they're smart enough to believe, okay, even though I have a great relationship
24:32 Mhmm.
24:32 With Dave, even though I have a great relationship with this organization, there's a continual cycle of turnover. Something's going on. Let me find a more stable
24:44 group that does the same thing
24:46 Mhmm.
24:47 That I can deal with.
24:49 Yeah. Because you may have a great product, but if that perception is predominant, it's gonna cause it's gonna cost you.
24:56 It's gonna cost you.
24:57 And when you talk about helping pastors, how important it is that pastors are they they obviously, like you said, do people leave the church because of, you know, this and that. But also, the staff that is helping that
25:08 pastor so often, they lose some of their best people because it's same thing. There's there's blind spots. You don't realize how this that you're saying you're doing is really gonna impact the people that work and and,
25:20 you know, sweat and do what they gotta do to make sure everything happens like it should.
25:25 Absolutely. We're, I believe that this, we have a coming up, sequel to this book Mhmm. Called Clear Vision that, I'm writing right now that will helpShow more
In this video 0:00 The Mirror Moment: Aaron's Wake-Up Call8:30 Unmasking Blind Spots with DISC17:00 The Hidden Costs of Blind Spots25:30 From Blind Spots to Clear Vision
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