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title: "079: The 3 Levels of Awareness and How They Drive Performance - BELAY Solutions"
description: Leaders are always making decisions, and when we’re in tune with awareness we’re better equipped to make those important decisions.
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# [079: The 3 Levels of Awareness and How They Drive Performance - BELAY Solutions](https://belaysolutions.com/podcast/one-next-step-079-the-three-levels-of-awareness-dave-richards)

 Written by [BELAY Solutions](https://belaysolutions.com/podcast/author/belay-solutions) | Jan 11, 2022 2:00:00 PM

Dave Richards is the CEO and Lead Coach at Elite Performance Associates and a former executive director for John Maxwell’s company. In this episode, he’ll talk with Tricia about self-awareness, relational awareness and situational awareness and how leaders can benefit from more of each.

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