Description
The book discusses the psychology of self-deception and how it can be harmful to our lives. It draws on evidence from brain function to social dynamics to explain how we distort our most intimate relationships, our day-to-day lives, by burying painful insights and memories.
Goleman draws on evidence of all kinds, from brain function to social dynamics, to reveal how we distort our most intimate relationships, our day to day lives by burying painful insights and memories. This is our means of self-preservation, which though sometimes benign can also be dangerous and life diminishing.