Vital Lies, Simple Truths: The Psychology of Self-Deception

From the bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence comes a penetrating analysis of the many ways we deceive ourselves.

Daniel Goleman draws on evidence of all kinds — from brain function to social dynamics — to reveal how we skew our most intimate relationships, our day-to-day lives, and our common reality by burying painful insights and memories. This self-deception is our means of psychic self-preservation, the currency of survival in which an entire society colludes. But although self-deception is sometimes benign, it can also be dangerous and life-diminishing. This important book both illuminates and raises challenging questions about a subject that is central to our psychological existence.

• Author
• Daniel Goleman

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 288

• Publisher
• Simon Schuster

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780684831077

• Genres
• psychology, science, business, education, cultural

• Release date
• 1996