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# Classic psychological insight Uncovers hidden self-deception Deep dive into brain & behavior Vital Lies, Simple Truths: The Psychology of Self-Deception

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## Summary

> 🧠 Unlock the hidden truths your mind won’t tell you — before everyone else does!

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## Key Features

- • **Accessible Yet Profound:** Written clearly for both professionals and lay readers, making complex psychology intuitive and actionable.
- • **Cultivate Self-Awareness:** Empowers you to recognize and overcome personal and societal blind spots, enhancing emotional intelligence.
- • **Bridges Science & Society:** Combines brain function research with social dynamics for a holistic understanding of human behavior.
- • **Essential for Cognitive Growth:** Ranks top #1,645 in Cognitive Psychology, a must-read for professionals seeking mental clarity.
- • **Timeless Psychological Mastery:** Daniel Goleman’s penetrating analysis reveals how self-deception shapes our lives and relationships.

## Overview

Vital Lies, Simple Truths by Daniel Goleman is a critically acclaimed book that explores the mechanisms of self-deception through scientific and social lenses. Highly rated and influential in cognitive psychology, this used copy offers profound insights into how we distort reality to protect ourselves, making it essential reading for professionals eager to deepen their understanding of human behavior and improve emotional intelligence.

## Description

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.

Review: The one book of Goleman's you need to read 5/5 ( but problem with Kindle file ) - From when I first found this book and read it, I've been waiting literally for years to find a Kindle or eBook version of it. Finally years and years later it is here. Skip the emotional intelligence stuff, this is the real thing that explains a lot of human behavior and the human condition, simply and clearly, and brilliantly. Everyone I've given this book to or told about this book has been amazed by it. The only problem is that this is not as advertized, and there are errors in the production description. This appears to a static low-quality scanned copy of the book and not a real Kindle version. The font-size cannot be changed and the font itself cannot be changed. The Word-wise function is disabled. The text-to-speech function that so cool does not work, at least on my iPhone. When I try to invoke it it shows every page as an image. That is extremely disappointing. The quality of the scan is not even very good for human eyes. You cannot cut-and-paste excerpts of this book to make notes either Even at this low price, it is a rip-off. It is really half-way to a scam the slip-shod way they did this. desertcart, Kindle, this is very disappointing. Still, for contents of the book I rate it 5/5.
Review: Must read book for anyone interested in psychology. - First, this is one of my favorite books and I would universally recommend it to anyone. I almost did not find this book or read it because I was not so impressed with Goleman's books on emotional intelligence. I picked this up and started reading, and I could understand right away that this book was different from any other psychology book I had read. VLST was written for the professional, yet is understandable by the layman as well because it is so well and clearly written. The intuitive way it is written with clear examples of behavior allows any reader to follow on several levels the complex line of logic through the entire book and learn quite a bit about how the mind works and how delicate and out of reach our minds sometimes are. I cannot say or stress how wonderful and important I think this book is, it must have been dearly inspired for the care and inclusiveness it possesses. It is so clear that humans have incredible capabilities, and yet we cannot seem to use them in many cases, especially on the social or cultural level ... and part of the reason has to be out ability to lie to ourselves or be manipulated by our tendencies to keep us stunted. This book dissects and explains the mechanism here, and is one of the most important books I can recommend to people. I am going to buy a Kindle, and I would love it if this book was on the Kindle offering list so I could carry it around and reread it.

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #925,914 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,645 in Cognitive Psychology (Books) #1,715 in Popular Social Psychology & Interactions #19,635 in Personal Transformation Self-Help |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 124 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The one book of Goleman's you need to read 5/5 ( but problem with Kindle file )
*by B***K on March 21, 2023*

From when I first found this book and read it, I've been waiting literally for years to find a Kindle or eBook version of it. Finally years and years later it is here. Skip the emotional intelligence stuff, this is the real thing that explains a lot of human behavior and the human condition, simply and clearly, and brilliantly. Everyone I've given this book to or told about this book has been amazed by it. The only problem is that this is not as advertized, and there are errors in the production description. This appears to a static low-quality scanned copy of the book and not a real Kindle version. The font-size cannot be changed and the font itself cannot be changed. The Word-wise function is disabled. The text-to-speech function that so cool does not work, at least on my iPhone. When I try to invoke it it shows every page as an image. That is extremely disappointing. The quality of the scan is not even very good for human eyes. You cannot cut-and-paste excerpts of this book to make notes either Even at this low price, it is a rip-off. It is really half-way to a scam the slip-shod way they did this. Amazon, Kindle, this is very disappointing. Still, for contents of the book I rate it 5/5.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Must read book for anyone interested in psychology.
*by B***K on December 21, 2007*

First, this is one of my favorite books and I would universally recommend it to anyone. I almost did not find this book or read it because I was not so impressed with Goleman's books on emotional intelligence. I picked this up and started reading, and I could understand right away that this book was different from any other psychology book I had read. VLST was written for the professional, yet is understandable by the layman as well because it is so well and clearly written. The intuitive way it is written with clear examples of behavior allows any reader to follow on several levels the complex line of logic through the entire book and learn quite a bit about how the mind works and how delicate and out of reach our minds sometimes are. I cannot say or stress how wonderful and important I think this book is, it must have been dearly inspired for the care and inclusiveness it possesses. It is so clear that humans have incredible capabilities, and yet we cannot seem to use them in many cases, especially on the social or cultural level ... and part of the reason has to be out ability to lie to ourselves or be manipulated by our tendencies to keep us stunted. This book dissects and explains the mechanism here, and is one of the most important books I can recommend to people. I am going to buy a Kindle, and I would love it if this book was on the Kindle offering list so I could carry it around and reread it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Challenging, but worth the effort.
*by D***K on July 1, 2005*

After reviewing some of the research and modern theory around narcissism, I was drawn to finding something of substance that explained more about grandiose thinking, or delusion. Luckily, the only decent looking book I found - Goleman's - turned out to be just as useful on the inside. Combining his information on the effects of pain, and how it dims awareness, was magical for me because of my experience with narcissists who also have alcohol and drug addictions. I like the way Goleman touches on perception (see also Dr. Bruce Lipton's The Biology of Belief), self-esteem, projection, rationalisation, sublimation etc. On a collective level it becomes quite challenging when viewing the mirage realism or deception that some multi-national corporate and government leaders create. Perhaps a book who's subject matter is more applicable to world affairs than most of us realise. Personally I would have liked more information about the links between the psychic numbing of awareness and the addiction to materialism as an opiate, but other than that I highly recommend it. It dovetails nicely into the findings from quantum science which shows its our consciousness which creates the filters through which we transform our reality. At times I did find the reading tough going and would not recommend this for those people who might be embarking on a first tour of duty of psychological modelling. Regards, Daniel John Hancock

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