Insight: The Power of Self-Awareness in a Self-Deluded World

by Eurich, Dr Tasha

ISBN: 9781509839643

Published: 2018

This book argues that people are essentially unaware of their own nature, and presents strategies for developing the tools for self-awareness in order to achieve success and happiness both personally and in the workplace. Do you understand who you really are? Or how others really see you? We all know people with a stunning lack of self-awareness – but how often do we consider whether we might have the same problem? Research shows that self-awareness is the meta-skill of the 21st century – the foundation for high performance, smart choices, and lasting relationships. Unfortunately, we are remarkably poor judges of ourselves and how we come across, and it’s rare to get candid, objective feedback from colleagues, employees, and even friends and family. Integrating hundreds of studies with her own research and work in the Fortune 500 world, organizational psychologist Dr Tasha Eurich shatters conventional assumptions about what it takes to truly know ourselves – like why...