VITAL LIES, SIMPLE TRUTHS:

Vital Lies, Simple Truths is a penetrating analysis of the ways in which we dece
ive ourselves. Daniel Goleman draws on evidence of all kinds - from brain functi
on to social dynamics - to reveal how we must distort our most intimate relation
ships and our day-to-day lives by burying painful insights and memories. This se
lf-deception is our means of psychological self-preservation, the currency of su
rvival in which society transacts.



But although self-deception is sometimes b
enighn, it can also be dangerous and life-diminishing. This important book both
illuminates and raises challenging questions about a subject central to our psyc
hological existence.