We have ingrained tendencies to shut our ears to all the major truths about our deeper selves. Our settled impulse is to blame anyone who lays our blind spots and insufficiencies bare, unless our defenses have first been adroitly and seductively appeased. In the face of critically important insights, we get distracted, proud, or fidgety. We may prefer to do almost anything other than take in information that could save us.
Author: Alain de Botton
Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings)
Subjects: Personal Improvement, Psychology | Behavior
Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings)
Subjects: Personal Improvement, Psychology | Behavior
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