Vital lies, simple truths is a penetrating analysis of the ways in which we deceive ourselves

Daniel Goleman draws on evidence of all kinds – from brain function to social dynamics – to reveal how we must distort our most intimate relationships and our day-to-day lives by burying painful insights and memories this self-deception is our means of psychological self-preservation,

the currency of survival in which society transacts 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 central to our psychological existence