Vital Lies,Simple Truths by Daniel Goleman (1985-05-24) Hardcover – January 1, 1858

It's very astute, and there's a lot of valuable thought, but it's now somewhat dated. I haven't finished it yet, and it's striking me a baroque in its design. There's a lot of detail to follow, and I'm having a hard time pigeonholing things in a memorable way. I think it feels unnecessarily dense. I bet a re-write would be stellar.The concepts really do enlighten about how perception and memory effectively create personality, and how fear feeds itself both intra-personally and societally. I still haven't latched on to anything poignantly useful, though.

Goleman's "Vital Lies, Simple Truths" copyrighted in 1985 is not to be dismissed as dated material. Goleman provides an easily read foundation for much of the research being reported in the 25 years subsequent to his publication. His hypotheses and illustrations from qualitative research establishes a clear milestone whether your discipline may be Sociology, Psychology, Business, Leadership, or Medical research. Like any report from good research, Goleman is careful to note his own potential biases as well as clearly identifying further research in related areas whose critical need became evident during the pursuit of his own focus. For anyone in the above disciplines, this book is highly recommended.R. Bruce Moore, Ph.D.

Definitely helps you know what your mind won't let you know about what you didn't know that you knew, lol. But yes. It goes deeply!

After reading this book I believe we all do have the potential and probably do, loved getting to know more of how the mind ticks.

I disliked the fact that I was mislead!!DisappointedSJP.

Book was definitely worn, but that is how it was described.But the spine is in good condition, no fear of any pages falling out, pages are in good condition.Definitely 100% readable for a reasonable price.

The book explains why human beings failing at seeing the world correctly (unbiased). The author provides a lot of research to support his arguments and my only hope is that this research is true, because the book and his evaluations are excellent.