Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception by Twerski, Abraham J.

Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception Twerski, Abraham J. ebook
Page: 152
Format: pdf
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing
ISBN: 0585370516, 9780585370514

This week we began the class by looking at some biblical warnings concerning self-deception: Jeremiah 17:9. There's also the Dunning-Kruger effect, also known as the “sophomore” effect (sophomore = wise fool, “Brewer uses the example of smoking to illustrate why addiction fuels negative thoughts rather than abates them. The science of self-deception shows the most people think that they are actually smarter, more charismatic, and less susceptible to bias or improper corrupt than everyone else around them. That's how addiction works, isn't it? The best book on the psychology of self-deception that I've read is Daniel Goleman's Vital Lies, Simple Truths. Understanding how we deceive ourselves can lead to greater freedom. Take the bias of illusory superiority to which we are chronically prone: Far more people think of themselves as better than average drivers than is posible. Abnormal thinking in addiction was originally recognized by members of Alcoholics Anonymous, who coined the term “stinking thinking.” Addictive thinking often appears rational, but only on a superficial level. The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the Ten Elshof cites studies that show how 94% of us think we do a "better than average job" in our places of work or how 100% of us think that we are "better than average" in getting along well with others. Well, replace the Leader with your own Ego, and it all works in exactly the same circular way. Better, even, because the most effective deception is self-deception. Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception by Abraham Twerski. The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure.