Leadership and Self-Deception - The Arbinger Institute

This book is a must read. It's quick, but not painless. It's simple, but also difficult. Why? Because it forces the reader to ask some tough questions about their relationships and their behavior. While it may look like a business book (and it is), the lessons and implications inside pertain to much more than just work life. 

It's hard to just distill this down and feel like I'm doing the book justice, but essentially, we are either "in the box" or "out of the box" when it comes to dealing with others. When we are in the box we see others as objects and not as people. Once we are in the box, we harbor a lot of self-justifying beliefs in order to remain in the box, which in turn, invites others to be in the box toward us. This ends up creating a pretty bad environment all around. 

So how do we get out of the box? It's simple and it's not. Being out of the box is not a behavior but a state of mind. 

And see this all sounds confusing because you haven't read the book and you don't know what "the box" is. But read the book and you'll figure it out.

5/5 Stars