Self-deception can hurt the one who is in denial, and others. It can come across as being willfully obstinate, not caring about the people around them. Sometimes, it seems that the person deceiving ...

In business, self-deception is costly, but radical honesty drives performance.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Have you ever been in scenarios where these thoughts occurred ...

Imagine you committed to delivering a project within a scheduled timeline but failed to meet it. Instead of accepting responsibility and acknowledging the delay, you transfer the blame to one of your ...

People often cheat to win money, get prizes, or beat others. But what if there’s nothing to gain except feeling good about yourself? Would people still bend the rules just to feel a bit smarter, more ...

Strategy underlies the affairs of national leaders, including how they view and interact with other states — but what if such strategy is borne of self-deception? That’s the thrust of a novel ...

One thing that unites us, across the political spectrum, is our capacity for self-deception. Whether we are on the left or the right, we can find information and analysis that tells us that our side ...