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“Most of us would like to think that we are good people. We believe we are objective, fair, ethical, nice, thoughtful, and considerate. To preserve this view of ourselves, we might overlook our own shortcomings. Just as it is difficult to admit to our flaws, it’s difficult to admit to our biases. We don’t want to think that our ethics may be flawed. This book reveals the ways in which we are not perfect. We may not be as good as we believe ourselves to be, because we all have these implicit forces at work within us. We all are biased in certain ways. Chugh suggests that we aim for being a good-ish person in our interactions. It may be more effective to hold a realistic view of our shortcomings and strive to be good-ish than it is to cling to the delusion that we are perfect individuals who never do anything wrong.” Read more...
