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Aug 2024
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207. How Clearly Do You See Yourself?

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Do you see yourself the same way others see you? What’s the difference between self-perception and self-awareness? And why do Mike and Angela both hate fishing?

 

  • SOURCES:
    • Luis von Ahn, co-founder and C.E.O. of Duolingo; former chair of the board at Character Lab.
    • Paul DePodesta, chief strategy officer of the Cleveland Browns; former baseball executive.
    • Daniel Kahneman, professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University.
    • Michel de Montaigne, 16th-century French philosopher.
    • Barbara Tversky, professor emerita of psychology at Stanford University and professor of psychology and education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

 

 

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