The Truth about Us av Brant Hansen

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<i>W</i><i>hat would happen if you admitted you weren''t a good person?<br/><br/></i>It''s a seemingly crazy question. From priests to prisoners, nearly everyone thinks they''re morally better than average. Why change our minds? Why admit the truth about ourselves?<br/><br/>In his conversational, fun-to-read, and delightfully self-effacing style, Brant Hansen shows us why we should fight our drive to be self-righteous: it''s breathtakingly freeing. What''s more, just admitting that we''re profoundly biased toward ourselves and want desperately to preserve our "rightness" at all costs even helps us <i>think</i> better, make better decisions, be better listeners, and improve our relationships with God and others.<br/><br/>Hansen draws from biblical insight and the work of everyone from esteemed social psychologists to comedians to make his point: the sooner we get over ourselves, give up the "I''m good" internal dialogue, and admit the truth, the sooner we can live a