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Recognizing Self-Deception in Others

19 Jun 2024 · 0 min

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A short YouTube video by Amber Hollingsworth (recorded June 19, 2024) discussing how people often deceive themselves rather than intentionally lying to others; in coaching sessions Hollingsworth notices clients try to convince themselves of things that aren’t quite true, which can look like manipulation. The piece reflects on recognizing self-deception in others and distinguishing it from deliberate deceit.

When you get into that territory of trying to understand whether someone's manipulating you or lying to you, a lot of times you got to realize that they're probably manipulating and lying to themselves. And I run into this all the time in coaching sessions because I can see that it's not so much that they're trying to lie to me, it's just that they're trying to convince themselves of something that is not quite true.