Growth in life and career starts with self-knowledge. Socrates was once asked to sum up what all philosophical commandments could be reduced to, he replied: ‘Know yourself.’ The phrase, “Know thyself, ...

For centuries, philosophers have been touting the value of self-knowledge. Aristotle, Kahlil Gibran, and Laozi believed that knowing yourself was the beginning of all wisdom. Carl Jung implied that ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Further, the COVID-19 pandemic led to frequent discussions on the future of work in general. Numerous ...

A recent paper in Current Opinion in Psychology by Thielmann and Burghart explores the limits of self-knowledge, why it matters, and how we can strengthen self-awareness. In this article, I discuss ...

Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. Seneca and Shakespeare were artistic geniuses with extraordinary insight, but in an empirical ...