Daniel Goleman Quote

The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice there is little we can do to change until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.


Vital Lies, Simple Truths: The Psychology of Self Deception (Simon and Schuster, 1985), p. 24.
Often attributed to R. D. Laing because Goleman wrote these words in the form of one of Laing's "knots"


The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice there is little we can do to change until we...

The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice there is little we can do to change until we...

The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice there is little we can do to change until we...

The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice there is little we can do to change until we...