You're not seeing the world as it is.

Every day, your brain runs on autopilot, filtering reality through layers of bias, assumption, and old emotional baggage. Those invisible filters decide how you interpret people, events, and opportunities, and more often than not, they lead you straight into bad decisions.

The Lies You Tell Yourself rips the curtain back on how those filters work and, more importantly, how to take control of them. Blending behavioral psychology, evolutionary science, and decades in the trenches of dealmaking, Mark Shub delivers a blunt, practical guide to thinking clearly when it matters most. You'll discover everything you need to know to break free of the rut your brain is programmed to get stuck in:

- Why you're not as objective as you think

- The social and biological origins of our brains' shortcuts

- How the brain's assumptions can lead to life consequences

- How to catch your brain in the act of distorting reality

- How to dismantle emotional overreactions before they cost you

- How to see people and situations for what they truly are

Sharp, direct, and refreshingly distortion-free, this is the book for thinkers, skeptics, and anyone tired of letting emotion and assumption run their life.