Thine Own Self investigates Stein's account of human individuality and her mature philosophical positions on being and essence. Sarah Borden Sharkey shows how Stein's account of individual form adapts and updates the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition in order to account for evolution and more contemporary insights in personality and individual distinctiveness.

What does it mean to be yourself at work? As a leader, how do you strike the right balance between vulnerability and authority? This book explains the role of authenticity in emotionally intelligent leadership. You'll learn how to discover your authentic self, when emotional responses are appropriate, how conforming to specific standards can hurt you, and when you need to feel like a fake. This volume includes the work of: Bill George Herminia Ibarra Rob Goffee Gareth Jones This collection of articles includes: "Discovering Your Authentic Leadership" by Bill George, Peter Sims, Andrew N. McLean, and Diana Mayer; "The Authenticity Paradox" by Herminia Ibarra; "What Bosses Gain by Being Vulnerable" by Emma Seppala; "Practice Tough Empathy" by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones; "Cracking the Code That Stalls People of Color" by Sylvia Ann Hewitt; "For a Corporate Apology to Work, the CEO Should Look Sad" by Sarah Green Carmichael; and "Are Leaders Getting Too Emotional?" an interview with Gautam Mukunda and Gianpiero Petriglieri by Adi Ignatius and Sarah Green Carmichael. How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

Know Thyself: The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge takes the reader on tour of the nature, value, and limits of self-knowledge. Mitchell S. Green calls on classical sources like Plato and Descartes, 20th-century thinkers like Freud, recent developments in neuroscience and experimental psychology, and even Buddhist philosophy to explore topics at the heart of who we are. The result is an unvarnished look at both the achievements and drawbacks of the many attempts to better know one’s own self. Key topics in this volume include: Knowledge – what it means to know, the link between wisdom and knowledge, and the value of living an "examined life" Personal identity – questions of dualism (the idea that our mind is not only our brain), bodily continuity, and personhood The unconscious — including the kind posited by psychoanalysis as well as the form proposed by recent research on the so-called adaptive unconscious Free will – if we have it, and the recent arguments from neuroscience challenging it Self-misleading – the ways we willfully deceive ourselves, and how this relates to empathy, peer disagreement, implicit bias, and intellectual humility Experimental psychology – considerations on the automaticity of emotion and other cognitive processes, and how they shape us This book is designed to be used in conjunction with the free ‘Know Thyself’ MOOC (massive open online course) created through collaboration of the University of Connecticut's Project on Humility and Conviction in Public Life, and the University of Edinburgh’s Eidyn research centre, and hosted on the Coursera platform (https://www.coursera.org/learn/know-thyself). The book is also suitable as a text for interdisciplinary courses in the philosophy of mind or self-knowledge, and is highly recommended for anyone looking for a short overview of this fascinating topic.

Carefree and self assured Carolyn loves her life. Her uncle runs the day-to-day details of her company leaving her free to settle in her marriage entering its third year, to travel and to study. But all that will change once Mrs. W, CEO of Carolyn's company, drafts her to help the company with their latest clients. Carolyn is thrust into a world where she is soon the object of scorn and ridicule after initially being warmly welcomed. Problems abound as Carolyn deals with a contrarian boss, a gossipy co-worker, put upon neighbors, and a traveling overworked husband. All this plus the day-to-day problems in teaching a third grade class. Connie Rice, soon to be Connie Rice Jackson, a vibrant woman, who knows how to bring the simple joy of laughter to a situation, teaches kindergarten. Sharon Treed, quiet and soft-spoken, is starting to feel 'used' by the system she works in, teaches second grade. These are the two women who befriend Carolyn Morgan Prescott as she enters her own teaching career. Blithe and self-assured until unseen complications arise; yet Carolyn Morgan Prescott keeps her own secret from them.It is the reason she started teaching, and the same reason she will leave teaching after her first year. To Thine Own Self is a coming of age story where Carolyn Morgan Prescott discovers the value of her relationships, the value of her own work ethic as well the value of her personal and professional integrity, no longer awed or afraid of them as she juggles the many hats she wears. The story traces Carolyn Morgan Prescott's travails in accepting her roles in her company and in her family as she deals with problems of gathering honest data for her company's next decision as she grapples with the tribulations of her workplace. She finds new friends in new places to help her as those problems quickly change from professional to personal. The author - MARY KARPIN - taught for thirty years in the New York Department of Education, dealing the special need population, specifically the deaf and the language impaired. She also taught in the New York City Catholic School System at St. Vincent Ferrer High School as a science teacher. During her thirty-year tenure she served as Turn Key Trainer for Key Concepts for the Department of Education. She was added to the WHO'S WHO of AMERICA'S TEACHERS in 2005 and was also invited to participate in the PEOPLE TO PEOPLE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM to China. CNN interviewed her regarding teaching in the New York City Department of Education in 2009.

In this wonderfully practical and human book, we are invited to turn our attention towards investigating our spiritual reality. Ronald Tomanio, Diane Iverson and Phyllis Ring describe how that experience is met and encountered and why it is indescribably fulfilling - the very purpose for which we were created. Drawing on a letter of the Universal House of Justice of 19 November 1974 that provides a possible sequence that such an investigation of reality might follow, the authors explore the process - and pitfalls - that we can encounter along the way. Some of the steps identified by the authors that can guide the soul safely along the road of development include: * setting aside blind imitation of the past * learning to build the good rather than fighting evil * choosing acts of service commensurate with our spiritual understanding * listening carefully to our intuitive voice * knowing our purpose * regarding our fears as illusory and * acquiring a sin-covering eye.