Blindspots Between Us
When what you think you know gets in the way-this eye-opening guide offers a clear path to forging
stronger, healthier, and more meaningful relationships.
We all want positive, productive, and genuine relationships-whether it's with our family, friends, peers, coworkers, or
romantic partners. And yet, time and time again, we all seem to make the same thinking errors that threaten or sabotage
these relationships. These errors are called cognitive bias, and they happen when our brain attempts to simplify
information by making assumptions.
Grounded in evidence-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), The Blindspots Between Us reveals the most
common "hidden" cognitive biases that blind us to the truth, and which lead to the misunderstandings that damage our
relationships. With this guide, you'll learn key skills to help you debias-to stop, pause, and objectively observe situations before jumping to conclusions about others' motives. You'll also learn to consider other people's points of view and past experiences before rushing to judgement and potentially undermining your relationships.
Being a human is hard. None of us are perfect and we all have our blindspots that can get in the way of building the
relationships we really and truly want, deep down. This much-needed book will help you identify your own blindspots,
and move beyond them for better relationships - and a better world.
Gleb Tsipursky, PhD, spent more than fifteen years in academia as a scholar of behavioural science. His research uses
psychological approaches to evaluate contemporary and historical contexts, and his graduate and post-graduate
education involved training in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-informed strategies. For the last four years, he has led a nonprofit organisation, Intentional Insights, popularising the research on solving cognitive biases, and has extensive expertise on translating the research to a broad audience. His work has appeared in Time magazine, Scientific
American, Psychology Today, Newsweek, The Conversation Magazine, CNBC, and more. Gleb has appeared as a
guest on CBS News and affiliates of Fox and ABC, and on radio stations such as NPR, WBAI (New York City), and
KGO (San Francisco).