{"product_id":"sussing-life-hamish-somerville-9781914195778","title":"Sussing Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eSussing Life and the Oracle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSussing Life describes in three steps how I have tried to follow the Oracle of Delphi's instruction to \"Know Myself\". \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePersonalities\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemplating personality types helped me to understand myself and other people, develop my interpersonal skills and understand my inner nature. The word personality comes from Latin persona meaning a mask. Human beings are all made of the same stuff, but manifest with different masks, strengths, weaknesses, and habitual tendencies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSkills\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemplating personality types helped me recognise my strengths to build on, and weaknesses and habits I needed to manage. I saw clearly, how to improve a wide range of interpersonal skills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHappiness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I looked carefully within, I saw that behind my mask I am not my 'personality'. I saw clearly that my thoughts, emotions, habitual reactions, and actions are what I do, not what I am. What I am is awareness or consciousness and I was delighted to find this world view is supported by some leading scientists and non-scientific thinkers. Sussing Life has given me a happy understanding of myself, other people, and the world. May it do the same for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHamish Somerville, Basel, November 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hamish Somerville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1914195779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914195778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e UK Book Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.41d","brand":"Hamish Somerville","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440117428479,"sku":"9781914195778","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82a0831b-8ffc-4f7b-a8d4-71cc03f18ca8.jpg?v=1777180394","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sussing-life-hamish-somerville-9781914195778","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}