{"product_id":"the-offset-self-the-system-behind-self-deception-9781067125509","title":"The Offset Self: The System Behind Self-Deception","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ehab Abdelmawla\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Dimensional Ethics Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Dimensional Ethics Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Offset Self: The System Behind Self-Deception\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou already know what you should do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo why do you keep doing things that move you further away from yourself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do intelligent people repeat patterns they recognize are harmful?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do good intentions disappear under pressure?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy does the distance between what we know and how we live often grow so gradually that we stop noticing it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Offset Self\u003c\/em\u003e explores one of the most common and least understood human experiences: the hidden gap between awareness and behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its core, this book presents a model of self-deception not as a character flaw, but as a system-a process that develops gradually through repetition, adaptation, reinforcement, and internal fragmentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough concepts such as the Three Selves, Fragmentation, Borrowed Alignment, Visibility, Drift, the Distortion Field, and Internal Coherence, the book examines how people slowly adapt to contradiction while continuing to believe they are moving in the direction they intended.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about motivation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is not a book about productivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd it is not a book about becoming a better version of yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a book about coherence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout what happens when awareness, behavior, identity, and consequence stop moving together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd what happens when they begin to reconnect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending psychology, systems thinking, behavioral observation, and philosophical reflection, \u003cem\u003eThe Offset Self\u003c\/em\u003e offers a unique framework for understanding why people often live against what they already know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the book unfolds, readers are guided through a structured journey from fragmentation and drift, through visibility and exposure, toward integration and alignment. Along the way, it explores questions that affect every area of life: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Why does awareness alone rarely create change?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- How does fragmentation become invisible?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Why do people repeat patterns they already understand?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- What role do environments play in shaping identity?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- How does self-deception become psychologically sustainable?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- And what happens when the self can no longer avoid seeing the gap clearly?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also examines how modern environments-from social systems to digital platforms-can amplify fragmentation, reinforce borrowed identities, and shape behavior in ways that often go unnoticed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart psychological framework, part systems model, and part reflective exploration, \u003cem\u003eThe Offset Self\u003c\/em\u003e invites readers to look beneath the surface of habits, choices, beliefs, and identity itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot to achieve perfection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut to understand the forces that quietly pull people away from themselves-and the possibility of returning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the most dangerous distance is rarely the distance between where you are and where you want to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the distance between what you already know and how you continue to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book does not offer perfection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt offers a mirror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd sometimes, seeing clearly is where alignment begins.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dimensional Ethics Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47968684900503,"sku":"9781067125509","price":2662.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781067125509.webp?v=1782919049","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-offset-self-the-system-behind-self-deception-9781067125509","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}