Relying on our intuitions alone for self-knowledge is dangerous, because thanks to the nature of the adaptive unconscious, they are often no more accurate than a shot in the dark.

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Each week, a session is set aside for group work, during which the students work on their self-esteem and communication skills, gain knowledge of their rights and the rules of the centre, analyse and resolve conflicts within the group and evaluate the activities in which they have participated.

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Hank Greenberg was intelligent but, on the evidence Mr. Rosengren provides, without keen self-knowledge.

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In order to become better communicators, each member of the management team needed to increase self knowledge, developing a greater awareness of their impact on others.

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Poetry: "Stag's Leap, " by Sharon Olds (Alfred A. Knopf), a book of unflinching poems on the author's divorce that examine love, sorrow and the limits of self-knowledge.

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On the downside, the excitement surrounding this sort of research can attract self-appointed experts with a limited knowledge of the realities of voting.

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Plenty of other candidates will fall by the wayside from lack of self-awareness and introspection, limited knowledge of a school, or the inability to stay organized and on top of the admissions process.

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