saying goes, “Denial isn’t just a river in Egypt.” Human beings possess a remarkable capacity for closing their minds to the most obvious faults about themselves. We often perceive the alternative of facing the truth, which most observers already see despite our defensive protestations, as just too humiliating, disempowering or a combination of both. And so, we demonstrate over the course of our respective lifetimes a vast array of self-sabotaging character flaws that often go with us to the grave.