Self-Insight

Brilliantly explains the fundamental psychological issues that make it hard to estimate our own abilities in and predict our likelihood of achieving our goals. Should be required reading for everyone who has to work on a team or manage a project.

Seconding the reviews already posted, this book is an absolute affirmation of years of anecdotal evidence. The research is good, but the conclusions are absolutely stunning.

I admire greatly the research program of professor Dunning. The experiments described in the book are often ingenious and creative.