Visualizing your success reduces your probability of achieving it. This is one of the most replicated findings in motivational psychology, and it directly contradicts advice given in millions of coaching sessions every year.
Empathy is praised as the foundation of good ethics and good leadership. The research suggests it's actually a bias engine that consistently directs your care toward the wrong people.
The self-awareness movement has convinced us that looking inward produces reliable knowledge. The research says otherwise — introspective reports are mostly post-hoc fiction, and the people who introspect most know themselves least.