Martha Beck: You Spot It, You've Got It

You Spot It, You've Got It

My friend is lazy, willful, and self-absorbed. Wait—could that actually be me I'm talking about? Martha Beck on what we can learn about ourselves from the funny little phenomenon called projection.

By Martha Beck
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the July 2004 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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