- Published: 19 August 2025
- ISBN: 9780241661659
- Imprint: Penguin General UK
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 224
- RRP: $36.99
Distancing
How Great Leaders Reframe to Make Better Decisions

















- Published: 19 August 2025
- ISBN: 9780241661659
- Imprint: Penguin General UK
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 224
- RRP: $36.99
Distancing makes so much sense, it should be required reading for Earthlings. The stories are page-turning, the science is dazzling and the advice comes in plain English. Want to level up your life by making smarter decisions? Start with this book
Lynn Sherr, journalist and bestselling author
The best leaders don’t just react—they step back, gain perspective and make better decisions. Distancing unlocks that hidden ability in all of us. If you want to make better decisions, you need to read this book
Verne Harnish, founder of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) and author of Start to Scale
Distancing promises an approach that transforms the navigation of both professional challenges and personal dilemmas. Learning to gain distance from yourself is the ultimate cognitive hack: the ability to outsmart your own biases and make decisions that truly align with your long-term goals. These psychological techniques aren't just theoretical—they're a radical tool for personal reinvention
Annie Duke, author of Thinking in Bets
Why do bridge teams equipped with the necessary information still make bad decisions? This book answers that question and tells us what we can do about it -- for ourselves and for our teams
John Konrad V, founder of gCaptain
A key challenge we all struggle with at times is the ability to extract ourselves from the immediacy of the moment when we become too overwhelmed to think clearly and objectively. Distancing provides readers with a tactical, science-based blueprint for managing these situations. Clearly written and deeply researched, it’s a tour-de-force
Ethan Kross, bestselling author of Shift and Chatter