Get Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior

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Penguin, 1 févr. 1996 - 208 pages
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Practical, proven self help steps show how to transform 40 common self-defeating behaviors, including procrastination, envy, obsession, anger, self-pity, compulsion, neediness, guilt, rebellion, inaction, and more.

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Therefore, to help you get even more out of this book, here are the Top Ten Lessons I've Learned From Readers. 1. Work on it now. One of the greatest tragedies you can experience is to come to the end of your life and realize that it ...
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So get on with it before the road back to respectability becomes too long to travel and all the sympathy you're used to getting turns to pity. The longer you avoid changing, the more your friends will avoid you. 7. Where there's a way, ...
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It's great to work on your selfdefeating behavior, but don't get so obsessed that you lose sight of those who matter to you. The more preoccupied you are with yourself, the less likely you are to consider, acknowledge, or even notice ...
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We grasp for something that will reduce tension or keep us from getting hurt. The action itself seems logical and expedient at the time, and it might actually succeed in bringing about short-term relief. But that behavior invariably ...

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Table des matières

Chasing After Love and Approval From
1
Procrastinating
11
Waiting Until Its Too Late
21
in Return
37
Playing It Safe
41
Always Having to Be Right
45
Focusing on What Your Partner Is Doing Wrong
49
Putting up With Broken Promises
54
Trying to Take Care of Everybody
100
Refusing to Play Games
104
Putting on an Act to Make a Good Impression
108
Being Envious of Others
113
Feeling Sorry for Yourself
117
Assuming the Hard Way Is the Right Way
122
Thinking Im Sorry Is Enough
126
Holding It All In
130

Trying to Make up While Youre Still Angry
59
Not Learning From Your Mistakes
63
Trying to Change Others
67
Rebelling Just for the Sake of Rebelling
71
Talking When Nobodys Listening
75
Pretending Youre Fine When Youre Not
79
Becoming Obsessive or Compulsive
83
Taking Things Too Personally
88
Acting Too Needy
92
Having Unrealistic Expectations
96
Quitting Too Soon
135
Letting Others Control Your Life
139
Leaving Too Much to Chance
143
Letting Fear Run Your Life
148
Not Moving on After a Loss
152
Not Getting Out When the Getting Is Good
156
Not Asking for What You Need
161
Giving Advice When They Want Something Else
166
Backing Down Because You Dont Feel Ready
171
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Get Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior
Mark Goulston,Philip Goldberg
Aperçu limité - 1996
Get Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior
Mark Goulston,Philip Goldberg
Aperçu limité - 1996

Expressions et termes fréquents

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À propos de l'auteur (1996)

Mark Goulston, M.D., is a corporate consultant who works with executives, managers, and line workers to help them get out of their own way so they can realize the success that their skills, talents, and abilities deserve. His clients include Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, GE, White & Case, Eli Lilly and Company, Disney, Kodak, and the FBI. He writes "The Leading Edge" column for Fast Company. He was selected as one of America's Top Psychiatrists for 2004-2005 by the Consumers' Research Council of America. Dr. Goulston is the author of Get Out of Your Own Way and Six Secrets of a Lasting Relationship.
Philip Goldberg, a novelist and screenwriter, has authored or coauthored sixteen books.

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TitreGet Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior
AuteursMark Goulston, Philip Goldberg
ÉditeurPenguin, 1996
ISBN1101657758, 9781101657751
Longueur208 pages
  
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