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Summary: This author's a real jerk expert
Review: After ten or twelve pages my first observation was that Meier is very, very readable. His style flows effortlessly and goes down without a lot of chewing. He is also very transparent, using a lot of illustrations from his own life to make his points. He is very much a "one of us" kind of guy who has struggled with the same problems normal people have. This book will enable you to recognize "jerky" behavior in yourself as well as others and better understand where it comes from (and how to change it). We run into jerks everywhere we go in life and the more skilled we are in dealing with them the smoother our journeys will be. This book will be enormously comforting if you have any abuse in your background. Meier cites many spiritual truths throughout the book and writes from that perspective. If you are put off by spiritual things I recommend that you at least consider the wisdom of what he has to say. I read so many little passages out of it to my wife that she read it when I was done and we have recommended it to friends and family.
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Summary: Vaccinate yourself against "jerks"
Review: After ten or twelve pages my first observation was that Meier is very, very readable. His style flows effortlessly and goes down without a lot of chewing. He is also very transparent, using a lot of illustrations from his own life to make his points. He is very much a "one of us" kind of guy who has struggled with the same problems normal people have. This book will enable you to recognize "jerky" behavior in yourself as well as others and better understand where it comes from (and how to change it). We run into jerks everywhere we go in life and the more skilled we are in dealing with them the smoother our journeys will be. This book will be enormously comforting if you have any abuse in your background. Meier cites many spiritual truths throughout the book and writes from that perspective. If you are put off by spiritual things I recommend that you at least consider the wisdom of what he has to say. I read so many little passages out of it to my wife that she read it when I was done and we have recommended it to friends and family.
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Summary: This is a great read and very helpful
Review: I have read several of Dr. Meier's books and this is one of the best. It is an easy read and very funny in the right doses. I had a real jerk as a father-in-law and a bigger jerk for a husband. I wanted to try and understand why they acted the way they did. This book was very helpful in allowing me to be at ease with their behavior, knowing when I was acting in a co-dependent manner, and to know that their behavior was not going to change. I could recommned any book written by Dr. Meier and Dr. Minirth. They have written several books together. I could also highly recommend Restoring Margin to Overloaded Lives by Richard A. Swenson,M.D. If you buy this one get the workbook to go with it.
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Summary: Awful
Review: If you're the choir, I don't suppose you'd mind being preached to. But this is not a book for the real world or for real people. The author's advice basically consisted of pray real hard and read your Bible more. I found the book to be useless and I didn't appreciate being lectured about how I need to be more religious. Waste of time. Waste of money.
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Summary: Awful
Review: If you're the choir, I don't suppose you'd mind being preached to. But this is not a book for the real world or for real people. The author's advice basically consisted of pray real hard and read your Bible more. I found the book to be useless and I didn't appreciate being lectured about how I need to be more religious. Waste of time. Waste of money.
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Summary: PAUL MEIER IS A GENUIS!
Review: PAUL MEIER IS A GENUIS AND HE HAS WRITTEN A BOOK THAT THOUGHTFULLY AND HUMORUOSLY GIVES SOLID ADVICE ON DEALING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE. THIS BOOK IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL BECUASE EVERYONE HAS DIFFICULT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES AND THIS BOOK LETS' YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THE FIGHT TO NOT ONLY SURVIVE BUT ALSO EXPLEMPLIFY THE CHARACTER OF CHRIST IN A WORLD FULL OF SELFISH PEOPLE. DO YOU KNOW ANY SELFISH PEOPLE? HURTFUL PEOPLE? THIS BOOK CAN HELP! PAUL MEIER IS CO-FOUNDER OF THE MINIRTH-MEIER NEW LIFE CLINICS, HE HAS WRITTEN MANY BOOKS ON EMOTIONAL HEALING AND RELATED ISSUES, HE ALSO HAS WRITTEN A FEW FICTION NOVELS ON THE SUBJECT OF PROPHECY. HE IS CO-HOST OF A DAILY RADIO PROGRAM CALLED "NEW LIFE LIVE." IT IS CURRENTLY BROADCAST ON MORE THAN 200 STATIONS ACROSS THE NATION. PAUL WAS ON THE "OPRAH SHOW" A FEW YEARS AGO TALKING ABOUT HIS BOOK "DON'T LET JERKS GET THE BEST OF YOU." IT IS DEFINITELY ONE OF HIS MOST POPULAR BOOKS. I STRONGLY RECCOMEND THAT IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF HEALING FROM ABUSE OR CONFUSED ABOUT HOW TO RESPOND TO DIFFICULT PEOPLE IN A LOVING, CHRISTIAN MANNER, YOU BUY THIS BOOK FROM AMAZON.COM!
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Summary: Misinformation about BioPsychiatry Dangerous, otherwise...
Review: This book was given to me 4 years ago and I never read it until a few weeks ago. I wish I had read it sooner! I work in retail sales and it has really helped me in understanding how to work with Jerks and to eliminate jerk-isms within myself. Within the covers Dr. Meier covers the spiritual ramifications of jerkism and how your relationship with God (geared more in a Christian sense) can help you destroy selfish behaviour and relationship-crippling activities. Meier not only gives us a beautiful autobiography of his own fight with the jerk within but gives many clinical cases of jerk-ism defeated (from both internal and external sources). I would reccomend this book to EVERYONE as it will do nothing but improve your relationship with your fellow man. This book can also help abuse survivors to truly survive in all ways and help one overcome fears and heal deep emotional scars left by even the most destructive of abuse. This is a must-have for any household.
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Summary: Jerk-reversal made easy
Review: This book was given to me 4 years ago and I never read it until a few weeks ago. I wish I had read it sooner! I work in retail sales and it has really helped me in understanding how to work with Jerks and to eliminate jerk-isms within myself. Within the covers Dr. Meier covers the spiritual ramifications of jerkism and how your relationship with God (geared more in a Christian sense) can help you destroy selfish behaviour and relationship-crippling activities. Meier not only gives us a beautiful autobiography of his own fight with the jerk within but gives many clinical cases of jerk-ism defeated (from both internal and external sources). I would reccomend this book to EVERYONE as it will do nothing but improve your relationship with your fellow man. This book can also help abuse survivors to truly survive in all ways and help one overcome fears and heal deep emotional scars left by even the most destructive of abuse. This is a must-have for any household.
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