Why You Behave in Ways You Hate: And What You Can Do About It

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Summary: Dry Dry Dry!
Review: it lets you see exactly what happened to you in your family and how that's impacted your life. the charts were particularly helpful.

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Summary: Half way through
Review: Most authors write 5 books on self-help that all say the same thing but with different titles.

This guy has written 1 book which I think is excellent. It is written quite dry, tends to repeat a lot of the same materials, could be better organized, and is a very difficult read. But let that not take away from the book's information. It is an extremely informative book that discusses you as an adult now and how incidents that occurred in your childhood made you turn out the way you are.

I consider myself a highly educated individual, and I must say that this book is an excellent resource. But don't expect it to be an easy read; I've had the book for 5 years and still haven't finished it.

Hopefully some day I will but it doesn't matter, because I plan on using it the rest of my life. I strongly suggest you give this book a look.

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Summary: An amazing book
Review: Most authors write 5 books on self-help that all say the same thing but with different titles.

This guy has written 1 book which I think is excellent. It is written quite dry, tends to repeat a lot of the same materials, could be better organized, and is a very difficult read. But let that not take away from the book's information. It is an extremely informative book that discusses you as an adult now and how incidents that occurred in your childhood made you turn out the way you are.

I consider myself a highly educated individual, and I must say that this book is an excellent resource. But don't expect it to be an easy read; I've had the book for 5 years and still haven't finished it.

Hopefully some day I will but it doesn't matter, because I plan on using it the rest of my life. I strongly suggest you give this book a look.

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Summary: Thank you, Dr. Gootnick
Review: Now I know why I do those things. I had always suspected those influences, but wasn't sure - not wanting to blame everything on my family. Thank you for a very enlightening and to the point read.

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Summary: Thank you, Dr. Gootnick
Review: This book changed my life. If you want to know more about yourself, get it, you won't be sorry. Thank you Dr. Gootnick.

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Summary: Half way through
Review: This book is excellent in that it shows you how your childhood can lock you in self-defeating behaviors. The charts are repetitive and the book is not well-organized. But the book is not at all dry as some reviewers here mentioned.

The major flaw in this book is actually in the second part of its title "and what you can do about it". The author offers no other actual solution than therapy. So the title is misleading and the book misses the major reason for it: the solution.
Yes, there are ways to solve these issues on your own and it can be explained in a book.
Harder cases can dealt with in a therapy, but most people could have got a major help from this book otherwise!