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Self-Defeating Behaviors: Free Yourself from the Habits, Compulsions, Feelings, and Attitudes That Hold You Back

"The most detailed examinations of self-defeating behavior I have ever read.... Very useful." — Albert Ellis, PH.D., President, Institute of Rational-emotive therapy, and author of A New Guide to Rational Living

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"Some of my patients would not need therapy if they would read this book." — Dr. Alan Loy McGinnis, author of The Power of Optimism

The groundbreaking theory expounded in Self-Defeating Behaviors asserts that, with each new moment, people have the ability to make a choice for either a self-defeating or self-enhancing behavior; this is the guide to freeing ourselves from the inappropriate and crippling behaviors that sabotage our success.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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