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  • Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior
  • By: Philip Goldberg, Mark Goulston MD
  • Narrated by: Mark Goulston
  • Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (65 ratings)

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

By: Philip Goldberg, Mark Goulston MD
Narrated by: Mark Goulston
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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.

©1996 Mark Goulston and Philip Goldberg (P)2018 Penguin Audio

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Starting point

no one can love you if you do not love and trust yourself. you know your demons, so work at them. one step in front may be 3 paces back in another light; but only you can decide how far you've come. so read, listen, make note of the point and the quotes because they helped me understand that though I thought I was paving the way to a better life I was infact cementing it to hell with my toddler.
good luck everyone and note everyone takes something different out of most things. your perception would be much helpful to the next reader.

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uncorvering what you already know

Nuggets of great information, combined with information you would already know but may not realise. A great book overall

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Practicable

Good book- easy to understand and is practicable. Love the narration too. Like an understanding and warm parent. Very relevant to my life as well- a 30 year old introverted millennial struggling to adult and survive at work and in life.

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Very concise and easy to understand.

Lots of gold nuggets shared and excellent tips on how to correct Self-Defeating behaviour

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Meh

A lot of views that re-enforce harmful gender stereotypes. Other than that that not bad.

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  • 27-04-2022

Helpful for self reflection

loved it, just a great book with a summary with the most likely things that impact our lives day to day. taken a lot away from this book.

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Unnecessary Bias

I’m unsure why the authors painted women as victims and men as aggressors when they are talking about situations

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