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

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Penguin, Feb 1, 1996 - Self-Help - 208 pages
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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Contents

Section 1
71
Section 2
95
Section 3
99
Section 4
138
Section 5
173
Section 6
177
Section 7
179
Section 8
181

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About the author (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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TitleGet Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior
AuthorsMark Goulston, Philip Goldberg
PublisherPenguin, 1996
ISBN1101657758, 9781101657751
Length208 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Self-Help / Personal Growth / Self-Esteem
Self-Help / Personal Growth / Success
Self-Help / Self-Management / General
  
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