The 10 Dumbest Mistakes Smart People Make and How to Avoid Them: Simple and Sure Techniques for Gaining Greater Control of Your Life

by Arthur Freeman and Rose Dewolf

Book Overview

ARE YOU A MISTAKE MAKER?Have you ever thought: "I'd better not try, I could be embarrassed"?Does it bother you to see someone you know get ahead -- of you?Have you ever thought: "Its my responsibility... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060166851
• ISBN13: 9780060166854
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

help control anger

this book by is the best self hep book i have read, i am angry about losing my home as described on Lexingtontruth,com over forced annexation. i read this book and it reminded me to channel my anger into a positive energy. I am remodeling and I am trying to sell the house before the city takes it for taxes I cannot pay. Read this book if you are unset about thing out of you control it will help you work for yourself rather than against. It may say you from heart failure and depression. My city government has the power to steal my home but only i can control my emotions, related to be tax rape. this book have saved me a live time of grief.

Authoritatively Written With A Gentle Tone, but a Firm Hand

One of the few superlative books in the self-help realm, this one really breaks down the faulty thinking processes we engage in and gives them easy to understand labels as we learn to eliminate them from our lives. Contrary to the absolutely fatuously-titled review: "Good for defining problem, minimal for helping with it" there are whole chapters here dealing with nothing other than "helping with it" including no less than 18 specific techniques for dealing with the various types of problems covered here, and which are handled here with plenty of detail and practical advice for me. I would suggest ignoring this other reviewer who sounds like he has little or no expertise in the self-help area and buy this book! I promise you will thank me!

A Great Book

This book has helped me in many ways. I highly reccomend it to anyone who suffers from anxiety. The techniques are practical and easily applied. The book is easy to read and understand. You may also use it as a reference to make sure you are using the techniques properly.

Will greatly improve your life

This is one of the most helpful books I have ever read. It lets you recognise patterns of thinking that leads to unhappiness and lost potential. It then gives simple and practical techniques to alternative ways of thinking that will greatly improve the quality of your life.From the way it is written , it shows that the authors have a lot of experience .Most people will have at least one of these mistakes, and I'm sure this book will be a turning point in their lifes.Very highly recommended.

Well-written and well worth reading

This book tells how you can use cognitive therapy in your day-to-day life to be happier. It is in the same vein as Burns' "Feeling Good"--it helps you recognize the types of thinking traps that you fall into, and helps you learn how to get out of them. The self-assessment quiz is a quick way to determine which traps you fall into most often. This book is a balanced approach--and I found it very valuable.