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

by Irwin Gootnick

Book Overview

Have you ever met anyone who didn't have some behavior he or she couldn't stand? Why do we so often continue to behave in ways that make us unhappy? Why don't we learn from our mistakes? Why does willpower fail? Have you adopted the qualities that you hated in your parents? Do you wonder why? Many of the available self-help books give advice and present general ideas about the cause of our problems but do not provide in-depth insight into the reasons...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883955181
• ISBN13: 9781883955182
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Penmarin Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

An amazing book

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.

Thank you, Dr. Gootnick

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.

Fantastic book

if you spend any amount of time wondering why you are the way you are, then you won't be sorry that you got this book, it is a wonderful book that will give you some amazing insights to who you are.

This book helped me see the root of my problems

I was able to take action to promote my best interest after reading this book. I bought five and gave them to my friends.

this is the best self help book i've ever read.

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