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"This is an excellent book. It is
easy to understand, it gives great examples, and it has great innovative tools." |
Joanie Greggains,
Host,
The Joanie Greggains Show, KGO-AM
San Francisco CA, May 1 2004 |
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"You'll
identify your personal fear-inspired avoidance style, understand why you adopt
it,
and evaporate its hold over you." |
First for Women magazine
August 3 2004 |
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"A lot of good
advice in this book. It also puts it in context in the society we live in
today." |
Christine Chen, Anchor,
Fox News This Morning, KCPQ-TV Channel 13
Seattle WA, April 8 2004 |
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"I actually got
some insight from this book. I’m sure other people will as well." |
Barbara Rodgers, Host,
Bay Sunday, KPIX-TV Channel Five
San Francisco CA, April 4 2004 |
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"Fascinating.
Really good stuff." |
Helen Raptis, Host,
AM Northwest, KATU-TV Channel Two
Portland OR, April 6 2004 |
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"This is a
problem that affects everyone. I hope everybody goes out and buys this book." |
Michael Dresser, Host, The Michael Dresser Show,
KFAR-AM
Fairbanks AK, June 4 2004 |
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"Crisp, insightful,
user-friendly, with wonderful stories and without a lot of psychological
jargon." |
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Eve Martin, Host, Consulting Eve, WLBE-AM
Orlando FL, June 26 2004 |
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"This is such a
fascinating look at all of us. There is a tremendous amount of hope in this
book." |
Frankie Boyer, Host, Your
Healthy Family, Sirius Networks/ WBIX-AM
Boston MA, April 11 2004 |
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SECRETS YOU KEEP FROM YOURSELF:
How to Stop Sabotaging Your Happiness
Dan Neuharth. St.
Martin’s, $24.95 (304p)
Neuharth, a marriage and family therapist, brings the same mixture of
practical suggestions and sympathetic understanding in this new guide to
avoiding self-defeating actions as he did to his If You Had Controlling
Parents: How to Make Peace with Your Past and Take Your Place in the World.
(The earlier book resulted in Oprah, Good Morning America and
CNN Talkback Live! appearances.)
In order to change behavior that has
undermined personal happiness, Neuharth argues that it is essential to recognize
that one is one’s own source of this unhealthy conduct, that one has the power
to alter it and that denial usually prevents one from taking productive action.
Denial, Neuharth finds, frequently stems from inappropriate fear that taking any
action may have too great an emotional cost.
In an especially useful chapter, he
shows how most fears reflect concerns about self-worth or worries about a
dreaded experience such as public speaking. He offers a number of self-tests and
sensible techniques for becoming more self-aware and overcoming fears,
illustrated by numerous case studies. In addition, Neuharth helps readers
identify their deepest hopes and desires along with the means for achievement. A
clear, apostrophic style ("You’ve done this thousands of times in your life")
and user-friendly organization further add to this above-average manual for
maximizing personal happiness.
© 2004, Reed Business Information, a division of
Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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