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  <title><![CDATA[The Firstborn Advantage: Making Your Birth Order Work for You]]></title>
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  <default_description>Firstborns were born to win. Clearly the natural movers, shakers, and leaders of this world, they can accomplish anything they set their minds to. They're the high achievers, the benchmark-setters, the business moguls, the concert violinists, the heads of the PTA. But if they're out of balance, they can be overly perfectionistic, driven, and critical. They can become controllers (everything has to go their way) or pleasers (exhausting themselves in meeting the demands of others).   In The Firstborn Advantage, bestselling author, humorist, and internationally known psychologist Dr. Kevin Leman identifies the qualities of firstborns&#8230;and there's a hook. Just because you're the firstborn child in the family doesn't mean you'll have a firstborn personality. You can be #3 in a group of 4 siblings, and still have a firstborn personality! Dr. Leman reveals why. He helps firstborns understand their natural advantages--while becoming aware of their weaknesses and learning how to sidestep them--for the highest level of personal success at home, at school, at work, and in relationships. This fun, informative, and practical book will keep readers engaged and provide many &quot;aha!&quot; moments.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">9</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Birth order psychoanalysis is something I tend to rank just above astrology.  However, as a firstborn myself, I was curious enough based on this book's title to pick it up and peruse the table of contents.  The content in this book is spread so thinly and repetitively that it's the ideal book for sk...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51777754">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Picked this book up thinking about my first child, but after reading it some, I realized how much of this pertains to me and SL. The author explains you may be a &quot;first born&quot; if you are the only gender (one girl and one boy or only girl, for example in your family). Or if there are a numbe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48841043">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[As a first-born it was practically guaranteed that I would love this book, but it was Leman's conversational style of writing that really drew me in. I also enjoyed his no-nonsense way of communicating with you - something that a first-born appreciates. Though Leman extolled the virtues of being a f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44627775">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very interesting to see just how much birth order might have to play in our personalities.  This really should be read after 'The Birth Order' book, though (I think).  I am trying to get that book to see how all birth orders make a difference.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some more reading about what I already know that I am.  I am a first born girl, always have been and always will be.  Like my newphew Zarin when playing at the playground (around 5 years old).  His dad and mom heard him telling much bigger boys that weren't going down the slide the right way and tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35922346">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great for understanding the first borns in your life. Very helpful and a quick read.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fun to read.  Now I find myself guessing everyone's birth order.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really quick read.  And yup. I'm a firstborn :)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an easy and enteraining read.  The book has eleven chapters and I learned early into it why I am a bossy, controlling, over bearing freak - I'm a FIRSTBORN (and basically an almost only child according to the stats in the book).<br/><br/>Read it - I recommend it - highly enjoyable and lot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33311594">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A must read for all first borns!  This book has me pegged! - an overachiever, perfectionist, people pleaser, driven, and controling.  This book did a great job at helping me find a healthy balance and how to maximize my strenghts and overcome my weaknesses.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an amazing book.  It explains many of the things that I have dealt with during my life as a First Born]]></body>
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