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    <body><![CDATA[I want to submit a summary of this book first and then I will come back in and submit my response:<br/><br/><br/>The Choice, by the Arbinger Institute is a refreshing new approach to self-betterment.  It puts the responsibility back onto the right person, ourselves.  The authors attribute our res...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57738413">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The choice is a very consise short book, maybe even a phamphlet.  It is spiral bound and can only be purchased through Arbinger. It was published in 1998, coming before all the other great books from Arbinger like Bonds That Make Us Free (2001), Leadership and Self-Deception and the Anatomy of Peace...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56408799">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great companion book to the Anatomy of Peace, also put forth by the Arbinger Institute.  I really love how clearly they allow the reader to see faults in him/herself (the real ones, not the martyring kind) and gives hope and direction for a lasting and fulfilling change.  This work summari...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32476665">more...</a>]]></body>
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