Breaking the Pattern: The 5 Principles You Need to Remodel Your Life

by Charles Stuart Platkin

Ever get the sense that you’re reliving the same events, arguments, and frustrations again and again? Does your relationship, job, or diet always begin full of hope, but, somehow, fail to work out in the end? In Breaking the Pattern , Charles Stuart Platkin synthesizes years of research in psychology, motivation, success, and achievement into what he calls “The 5 Principles You Need to Remodel Your Life,” helping readers to take action in those areas where they feel stuck or doomed to repeat negative past experiences. Through a series of self-reflective exercises, Platkin encourages readers to examine their successes and failures, identifying, analyzing, and finally breaking the very patterns that have kept them from realizing their dreams. By incorporating inspirational quotes and stories throughout the book, Platkin creates a positive, healing environment in which even the most self-doubting reader can gain the support and motivation necessary to begin to change his or her life for the better.

Genres: Self Help

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Lori · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm giving up on self-help books. I don't know why I bother to buy them because I never finish them. They are always just more of the same, repackaged and regurgitated. Maybe I need to read a self-help book on how to read self-help books!

[Josh · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF 15% I’m not sure what I expected coming into this book. Could not get into it at all. The personal examples were lost on me. There were appeals to authority I.e “psychologist tell us … “ with no real references or cites. It seems like it was just this persons example of how they changed something in their life, extrapolated to apply to all life change.

[Joslin]

I picked this book up to try and change the direction I was going in my life. It has exercises in the book to help you dig into why you have bad habits or patterns you keep repeating. I like it so far!

[Christa · Rating 1 out of 5]

I just couldn't get into this book.