The Power of the Other: The startling effect other people have on you, from the boardroom to the bedroom and beyond-and what to do about it

by Henry Cloud

You start in Corner One, feeling a bit alone and by yourself. You reach out, hoping for some support or a sense of partnering or community. But you have unwittingly drifted into Corner Number Two, into some kind of connection that ends up making you feel not good enough. Now you feel bad, less of something than you should be, guilty, or some other version of inferior. Well, enough of that, right? So you do something to make yourself feel better. Let’s take a trip into Corner Three, whatever your medicine of choice. You imbibe for a while, feeling some relief, and then, before too long, you make a U-turn and go back to Corner Two. Now you feel ashamed and defeated, struggling to admit that you gave in again. And so you’re back in Corner One again, feeling that you have nowhere, really, left to turn. What

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