Douglas Gibson's Reviews > Get Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior

My teaching partner and I are previewing self-help books for a unit we are going to do with our seniors next year and I think this book will be perfect for them.
At first I wanted more out of this book, and found the 3 to 4 page chapters to be too brief to actually discuss any of these issues sufficiently. The more I continued to read, the more I enjoyed the fact that these chapter were not trying to go into great depth on any one topic, yet were simply trying to get the reader to acknowledge some of their self-defeating behaviors, and then provide some basic ideas on how to overcome those behaviors.
Some gems include- “Holding a grudge is a powerful defense mechanism that protects you from having to own up to your own shortcomings.” “Mentally healthy
People feel what they are supposed to feel when they are supposed to feel it.” And, “If you are having fun and things are coming easily to you, don’t feel guilty. It doesn’t mean you are being irresponsible or lazy.”