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Why good people do bad things how to stop being your own worst enemy

Exposes the pervasive and often hidden impulses that influence our everyday decisions. Countless acts of self-destruction and sabotage take place in our families, in our communities, in our circle of friends. Despite good intentions, "good people" do very bad things--often without understa...

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Main Author: Ford, Debbie.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : HarperOne, c2008.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Self-defeating behavior.
Stupidity.
Errors.
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Summary: Exposes the pervasive and often hidden impulses that influence our everyday decisions. Countless acts of self-destruction and sabotage take place in our families, in our communities, in our circle of friends. Despite good intentions, "good people" do very bad things--often without understanding why. Ford guides us into the heart of the duality that unknowingly operates within each one of us: the force that compels us to give and receive love and be a contributing member of the community; and the "dark side" or shadow, the force that holds us back, sabotages our efforts, and steers us toward bad choices. Ford helps us identify the signposts for potential disaster, recognize the masks we wear to protect ourselves, and unlock the patterns of self-sabotage, allowing us to wake up from denial and become the person we always intended to be.--From publisher description.
Physical Description: xii, 243 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780060897376
0060897376
Author Notes: Debbie Ford struggled with substance abuse as a teenager and young adult as a result of her parents' divorce and a sense that she had not lived up to their expectations. She checked in and out of drug treatment centers throughout her 20s and into her 30s, but hearing motivational speaker and author Deepak Chopra speak changed her life. She was influenced by his assertion that people need to "embrace" their demons rather than try to repress or conquer them.

She worked for Chopra for spent several years before publishing her first book, The Dark Side of the Light Chasers, in 1998. She discussed the book on television with Oprah Winfrey in 2000 and the book made best-seller lists. Her other self-help books include The 21-Day Consciousness Cleanse, The Best Year of Your Life, The Shadow Effect co-written with Chopra and Marianne Williamson, and Spiritual Divorce. She was also an internationally-known motivational speaker for personal transformation who founded the Ford Institute for Integrative Coaching. She died from a rare form of sarcoma on February 17, 2013 at the age of 57.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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