10 Dumbest Mistakes Smart People Make and How To Avoid Them: Simple and Sure Techniques for Gaining Greater Control of Your Life [Paperback]

Arthur Freeman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 28, 1993

ARE YOU A MISTAKE MAKER?

• Have you ever thought: "I'd better not try, I could be embarrassed"?
• Does it bother you to see someone you know get ahead -- of you?
• Have you ever thought: "Its my responsibility to make sure my loved ones are happy"?
• Is your motto "Anything worth doing must be done absolutely right"?
• Do you tend to qualify your responses?
• That is, do you find yourself saying: "Yes, its good, but..."?
• Have you ever concluded: "Everybody thinks I messed up"?
• Have you ever thought: "I just can't lose.
• Let's face it, when you've got it, you've got it"?

You, just like everybody else in the world, may be prone to one or many of the ten dumbest mistakes smart people make. Now, Dr. Arthur Freeman and Rose DeWolf offer clear, practical advice and concrete techniques to help you combat selfdefeating thinking and gain greater control of your life, work, and personal relationships. Arm yourself with this one right away.

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About the Author

Dr. Arthur Freeman is a senior faculty member of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden. He is also a member of the Department of Psychiatry at Cooper Hospital -- University Medical Center in Camden, New Jersey.

Rose DeWolf is a Philadelphia journalist, TV personality, and lecturer. Freeman and DeWolf coauthored Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (April 28, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060921994
• ISBN-13: 978-0060921996
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #319,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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46 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Will greatly improve your life, November 1, 1999

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This review is from: 10 Dumbest Mistakes Smart People Make and How To Avoid Them: Simple and Sure Techniques for Gaining Greater Control of Your Life (Paperback)

This is one of the most helpful books I have ever read. It lets you recognise patterns of thinking that leads to unhappiness and lost potential. It then gives simple and practical techniques to alternative ways of thinking that will greatly improve the quality of your life.From the way it is written , it shows that the authors have a lot of experience .Most people will have at least one of these mistakes, and I'm sure this book will be a turning point in their lifes.Very highly recommended.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well-written and well worth reading, December 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: 10 Dumbest Mistakes Smart People Make and How To Avoid Them: Simple and Sure Techniques for Gaining Greater Control of Your Life (Paperback)

This book tells how you can use cognitive therapy in your day-to-day life to be happier. It is in the same vein as Burns' "Feeling Good"--it helps you recognize the types of thinking traps that you fall into, and helps you learn how to get out of them. The self-assessment quiz is a quick way to determine which traps you fall into most often. This book is a balanced approach--and I found it very valuable.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Authoritatively Written With A Gentle Tone, but a Firm Hand, April 5, 2005

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First Things First "captainreflection" (Burbank, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 10 Dumbest Mistakes Smart People Make and How To Avoid Them: Simple and Sure Techniques for Gaining Greater Control of Your Life (Paperback)

One of the few superlative books in the self-help realm, this one really breaks down the faulty thinking processes we engage in and gives them easy to understand labels as we learn to eliminate them from our lives. Contrary to the absolutely fatuously-titled review: "Good for defining problem, minimal for helping with it" there are whole chapters here dealing with nothing other than "helping with it" including no less than 18 specific techniques for dealing with the various types of problems covered here, and which are handled here with plenty of detail and practical advice for me. I would suggest ignoring this other reviewer who sounds like he has little or no expertise in the self-help area and buy this book! I promise you will thank me!