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Type A Behavior and Your Heart

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Drs Friedman & Rosenman did a great job so many years ago writing this book. Still best I've read on the subject today. So many clear ah-ha moments in reading this it was scary how well they knew me. Wished I had read it 20 years ago. If you're a hard driving individual (no matter your vocation), always looking to get ahead or meet the next challenge; trying to do too much, with too little time or resources; dealing with work place stress from down sizing and outsourcing, read this book. It may save your life when you realize how you are reacting to these external stimulus and what its doing to your heart. A must read.

From the Type A Behavior Test:
Do you have a habit of explosively accentuating key words in your ordinary speech and finishing your sentences in a burst of speed?
Do you always move, walk, eat rapidly?
Do you feel impatience with the rate at which most events take place? Do you find it difficult to restrain yourself from hurrying the speech of others?
Do you get unduly irritated at delay?
Does it bother you to watch someone else perform a task you know you can do faster?
Do you often try to do two things at once?
Do you always feel vaguely guilty when you relax and do absolutely nothing for several days or several hours?
If your answer to any of these questions is "YES" you may be falling into the dangerous type A pattern. You need to read this book, take the complete test and change your behvior to prolong your life.