Walk Like a Chameleon: Use Your Animal Instincts to Improve Your Relationships and Your Life [Paperback]

Gary S. Aumiller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 31, 2001

When a coworker takes credit for a job you did, do you go on the attack, like a shark? Do you run away like a rabbit after an argument with your boyfriend?

There are eight instinctual survival personalities that are found in the animal kingdom: the Clinger (remora fish), the Blender (chameleon), the Caretaker (dolphin), the Combiner (dog), the Asserter (porcupine), the Competitor (fox), the Avoider (rabbit), and the Attacker (shark). By understanding the imprint nature has made on our personalities, Gary S. Aumiller, Ph.D., believes we can improve our relationships and gear our lives toward greater success. In this one-of-a-kind guide you'll discover:

• In-depth profiles of every animal type-including positive and negative traits
• How to figure out which animal personality fits you
• Which animal type would be your ideal mate
• Quizzes for testing your primary survival strategy
• Tips on using your animal instincts to make positive changes

From avoiding someone of an animal type that could cause your emotional extinction to using your instinctual skills to impress your boss, Walk Like a Chameleon will show you how to tap into your unique animal qualities to improve your relationships and your life.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In this dog-eat-dog world, says psychologist Gary S. Aumiller, it's important to remember that we're all animals. In Walk Like a Chameleon: Use Your Animal Instincts to Improve Your Relationships and Your Life, he identifies eight basic types of personalities (the Avoider, the Blender, the Clinger, the Combiner, the Caretaker, the Asserter, the Gamer and the Attacker) and their positive and negative characteristics (e.g., the Gamer, characterized by the fox, is creative and motivated, but on the flip side wants to win at all costs). Not only will readers better understand themselves, Aumiller (coauthor of Red Flags: How to Know When You're Dating a Loser) maintains, they will also better understand how to interact effectively with others. Agent, Arielle Eckstut.

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About the Author

Gary S. Aumiller, Ph.D., is the co-author of Red Flags: How to Know When You're Dating a Loser. An international lecturer, he is also the president of the Society of Police and Criminal Psychology and the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Plume (July 31, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452282497
• ISBN-13: 978-0143000617
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,241,526 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, insightful self-help, August 7, 2001

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This review is from: Walk Like a Chameleon: Use Your Animal Instincts to Improve Your Relationships and Your Life (Paperback)

The author uses a metaphor of animal patterns to talk about human patterns and it really works. It is strange but also refreshing to see how much of what you do may actually be a pattern because you are part of the animals. I was fascinated by seeing myself and friends and family, almost like he knew us. At the end he does the combinations of two people with the different patterns in a realtionship and that was really great. This book will really get you thinking.