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Don't Let Jerks Get The Best Of You Advice For Dealing With Difficult People
Don't Let Jerks Get The Best Of You Advice For Dealing With Difficult People
Author: Paul Meier
Dr. Paul Meier takes a look at how selfish humans are. Through light hearted episodes, Dr. Meier sheds light on how individuals act as jerks, how to become aware of manipulation, and identifying our own "jerk" tendencies. Don't Let Jerks Get the Best of You! provides laughs while at the same time showing ways to take control of our lives ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780785280194
ISBN-10: 0785280197
Publication Date: 3/2/1995
Pages: 249
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  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Nelson Books
Book Type: Paperback
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neugotik avatar reviewed Don't Let Jerks Get The Best Of You Advice For Dealing With Difficult People on + 13 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Hm - this book starts out & continues with extreme religious text, quotes from the bible, religious overtones & blaming of the parents for the choice of our marriage partner (claiming we marry the worst of our two parents personality and then try to "fix" our partner thereby fixing our relationship to our parents).

It goes on to say everyone is a "jerk" either a lvl 1, lvl 2 or lvl "N" (psychopath) - but even the author's stories of himself, being a "lvl 1" were way beyond what most people I know do.

He states everyone is born with Narcissism - Sigmund Freud believed that some narcissism is an essential part of all of us from birth and was the first to use the term in the reference to psychology

At core this book is based on Freud: we're all somewhat in love w/our parents & want to "fix" what went wrong via our relationships/marriage - that God is real and and that we "grow up" to reduce our selfishness but we are all have Narcissism... AND that we are all Masocistic : Just to what degree (?!).

I couldn't read it - to be honest to me it is a bunch of hogwash - so I'll post for a bit / if no one claims this book I'll donate it. :(
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reviewed Don't Let Jerks Get The Best Of You Advice For Dealing With Difficult People on + 209 more book reviews
Good advice if you believe you allow yourself to be used or walked over by others.
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To be honest it made me think of my family when I read this book. It was honest and refreshing. By the way, I love my family, but I may not like them all of the time.
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oh my god what a read.. it made me realize i need to speak to a therapist for all the jerks ive had in my life....


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