Secrets You Keep from Yourself

Download or read book Secrets You Keep from Yourself written by Dan Neuharth and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful guide is an exploration of how and why people undermine their happiness and lose touch with their "best" selves. Counterproductive self-deception, a universal behavior, is a habit that can be broken. People keep themselves from having what they want, a phenomenon known as "self-handicapping." Offering poignant examples, innovative tools, and a compassionate perspective, Dan Neuharth reveals how to vanquish self-imposed roadblocks and avoid unnecessary losses in order to embrace and share the best in oneself.