Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #72879 in Books
• Published on: 1969-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 283 pages

Customer Reviews

Change your view of self and others - become more positive
Truly an excellent book which I would recommend to anyone.

The book is designed as a 'self-help', based upon an approach developed by the authors and successively evolved and expanded by many qualified people to present day. It is therefore not based upon any 'fads' - rather many years of experience from psychiatrists and psychologists, backed up with numerous research surveys etc.

(You don't necessarily have to have any problems to benefit from the book, but it will prepare you to deal with them ,should they arise, and it also helps you to understand other people and the place that this type of approach has in the wider context).

It is written in a very straightforward no-nonsense and minimal jargon fashion - and can be easily read. It is very thought provoking - in an extremely positive manner.

The book begins with some scene setting - what the approach is all about, how it developed etc.

It then develops into a consideration of how people tend to condition their thinking around a basic set of somewhat 'lopsided' views of life, resulting in the creating difficulties for themselves.

These 'lopsided' views are termed 'irrational beliefs' and a chapter is devoted to each of the ten that are defined. The chapters are liberally 'sprinkled' with many actual examples of people who had been affected by jaded thinking, their outcomes and the positive actions that can be taken by the reader to obtain worthwhile results.

The remainder of the book considers various practical aspects of the method and how it is evolved to present day. (The references section at the end of the book are pretty impressive.)

The best self-help book ever written!
This book first caught my attention because one of the authors is Albert Ellis. Having read many of his previous books and rated them highly, I decided to give this one a go.
I believe it is his best book; along with the contrbitutions of Robert Harper it helped change the way I think, feel and act in my life.
This book is very well written and made me feel better just reading it, putting the techniques into practice produces even more drastic results.
Being a man this book also had an advantage for me, as I find many self help books written by women are off-putting for a man reading them as they tend to be effeminised. The authors of this book kept it neutral and suitable for anyone.
I highly recommend this book to everyone as it genuinely feels like two experienced pychotherapists are talking to YOU.
The chapters cover almost every type of emotional problems that people can suffer with, and I believe this book can benefit everyone, even if you don't have a specific problem.

One of the best books ever written!
This book presents the best philosophical framework for living a rich, creative, engaging, and joyful life that I have ever read. It posits that your emotions are, in large part, a result of your internal thoughts, or self-talk. By becoming aware of your own self-talk and the many ways in which your thinking can take irrational turns, you can start to challenge your irrational beliefs, and with persistence, recast them into beliefs that better reflect reality. It's not the events in your life that cause you grief, it's what you think about them. One of Bill Gate's all-time favorite books.