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Highlights
- The single book therapists everywhere will recommend to all of their patients, because at some point or another, we all behave like dicks.Why this book?
- About the Author: Mark B. Borg, Jr., PhD, is a community psychologist and psychoanalyst, founding partner of The Community Consulting Group, and a supervisor of psychotherapy at the William Alanson White Institute.
- 256 Pages
- Health + Wellness, Men's Health
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About the Book
Written especially for people who have noticed how their own behavior tends to backfire, leaving them feeling isolated or uncertain why their seemingly justified actions consistently have such poor results, this edition explains how to reverse these behaviors and live a happier, more fulfilling life.Book Synopsis
The single book therapists everywhere will recommend to all of their patients, because at some point or another, we all behave like dicks.
Why this book? Because you might be a dick: a mean-spirited, self-focused individual who thinks and acts as though everyone else in the world can only be understood--and whose only importance is defined--in terms of their relationship to you. Being a dick might feel powerful in the short term, but it is not helping you in the long term because this flawed character trait is exactly what's keeping you from attaining what you may want most: personal fulfillment, satisfying work, a loving committed relationship, and lifelong friendships.
Anyone, at any time, can be a dick. Yet Don't Be a Dick is especially for people who have noticed how their own behavior tends to backfire, leaving them feeling isolated and unsure why their seemingly justified actions consistently yield such poor results. If you're constantly using the refrain, It's not me, it's them whenever something goes wrong, Mark Borg is here to tell you that it is, in fact, you. The good news is there is something you can do to reverse these behaviors and live a happier, more fulfilling life.
Review Quotes
If you had to design the perfect person to tell you how NOT to be a dick, Mark's the guy. . . . I can assure you that Mark is the anti-dick. He's also witty and knowledgeable. Don't be a dick--buy this book.--Hara Estroff Marano, author of A Nation of Wimps, editor at large for Psychology Today
Don't Be a Dick: Change Yourself, Change Your World is a fabulous book that truly is your journey to freedom and happiness! Mark focuses on the key secret that makes twelve-step programs into miraculous crucibles of transformation: Do not harbor or act out of resentment--no matter what someone else has done or not done to set you off. If you do harbor resentment, you, yourself, will suffer. This is a hard truth to grasp, but Mark shows us exactly how it works. And most importantly he shows us how to shed the poison of resentment and rise above it to right action, serenity, and miraculous breakthroughs.--Diana Kirschner, PhD, International bestselling author of Love in 90 Days
In Don't Be a Dick, Mark shows us how to transform the adversarial world into a place of improbable joy and peace by revealing, both to ourselves and to others, the truth about our anxiety and vulnerability.--Daniel Berry, RN, MHA, coauthor of Irrelationship and Relationship Sanity
Borg gets to the problem quickly, hence the title. The solution? Admit, amend, and repeat. Brilliant!--John Turi, author of A Drinker with a Writing Problem
Dr. Borg's latest book is a roadmap for change, leading us to a better world. I plan to send his book to all the dicks I know for the holidays! Seriously, it's well-researched, addresses underlying issues that lead to dicky behavior, and provides an easy-to-follow action plan to achieve change. Thank you Dr. Borg for this important book!--Tom Shanahan, author of Spiritual Adrenaline
Mark Borg works out what causes us to unleash our inner jerk on the world. His expert advice paired with a searing sense of humor gives us the tools to deal with self-destructive, us vs. them behaviors once and for all. We all need this book. It really could change the world.--Dana Bowman, author of Bottled and How to Be Perfect Like Me
About the Author
Mark B. Borg, Jr., PhD, is a community psychologist and psychoanalyst, founding partner of The Community Consulting Group, and a supervisor of psychotherapy at the William Alanson White Institute. He has been in private practice in New York City since 1998. Dr. Borg is the co-author of Irrelationship: How We Use Dysfunctional Relationships to Hide from Intimacy and its follow-up book, Relationship Sanity: Creating and Maintaining Healthy Relationships.