GET OUT of YOUR OWN WAY !: The History, Psychology, and Practical Overcoming Self Sabotage

Do you know exactly what you want - and then consistently find ways not to go after it? Self-sabotage is not a character flaw. It is a pattern - one with a four-thousand-year history, a well-understood psychology, and a practical path through it. Get Out of Your Own Way traces the architecture of self-undermining behavior from Aristotle's akrasia and the Stoic philosophers, through medieval acedia and Renaissance humanism, to contemporary research in emotional regulation, attachment theory, neuroscience, and self-concept psychology. It identifies seven distinct patterns of self-sabotage - procrastination, perfectionism as paralysis, self-handicapping, the fear of success, imposter syndrome, self-defeating relationships, and the threshold retreat - and provides a specific, evidence-informed approach to each one. Written by a former United Nations Director and executive leadership coach with forty years of international experience observing capable people stand in their own way, this book is not about positive thinking or motivational shortcuts. It is about understanding a pattern that is older than psychology, more pervasive than we typically acknowledge, and far more workable than it can feel from inside it. This expanded edition includes the fully integrated Workbook and Journal: - 10 structured exercises - one for each chapter- 14-day Recognition Diary with daily four-field format- 90-day Practice Planner with weekly tracking and monthly assessments- The Self-Sabotage Profile Inventory- The Evidence Audit process for self-concept revision- Extended Reader's Notes space Available in Kindle (with journal prompts) and paperback (with write-in lines) editions. The understanding changes things. What you do with the understanding changes more.

Pagina's: 134, Paperback, Independently published