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julicke95's review against another edition
5.0
A self-help book with actual science behind it, now that's something I can get behind.
bootman's review
5.0
As someone who loves reading books on psychology, I’ve read quite a few books on personality change, and this is one of the best. Sometimes, I worry that books like these will just be filled with a bunch of pseudoscience and disproven studies, but throughout the book, Jarrett debunks a ton of myths about personality such as how birth order affects personality. And when there isn’t extremely strong evidence in a study that Jarrett discusses, he’s very clear that the jury might still be out. But at the end of the day, this book is written for people who want to change and don’t think they can. This type of mission is important to me because I’m 9 years sober from drugs and alcohol, and in my addiction, I thought I was doomed to be who I was, but I’m a completely different person today.
Christian organizes this book in a fantastic way, and he starts out by explaining the various factors that are involved with our personalities from nature to nurture. What’s great about this book as well is that each chapter ends with some practicable tips to help you develop habits to move closer to being the person you want to be. He also dives into some social issues such as how the criminal justice system is doing a poor job rehabilitating people by assisting them to change who they are.
I highly recommend this book, and there’s so much more that I wasn’t able to cover in this review such as his chapter pathological causes of personality change. I finished it in just a couple of days because it has just about everything I want in non-fiction.
Christian organizes this book in a fantastic way, and he starts out by explaining the various factors that are involved with our personalities from nature to nurture. What’s great about this book as well is that each chapter ends with some practicable tips to help you develop habits to move closer to being the person you want to be. He also dives into some social issues such as how the criminal justice system is doing a poor job rehabilitating people by assisting them to change who they are.
I highly recommend this book, and there’s so much more that I wasn’t able to cover in this review such as his chapter pathological causes of personality change. I finished it in just a couple of days because it has just about everything I want in non-fiction.
lozzcatt's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
niha42's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
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