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Choice Theory

A New Psychology of Personal Freedom

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Choice Theory

By: William Glasser
Narrated by: John Meagher
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Dr. William Glasser offers a new psychology that, if practiced, could reverse our widespread inability to get along with one another, an inability that is the source of almost all unhappiness.

For progress in human relationships, he explains that we must give up the punishing, relationship-destroying external control psychology. For example, if you are in an unhappy relationship right now, he proposes that one or both of you could be using external control psychology on the other. He goes further. And suggests that misery is always related to a current unsatisfying relationship. Contrary to what you may believe, your troubles are always now, never in the past. No one can change what happened yesterday.

©1998 William Glasser, MD (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers
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The reading of this book was wonderful. I really enjoyed the entire process. This in my mind is no doubt the absolute best self help book I have ever come across. The entire idea is about putting everything back in your own control. I’m looking forward to finding similar types of books and readings to learn more.

Best Self Help Book Ever

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fresh new ideas to yesterday's tired broken psychology practices. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for inner change.

very well written book with fresh new ideas

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This book was recommended by our kids therapist and it has really helped our family put things into consideration.

Great

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The ideas contained in this work are exceptional in so many ways. The audio book does not do justice in my opinion to the written form.

Let me also note that the last section of this book on educational theory stemming from Choice Theory was a let down. Everything up to that point was full of insights. Everything after that point, not so much. Just one man's opinion!

Choice Theory is exceptional in written form

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A friend of mine had gone to see Dr. Glasser teach a class and highly recommended this book. I loved it. Dr. Glasser's ideas make a significant contribution to the evolution of our species.

Fabulous book! Game changer.

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Choice theory explained and made real in everyday contexts by the man who invented the theory...best listen

An every person read

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I love the internal locus of control model.

You lost me at chapter 8 when you solely blamed men for being abusers.

Women can and do physically abuse men amd children too. Both Men and women are accountable for their abusive behavior.

Good but you lost me at chapter 8.

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First of all I’m a psychologist in training so I bought this book for practical reasons. Choice theory and reality therapy can be a little hard to swallow but Glasser shows us great vignettes of therapy sessions that makes us think and understand his theory. Overall it was a good book and the theory is pretty great. The narrator was superb! He changes voices in the vignettes and dramatized the therapy session.

Good book, good theory, great narration!

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Successful relationships that work for everyone involved start with making the choice to look inwards 1st.

Refreshing, insightful, and so far successful

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Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom by William Glasser, M.D. is an excellent guide for building strong relationships in your marriage, with your children, in education, and in business. Using basic principles fleshed out by detailed case studies, Glasser leads the reader to effective strategies in these and other situations where building relationships will resolve problems. Glasser contrasts external coercion based with choice based approaches to building and maintaining relationships. He suggests that humans have five inherited needs which vary genetically in their importance to us. These varying needs in those with whom we have or need to have relationships are at the heart of conflict. Dr. Glasser's principles are easily understood, but are counter intutive to the external coercive models of relating to which we are accustomed. I intend to add this book to my reread regularly list. I highly recommend this book to anyone who struggles to relate to those in his or her life.

Make a great choice; read this one!

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