The Problem Is YOU

How to Get Out of Your Own Way and Conquer Self-Defeating Behavior

By: John Burke

Narrated by: Jason McCoy

This book won't help you with self-defeating behavior. It's easier to spend your life procrastinating, sabotaging relationships, not finishing tasks, fearing failure and keeping other bad habits than it is to change. Just stay the way you are.

This is how the voice of self-defeating behavior works on you. It works against your goals and interests in a way that you never get what you want. Opportunities are missed, your habits continue, your relationships don't flourish, and your life becomes one big regret.

Inside The Problem is YOU: How to Get Out of Your Own Way and Conquer Self-Defeating Behavior we reveal exactly what these behaviors are and the steps to conquer each and every one of them. The result? A positive attitude, achieving what you want, and getting more out of life. Read this book today and free yourself from all the habits that are holding you back from living the life you truly deserve.

©2012 Empowerment Nation (P)2012 Empowerment Nation

This Book is Halfway Done

The author did an excellent job of identifying the problems, with very little effort in offering the solutions. He spends a lot of time perfectly describing the issue, the pain associated with it, and potential causes - and then a wisp of time offering super high-level ideas without getting deep into the answers.

John Burke seems to love offering these lists of things to do, but doesn't want to spend the time detailing the items in those lists. A "typical" list item would be something like, "try to be more positive in how you perceive your goals", which leaves the listener saying, "well... duh... AND..?"

The book is 1 hour and 14 minutes. If John could go back and make the solutions and the answers less vague and more concrete and perhaps create a 2 hours and 30 minutes book... then I think he could really have something great here.

Educational

Would you listen to The Problem Is YOU again? Why?

I would and have listened to this book more than once. There are some insightful tips in this book that we all need to hear, whether we think we have the characteristic described or not.

What did you learn from The Problem Is YOU that you would use in your daily life?

The biggest thing I learned is to stop setting goals that are unattainable and to continuously keep believing in myself and push forward.

I needed this

This is a short and simple book but it is packed with useful information if you find yourself constantly struggling with your relationships. I'm about to restart it and have pen and paper this time.

Good for a quick executive level discussion.

Lots of good points but they are sometimes repeated using different language. Lots of sub-lists which can be a bit hard to follow. First chapter is packed full of info and the following chapters are far shorter. I actually liked that because I can easily go back to the chapter that offers ways to address issues without having to listen to the whole thing again. Overall, I like this book because it is short rather than ten plus hours on the subject. Just a quick primer when you’re in the dumps about habitual self-defeating behavior.

Excellent!

The narrator read to fast. But the content was perfect and the message was blunt and beneficial. Very nice listening!