Self-Directed Behavior: Self-Modification for Personal Adjustment

Edit This book is horrible and repetitive and I take back anything nice I said about it and I hope they never make any editions Seriously, it is as cocky as The Da Vinci Code You know that wave of smug that hits you when you try to read Da Vinci Code Same thing Bleeeck Some of this book is possibly kind of helpful But it s also really self aggrandizing Have you ever read a book that constantly references how awesome it is, and even says if you use these techniques and it doesn t work, its not b [...]

Wow what a useless book If you can get by this guys s ego and bloviating, you might get the occasional insight on how to be introspective However, a nice dinner with a friend talking about goals and personal improvement will do for this than this ever will WASTE OF MONEY Can you give a book negative stars

I wish I had learned these skills starting in kindergarten This is a text book for a college course, probably for behavioral psychology students Over the course of the semester, the student learns how to design, assess and modify a program for changing habits Each student s class project is to observe and change one behavior the student is currently unsatisfied with Replacing unhelpful habits with helpful ones is presented as a set of skills that can be learned and strengthened, rather than some [...]

This is a great book for someone looking to improve themselves through simple behavioral modification techniques I ve used a few of the ideas from this book to help me develop some habits while reading it and the concept really do work.The only downside to the book is that it is rather dated the copy I had was published about 30 years ago , so some of the examples are not very helpful one example is that a very large number of the examples are of people trying to quit smoking.I would highly reco [...]

This was an effective book for teaching methods of developing and modifying behaviors This was a required reading in my college course and we were required to implement its techniques through our daily lives Granted, the choice of implementation was up to each student, so I elected to modify behavior in exercise By using all of the steps provided in this book, I was able to avoid tendencies that lead to me failing in reaching my goal and substantially increased my exercises per week I continue t [...]

Here are the table of contents ecampus selfdirected behaviorI was really lucky to come across this book at my college s library I ve found it s easier to use after I condensed it on my computer and then just filled my responses to each chapter that way though of course using other offline techniques and self recording.

Although this is a text book, it has an enjoyable reading feel to it.Fantastic resource for learning how to change bad habits or make good habits even better.I refer to this book for my classes on a regular basis and always pull something out of it with each read.

Great things are taught in this book That being said I had to read this for an online class towards my masters plus 45 While I d love to act as though I m a great big intellectual, I m so not This was terribly painful to get through.

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The most thorough book on how to change personal habits behaviors I ve ever encountered.

Guided Mastery You can never begin too low the steps upward can be never too smallGoal challenging enough, but probability of successOvercoming obstacles Keep records Use guided masterySet intermediate goal with moderate specificityCommitment is not something you have, it is something you do.What steps you can take to make sure you don t quit How to get back one s you slip back into old unwanted behaviour What is the extent of the problem its extent nature

Read this for a class about behavioral theories for my Graduate degree Great book with many many ideas, tips, and ways to influence and help behavioral changes for addictions, habits, or just adding changes to one s life Change is extremely difficult for most of us

This book is a literal lifesaver I don t know how many self help books that I ve read, that didn t help and how many I own, that this one book could replace.A lot of the reviews I saw were complaining about the author talking about how amazing the book is and techniques contained within are, well 1 the book is amazing It does what it says and does it damn well 2 There is a lot of scientific studies and cases listed Nearly every statement made in the book is backed by a study or some type of proo [...]

This is a seriously amazing way to think about making changes in your life In depth, based on research It s not a self help book It s a book with everything you need to know about achieving the goals in your life, including understanding habits and behaviors, the two forms of willpower and why you should not rely on your brute willpower like a muscle, it gets tired with use , how to set useful, achievable goals, how to observe your behaviors, how to make plans for change and reassess them instea [...]

It s a self help book with research Some of the research might be dated, but the authors give references for where you can find out information This is an excellent book to help individuals or groups put together a plan for change, whether that s to stop smoking, or to be assertive I highly recommend for anyone who is serious about growing and maturing.

Read this for a class about behavioral theories for my Graduate degree Great book with many many ideas, tips, and ways to influence and help behavioral changes for addictions, habits, or just adding changes to one s life Change is extremely difficult for most of us

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very dated