Review: Deep Personal Development Transformation Described In An Easy-To-Remember Way
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 15, 2013
What a clever and inventive way to illustrate a pervasive self-development process. Why do we all stumble so easily into the same self-destructive or self-defeating patterns, even when we want desperately to improve? Your Achilles Eel hones in on the reason negative patterns take hold of our behaviors, and it distills acres of research and theory into an easy to understand parable. The author cogently and memorably describes why we actually like negative patterns, why they once served us, and why we have a hard time kicking the habit. He does so boldly and with humor by actually giving voice to the negativity, meaning the book is written BY our negative soul-sucking parasites. Really brilliant approach, making it easy to understand the complex process. It also diminishes shame by presenting it in this way, and helps focus attention on how to starve the negative patterns away.I like the author's "AHA" approach to removing your achilles eel, as it's super memorable and actionable as a technique, and easy to describe to others. The book is direct and has one goal in mind. It is presented well, with footnotes backing up the author's points, leaving the narrative clean and to the point. Very useful little volume that can change the way you see your own thought and behavior patterns. I'm planning to re-read often until I deeply integrate the very important message.