The Blame Game: The Complete Guide to Blaming: How to Play and How to Quit
This funny, well-intentioned book is right on when it comes to human behavior. Read it, learn from it, and apply it to your life and you will never again pass the buck so easily. --Stephen R. Covey, PhD, bestselling author ofThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The Leader in MeRather than blaming, start reading! This is a thoughtful, accessible book that could actually make you happier. --Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD, author ofHappier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting FulfillmentThe Blame Gamehelps to usher in our new era of responsibility with: Ask not where the buck stops. It stops with thee. --Tad Waddington, PhD, author ofLasting Contribution: How to Think, Plan, and Act to Accomplish Meaningful WorkDr. Farber paints a persuasive picture of how ordinary is our extraordinary tendency to blame. More important, he shows how well-being will follow when we give it up. --Ellen Langer, PhD, author ofCounterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of PossibilityIn a book that is long overdue, Dr. Farber identifies a critical problem most of us face: an unwillingness to hold ourselves accountable. While many of us seem to be all too willing to point fingers at others for our failings, Dr. Farber provides a map with which we can become more self-aware and, in the process, lead a more fulfilling life. --Ed Levitus, PhD, Associate Professor, Sheldon B. Lubar School of BusinessThroughout my career, supplementing my life experiences with thoughtful texts on management, psychology and human behavior have been invaluable. One of the difficulties with many of these is that it often feels like studying to digest the comments. This book effortlessly brings wit and readability to a vitally important topic no matter what rung of the ladder you are on and regardless of your field of interest. This text has the potential to transform individual lives and corporate cultures. I have placed it on my shelf of must-read books! --Joseph Kerschner, MD, CEO, Senior Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs for Children's Specialty Group, Professor and Vice Chairman, Otolaryngology, Medical College of WisconsinIf you are like me, you spend way too much time and energy blaming others for disappointments and offenses when you could be moving on with a productive and happy life. Want to learn how to stop blaming and live more abundantly? This is the book for you. Entertaining, yet thoughtful, playing the Blame Game will unclutter your emotions and your life. --Everett L. Worthington Jr., PhD, author ofForgiving and Reconciling: Bridges to Wholeness and HopeTo blame is human; to write about it with humor, skill, and insight is to write a book worth reading. How wonderful to have a help book that actually helps. --Herzl R. Spiro MD, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Wisconsin-MadisonThe Blame Gamepresents a humorous guide to blaming with practical and insightful ways to jump off the Blame Train. Dr. Farber's witty and informative style makes this a fun and edifying read. Take it seriously and it will change your life for the better. --Jon Gordon, author ofThe Energy BusandThe No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work