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PRACTICAL WAYS TO A POWERFUL
PERSONALITY
George Weinberg
Author
Dr. Weinberg, a practicing psychotherapist, shows how, by a judicious choice of actions, we can rid our personalities of fear, anxiety and shame. He illustrates his ideas with numerous examples and suggests practical ways to develop a powerful personality.
Chapter 1: our most important cues Chapter 2: some ways to know you feelings Chapter 3: the necessary starting place for self-
help Chapter 4: the action approach Chapter 5: the interaction and the vantage- point
effect Chapter 6: direct effect Chapter 7: the process of change Chapter 8: a story of past Chapter 9: trauma and what we can do about it Chapter 10: paranoia Chapter 11: the fourth effect---recognition
Chapter 12: some comparisons of the effect Chapter 13: fear and anxiety Chapter 14: backward inference Chapter 15: habits and compulsions Chapter 16: love without obstacles Chapter 17: inconsistency: real or imagined? Chapter 18: rehearsal Chapter 19: how to make a complaint Chapter 20: personal values and personality Chapter 21: mental health and personal goals Chapter 22: summary and some conclusions
Chapter # 1 : The Most Important Cues Some important cues to identify your
personalityFeelingBehaviorDifferent activitiesvalues
Chapter # 2 : Some ways to know your Feelings Try to accept fact Try to identify physical and verbal signs of how you
feel Understand that if you have a feeling you don’t have
to act on it Don’t set your sights on becoming a person who’s
never afraid Be especially careful, not misrepresent your attitude Discuss your feeling only with people you trust Don’t pretend to be broad- minded Interpret your own surprise and disappointment
Chapter # 3 :The Necessary Starting Place for Self-Help
“Actions seem to follow feelings, but real actions and feeling go together, and by regulating the action, which is under more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feelings, which is not.”
We must not hold our self accountable for our emotions
Hold yourself accountable for all your decisions
Chapter # 4 : The Action Approach
Our personal orientation is relatively stable by the time, the long-standing beliefs ( emotional meaning)
There is no sufficient power to rearrange our own character structure (psychoanalysis)
Our actions affect our character structure By following actions we can produce
lasting change
Chapter # 5 : The Interaction and The Vantage-Point Effects
Interaction effectProcess of learning (people response) and
developing techniques Vantage point effect
Interpret people behavior Some power to influence our attitudes
and our perceptions
Chapter # 6 : Direct Effect
“We have direct effect when we act” Feelings lead us to act Our actions affect our subsequent
attitudes
Chapter # 7 : The Process of Change
Identify unwanted attitude Order all attitude Suggest activities Patterns of activities can produce
personality change
Chapter # 8 : A Story from the Past
Our past effect us in different waysLearning Actions Responsiveness character structure
Chapter # 9 : Trauma and What we can do about it Trauma:
○ An event, or set of events, that causes a person to shift a behavior pattern, bringing some attitude into prominence
○ A lasting psychological effect( shock)
Involving in different activities Changing behavior patterns Make the person to feel member of a
large family
Chapter # 10 : Paranoia
Paranoia is the fear of being abused The pre-paranoid situations
A strong emotional investmentFeel frightened of being deprived
Chapter # 11 : The Forth Effect----Recognition It is the fourth principle Recognition:
To judge/identify people through their behavior
Chapter # 12 :Some Comparisons of the Effects
Interaction ○ learn
Vantage point○ Interpret
Direct effect○ Act
Recognition○ Judge
Chapter # 13 : Fear and Anxiety Very important emotions Both involve same internal changes Both are unpleasant/discomfort In fear we can identify what we are
thinking but in anxiety we can’t Fear can suggest some course of action
but anxiety can’t
Chapter # 14 : Backward Inference
A technique that identify motivation previously not recognized
Discover the truth/ real motive The appearance of new motive can
cause any habitual behaviour
Chapter # 15 : Habits and Compulsions Habit:
A practice which we feel an inner urge/ impulseResist impulse by replacing activities
Compulsion:Motive force derives from need Not newly adoptedCan not change easily(resist)
Ways to attack behaviorFight against impulseIdentify problemBy resisting
Chapter # 16 : Love without Obstacles A person love himself, can love other
people Serve and love humanity Love for your family Your love for family will give them peace,
courage and hope
Chapter # 17 : Inconsistency : Real or Imagined Freud’s concept of libido Libido:
A quantity of psychic force in different amount
Not measureable A person can have inconsistency in his
activities These activities can base on reality or
imagination
Chapter # 18 : Rehearsal
In rehearsal there can be immense advantage
We can express ourselves precisely and to the point
Negative rehearsal:Offend that personActionsMake ourselves undesirable
Chapter # 19: How to make a Complaint
Making complain Complain the person harming you Do not object behavior in front of anyone else Don’t compare behavior with other person Make complain as soon as possible Don’t repeat a point again Object the actions other can change Try to make only one complain at one time Avoid words like “always” and “never”
Chapter # 20 : Personal Values and Personality Every one has a code of personal
ethics(attitude) We can not live without some ethical
system We follow for the sake of stability Value system determines the people
who become important to us Ethical behavior can produce effects on
our psychs
Chapter # 21 : Mental Health and Personal Goals There will be some goals which we would
consider desirable We are the final judge of our own behavior Mental health is valuable ( stability) Stable our character structure We can roughly renew same set of attitude There is no official rule, explicit what is
healthy for you
Chapter # 22 : Summary and Some Conclusions Understand the significance of the
childhood The changing of thoughts and attitudes The source of personality change is new in
psychology We can replace some undesirable attitudes Each of us ultimate power to shape the
psyche We have the power in our actions to turn
ourselves into the people we want to be
