Overcoming Passive-Aggression, Revised Edition

Helped a lot with my obvious problem. I needed to work on and this book helped me realize when I was doing it and how to prevent myself from continuing. Both me and my mom read the book and she has not said it helped her but I haven’t seen her be like that in a while so that’s good. We both had different levels of the problem and I’d definitely say I had less of one and she had a bad one. So at different levels we both found it to help it seems. I needed the book because my passive aggressive problem definitely played a part in the end of an relationship that was and is very important to me.

This is a great book. I'm thoroughly enjoying it and would suggest this book to anyone interested in the topics of passive agression and anger in general.

Information was very helpful!CD would skip tracks but when moved back to skipped track played fine.

A good read, very helpful.

Excellent comprehensive overview of passive aggressive behaviors and it’s causes. The book covers PA in both children and adults. I’m an HR Organization Development professional and this has really helped build my understanding of PA - which has been a great help to me in coaching executive leaders. Particularly those who are more difficult and challenging. Highly recommend!!

A little passive aggressive content, but otherwise a good read. Lol

It is a serious problem for many of us, not just the sufferer. Being around these people often is not very pleasant.The constant undermining is one unpleasant reality.. Being afraid to tell people to stop annoying you is another.

Good overview.

Supported good understanding and helps me better manage my team manager's poor behaviour more directly

Great book

This book reads like a psychology textbook; complete with bullet points, charts, "quizzes", and diagrams. This really impacts the flow of the book and, I agree with some of the other reviews, it seems to be all over the place and choppy; further complicated by tossing a diagram in mid-paragraph.The topic is interesting and the knowledge is there (which is the only reason I am giving the book 2 stars), but the point is often clouded by the many, many unnecessary stories and examples which are so often left open-ended without any clear resolve or a point drawn relating back to the subject.If this book were edited to bring the important points to the surface, it may help. The book does not need to have so many charts to get the point across to the readers- I found that I skipped over the charts rather than "study" them.If you want to read a great book on the subject of passive-aggression, I recommend Scott Wetzler's book 'Living with the Passive-Aggressive Man: Coping with Hidden Aggressions from the Bedroom to the Boardroom.' I bought this book from Amazon as well and could not put it down. It was an easy and enjoyable read with valuable information and incredible insight.Unfortunately, with Tim Murphy and Loriann Oberlin's book, I was very disappointed and felt like I was back in university, painfully prepping for a mid-term.After writing this review, I now feel the need to give the book 1 star...

Das Buch hilft mir im Umgang mit Mitarbeitern nicht weiter.Anekdotenhaft und sehr subjektiv geschrieben. Keine saubere SystematikHabe es nach 25% nicht weitergelesen.

A good and insightful read but a bit lengthy at times.It can be overwhelming at first but if one truly wants to change ones relationship with anyone (partner,co-workers,family members,friends, bosses ) it is a good start.Self awareness and willingness to change are the keys to read this book.It illustrates that we as individuals are responsible for our feelings, our attitudes and actions and that we have a choice how to respond to life, ourselves and others.The book for me personally is also helpful in understanding why we have so many" blow-ups" in our society: mass shootings and other mass rampages that seemingly occur out of the blue.I feel it would be good to have a chapter on effective communications skills and the stumbling blocks that typically hamper good communication.This is the kind of book I have to re visit, it covers a lot of ground.