Why Good People Do Bad Things

Hi Friends,

Debbie FordAnother great book to read by my friend Debbie Ford. I love to read and hopefully you do also.

Most of us were taught that if we just wrap ourselves in enough layers, create a convincing enough persona or hide behind an attractive enough mask, people won’t discover (or, more to the point, we won’t discover) that we are flawed, imperfect, and insecure. We wrap ourselves in the layers of our false self to conceal that we are talented, brilliant, and more fortunate than those around us. It’s downright exhausting to keep hiding and denying parts of ourselves. Eventually, like a beach ball held under water, they pop up and smack us in the face. This is the birth of self-sabotage.

Why Good People Do Bad Things, a bold new book that takes us behind the facade of the false self, guides us to heal the split between our ego and our soul and live the authentic life that is well within our reach. You can learn more about the book here.

Stop inhibiting yourself and start living the life of your dreams!

To your Having It All,

John

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  • http://skylinecoaching.blogspot.com Nickolove

    Looks like a great book to read and a thought-provoking title. Sometimes good people do bad things because of certain circumstances they find themselves in. It doesn’t necessarily make it right but we shouldn’t be quick to judge.

    Also, people who have done “bad things” often turn their lives around and join the ranks of society’s greatest positive contributors.

    I believe that under these circumstances, the bad patch that these individuals go through is critical to helping them shape their character.

  • http://skylinecoaching.blogspot.com Nickolove

    Looks like a great book to read and a thought-provoking title. Sometimes good people do bad things because of certain circumstances they find themselves in. It doesn’t necessarily make it right but we shouldn’t be quick to judge.

    Also, people who have done “bad things” often turn their lives around and join the ranks of society’s greatest positive contributors.

    I believe that under these circumstances, the bad patch that these individuals go through is critical to helping them shape their character.

  • Greg

    Funny that this blog was posted today. My business partner has been causing me grief and this blog could not come at a better time. Makes sense.

  • Greg

    Funny that this blog was posted today. My business partner has been causing me grief and this blog could not come at a better time. Makes sense.

  • Henri Nolen

    Thanks John for the recomendation! Sounds like a promising book. Wow, I could not agree more with the above. Life’s lessons within good people’s Lifes are sometimes
    deffinately downright neccesary to evolve from and to become an even better person, to be absolutely sertain that “this” is not the way you want to go.
    and “that” is.
    It makes you focus.
    It’s Like Winston Churchill Said (and so many others): “Having success means getting up 1 more time, then you have been falling down”
    Nice title by the way.
    God Bless, Henri

  • Henri Nolen

    Thanks John for the recomendation! Sounds like a promising book. Wow, I could not agree more with the above. Life’s lessons within good people’s Lifes are sometimes
    deffinately downright neccesary to evolve from and to become an even better person, to be absolutely sertain that “this” is not the way you want to go.
    and “that” is.
    It makes you focus.
    It’s Like Winston Churchill Said (and so many others): “Having success means getting up 1 more time, then you have been falling down”
    Nice title by the way.
    God Bless, Henri

  • cazmik

    I shall be ordering this book, as I too have been told I ‘sabotage’ myself ! It seems I have been led to this, maybe its the Law of Attraction working already !!

  • http://www.whoisjuliettegray.net juliette gray

    Hi John, This book sounds along the lines of Eckart Tolle’s writings. The bad things are a thirst in people to feed the ego. The thirst of inadequacy that requires that kind of ego feeding is a result of years of mental conditioning from childhood onward compounded by the media and our modern society’s constant barraging of “stuff” on us that is supposed to make us and be more.

    All these things can compound to blowing up in our face. That wouldn’t be so bad if the bad standards we impose on ourselves didn’t have a ripple effect on other people that come into our lives. The key I am told is living in the moment and detaching from the ego. Your work on neuro reconditioning plays a big part in this if people follow your philosophy of how the brain works and then put it to good use. I am working on this myself – one action always brings about a reaction and as soon as it is done the ripple effect begins. As Omar Khayyam said The Moving Finger writes, and having writ moves on and nor all thy piety or wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it. Maybe I am off base but I’d like to hear your opinion about how you can bring the contents of these types of books into our lives to improve the now and correct the past in a positive way not just for ourselves but for the people who our “bad things” have affected. Thanks. Juliette Gray http://www.whoisjuliettegray.net

  • http://www.whoisjuliettegray.net juliette gray

    Hi John, This book sounds along the lines of Eckart Tolle’s writings. The bad things are a thirst in people to feed the ego. The thirst of inadequacy that requires that kind of ego feeding is a result of years of mental conditioning from childhood onward compounded by the media and our modern society’s constant barraging of “stuff” on us that is supposed to make us and be more.

    All these things can compound to blowing up in our face. That wouldn’t be so bad if the bad standards we impose on ourselves didn’t have a ripple effect on other people that come into our lives. The key I am told is living in the moment and detaching from the ego. Your work on neuro reconditioning plays a big part in this if people follow your philosophy of how the brain works and then put it to good use. I am working on this myself – one action always brings about a reaction and as soon as it is done the ripple effect begins. As Omar Khayyam said The Moving Finger writes, and having writ moves on and nor all thy piety or wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it. Maybe I am off base but I’d like to hear your opinion about how you can bring the contents of these types of books into our lives to improve the now and correct the past in a positive way not just for ourselves but for the people who our “bad things” have affected. Thanks. Juliette Gray http://www.whoisjuliettegray.net

  • http://www.alirezabahramizade.blogfa.com alireza

    as usualle i am here!
    the iranian bookworm is at your service. you know john you are lovely as the spring

    this boy begs john to visit his english-persian blog.
    thankyou a lot

  • http://www.alirezabahramizade.blogfa.com alireza

    as usualle i am here!
    the iranian bookworm is at your service. you know john you are lovely as the spring

    this boy begs john to visit his english-persian blog.
    thankyou a lot

  • http://www.alastacey.com stacey

    Can’t wait to read this book! Thanks for the recommendation.

  • http://www.alastacey.com stacey

    Can’t wait to read this book! Thanks for the recommendation.

  • http://www.evolvedtrader.com/ Ryan

    Hey John,

    Thanks for the recommendation. After having the opporunity to have spend the day with you, I can honestly say you are the most congruent person I have ever met. No double binding message here!

    Thanks for everything!
    Ryan
    Visit http://www.evolvedtrader.com

  • http://www.evolvedtrader.com/ Ryan

    Hey John,

    Thanks for the recommendation. After having the opporunity to have spend the day with you, I can honestly say you are the most congruent person I have ever met. No double binding message here!

    Thanks for everything!
    Ryan
    Visit http://www.evolvedtrader.com

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