Solving the Riddle of Self: The Search for Self-Discovery

John Powell explains in a simple way reasons why we behave the way we behave. He has several excellent and well-explained real life examples of how real people have been shaped to further simplify his excellent points. These examples remind me of how Dale Carnegie wrote about people in different situation and how that affected them. The book is also filled with useful hints (gems) one can use in real life.After reading this book I got a new way to look at criticism making it possible to use twice as much feedback!Who do you think will tell you of your most important weakness? The one who loves you or the one who does not like you?Does it hurt to listen to the person that does not like you if he has the most valued point?John Powell explains how to take care of criticism much better than I do.Welcome to enlightening reading you will not regret you have laid your eyes on!

This book is a wonderful way to determine why we behave the way we do. It explains why our childhood molds our adult behavior and how we can change our attitude as a result of realizing who we are and how we got there.