68 Recognize the 10 Most Unwanted Behaviors

What are the 10 most unwanted behaviors? We all answer this question slightly differently, depending on our own interpersonal strengths and weaknesses. But we would generally agree about which people are difficult and what they do that makes them difficult. This section identifies 10 specific behavior patterns that sane people resort to when they feel threatened or thwarted, that represent their struggle with (or withdrawal from) undesired circumstances.

Image The Tank: Pushy and ruthless, loud and forceful, or with the quiet intensity and surgical precision of a laser, the Tank assumes that the end justifies ...

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