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Your Achilles Eel: The Hidden Cause of Self-Sabotage Kindle Edition

by Mike Bundrant (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 175 ratings
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Here's the scene: A forbidden part of your psyche (the eel) spills the beans and tells you the truth about self-sabotage. Hearing the incredible story, you begin to see yourself in a new light. The motivation behind your negative thoughts and behavior finally makes sense.

We've all asked the questions:

• Why did I do that?
• Why is my inner critic so bad?
• Why doesn't self-help work for me?

On the surface, self-sabotage can't make sense. Why would people get in their own way? Life is hard enough! Still, we somehow manage to be our own worst enemy. And knowing this isn't enough to fix the problem.

Your Achilles Eel is a self-help book with one purpose. Like a good engineer, it defines the core problem well before attempting to solve it. If you wonder what causes self-defeating behavior, this book will tell you. When you understand, solutions present themselves. Don’t expect magic. Expect an aha-moment that reveals a clear path forward.

"A well-defined problem seeks its own solution."
~ Engineering maxim

If you're frustrated with yourself, but can't change your mindset, you're missing information. The real problem lurks beneath the surface. This book will reveal it.

Fascinating and potentially life-changing, Your Achilles Eel explores a psychological phenomenon that sets many of us up for chronic negativity and unhappiness--and offers a simple solution to overcome it. I wish I'd read this two decades ago. It's brief, but powerful!

Lori Deschene
Founder, TinyBuddha.com

Have you experienced problems that won’t go away no matter what you try? Do you make decisions knowing they aren’t in your best interest? The simple concept in this quick read could be the aha-moment you've needed.

After reading Your Achilles Eel, ask yourself:

• Do I understand self-sabotaging behavior in a new way?
• Do I know what to do now?

If you answer no to either of these, you can email the author for free advice.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00H6AIAFO
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mike Bundrant (December 19, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 19, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1285 KB
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    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 175 ratings

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Mike Bundrant

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Get the AHA you've been waiting for...

With so much "fluffy" personal development information available today, Mike Bundrant offers a deeper perspective. He writes on the lesser-known and even suppressed truth about your mind and behavior.

As a Co-Founder of the iNLP Center, Mike strives to create articles, books and courses that shine the light an entire level deeper into your subconscious mind. At the same time, his writing is simple enough for a child to understand. The most complex healing concepts taught in modern psychology, from Freud onward, become clear and actionable through Mike's writing.

Mike's writing style makes it easy for your mind to grasp and apply new insights. Some readers even report that changes and AHA moments occur just by reading.

Mike Bundrant's books and articles are for men and women who are committed to personal growth. Many are frustrated with the current state of Western mental health systems, which focus on shallow therapies and pharmaceutical treatment.

Where have all the deeper insights gone? Where is the education that changes your paradigm just by being exposed to it? This is what Mike strives to give his readers.

Mike lives with his wife and children in Temecula, California. He enjoys taking annual cruises with his family, interviewing top authors on the Mental Health Exposed podcast, writing for popular natural health and personal development websites and playing with the best mutt in the entire world, his family dog, "Biscuit."

You've never read personal development material like this before. Mike creates short, inexpensive books that offer hope to people who haven't found real answers elsewhere.

Read one of Mike's books today. A new world of personal discovery is waiting for you...

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Meghan
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely indispensable
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2013
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Cleverly written and uncannily spot-on, Mike Bundrant’s ‘Your Achilless Eel’ is perhaps the most thought-provoking, self-empowering books I have encountered. Mike brings some fresh insight and carefully fleshes out what really is making us experience failure and heartache—you’ll emerge from this deeply enlightened, I assure you.

I especially like Mike’s way of comparing our self-defeating negativity to a parasitic eel—how it feeds on our vitality and leaves us incapable of achieving success. What can be more compelling than that? Moreover, Mike writes in an intensely personal, intimate way that you can’t help but sit down and read. In fact, when I read the line, “why do people stare the negative consequences of their actions in the face, yet proceed down that dark path anyway?"—I had goose bumps: nobody has put it so compellingly.

Mike’s book is short but high-impact—it distils thousands of pages of scientific research into an easy-to-read and digest discussion of what works and what does not. And most importantly, through this book, you’ll learn about Mike’s “invention”: the “AHA”. What it is and how it works, you’ll have to find out by reading the book.

And that’s only for starters.

Overall, if there’s any uplift you need this holiday season, Mike’s ‘Your Achilles Eel’ must be it—it is deeply enlightening and you can get rid of the negative things in your life right away. Order a copy of this book today and see what I mean—or much better, send this as a gift to all your friends—they will thank you immensely for it. A five-star rating for this one.
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Mili A
4.0 out of 5 stars Worth a read - something gained from all walks of life and levels of knowledge and understanding!
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2013
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This book is very insightful. It sights a lot of theory from Edmund Bergler which talk about 'Basic Neurosis' and stems from there to point out some very interesting takes on why the human condition has a tendency to dwell if not fixate upon negative events or indulge in self-sabortage. It is very highly plausible that the reasons outlined in this short but sweet book may very well indeed explain the reasons why people have particular "maladaptive coping strategies" as we like to not say too much in the psychology world. Coming from a background in psychology, I see that themes or elements of Albert Elise's REBT can be seen - even if distantly so. The style of the book is charming, written in first person from the character of the attachment, one almost feels they are reading a personal letter written to you by satan lol!

Maybe a little more detail would be necessary - it obviously leaves the reader wanting more (which is advantageous for the author who can entice you to buy more of his easy to read and digest titles) but if you have a background in psych or theory relating to mental health you will find it refreshing and you will take the tidbits of info way well - maybe a refresher of what you already know - but put into a very interesting format so that you can utilise it better.

The AHA mantra is fantastic and can be used clinically as great tool for clients who self-sabortage.

My only criticism is it leaves a few gaps. The reader is left wondering about too many 'loose ends' not tied up in the book - and most likely addressed in other titles of the author. Oh and I would have liked more cited empirical works in the footnotes to build validity. (thats just a personal academia geeky thing I like)

All in all I would certainly recommend anyone to read it. Lots to be learned and gained on all different levels of understanding.
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A Smythe
5.0 out of 5 stars Free Yourself To Meet Your Goals!
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2015
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Epiphany! This book did more for me in a single night than the last twenty years of my life. I was on the fence, not sure I wanted to spend even $2.99 on yet another book that would tell me to "just do it" or "just move on" or "let it go". It's not been that simple for me and I doubt that I'm alone. I think this book will be especially insightful for children of controlling or "toxic" parents (I'm one). The real work is implementing the program to overcome the self sabotage but knowing and understanding what's been preventing me from succeeding feels like the battle is already won. The material is concise, direct and revealing without being preachy and it doesn't encourage you to place blame. Instead, it advises you to look within, identify what's holding you back, and gives you a simple action plan to implement. I hope its as helpful for others as it's going to be for me.
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Mandi Lopez
3.0 out of 5 stars Your Achilles Eel: Discover and Overcome the
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2015
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Easy read, short book, offered a lot of insight that really made sense
I only wish it were longer and explained how to stop self sabotage more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Useful, easy read
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2017
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AHA, although I'm generally not a self-destructive or negative person, there were many aha insights I had into my own psyche while reading this quick book. The most important aspect of my own personality that I learned about was the concept of not immediately gratifying myself. Sounds basic. I also felt hints of Buddhism in the text. I will be reading it again, more slowly. It's seems deceptively simple on the surface. I read all the one, two, and three star reviews of This book. I do that often as a critic oftentimes may Reveal a deep truth, not so here. This Little work seems like something Freud would have written, had he put his mind to it.
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V. Harrison
2.0 out of 5 stars weird
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2014
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I understand what the writer was trying to do here. But he just didn't do it very well.
He tries to come at you from the viewpoint of your negativity by embodying it, but in my opinion it just doesn't work.
I got 20% through and called it quits - something I very rarely do. I couldn't get any redeeming lesson from Mr. Bundrant because I was too busy being annoyed by his delivery. Ironic due to the nature of the book, eh?
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Kalaiarasan
4.0 out of 5 stars Short and to the point.
Reviewed in India on July 16, 2018
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Short and to the point.
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Moonlit Metallics
5.0 out of 5 stars Strong message, easy read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 20, 2018
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I found this a very useful read, right at the time I needed it. No earth-shattering revelations, but I found the message totally relatable and gave me a much needed injection of ‘I can do this!’. Because it’s so short, I am pretty sure it will be a pocket book that I will read back over again and again when I hit those periods of doubt.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Archeel
Reviewed in Australia on March 19, 2017
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Pretty interesting read & a further education on how to secure your feelings & set your life in the way u want
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Terry Barbara
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Canada on September 21, 2014
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an eye opener for a long time blindness !
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Lochside
3.0 out of 5 stars Worth a look
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 24, 2018
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On the day I read this, I found the style of writing simple and effective. I've since read it again and maintain that view. I've read a lot by different authors on cultivating and maintaining self awareness, thus the substance was similar to what I have read before. However, the simple style of this short book can be helpful in keeping the basics to the forefront when facing choices and then making better ones.
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