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Birth Order Book, The: Why You Are the Way You Are |  | Author: Dr. Kevin Leman
Publisher: Revell
Category: Book
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Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 10331
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2 Rev Upd
Pages: 343
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 0800734068
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.924
EAN: 9780800734060
ASIN: 0800734068
Publication Date: October 1, 2009
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Product Description
Dr. Kevin Leman's ever-popular book on birth order is getting a new look and updated writing. With insight and wit, Dr. Leman offers readers a fascinating and often funny look at how birth order affects personality, marriage and relationships, parenting style, career, and children. Birth order powerfully influences the way people interact with others, whether they're at home or on the job. This is a great book for anyone who wants to learn more about how they react to their world. Dr. Leman even shows readers how to overcome ingrained tendencies they never thought they'd be rid of, all by focusing on their birth order.
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 Know Who You Know Better and How To Get Along With Others... February 9, 2006
L. Mullins (Atlanta, GA United States)
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
I read this book when I was in college studying to be a teacher and once I was in the classroom with children, I was amazed at how I could figure out the birth order of each child in my classroom within the first week. Years later, I find myself working in Corporate America and the same holds true. No matter our age, gender or race... our birth order truly sets us with a pattern of characteristics that follow us through life and can assist everyone in how to work better with others if you have this knowledge. I think it should be a required reading for anyone in management or customer service as well as anyone who works with children or has even one child. Knowledge is power and better understanding our fellow man is a step towards peace. Give it a try!
I have a clearer outlook on my 3 boys and my own personality August 25, 1999
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
I love this book. I felt like such a failure in the kiddos department, I have 3 boys and I thought the way they were and their personalities were so different and strange, I was sure they were just my failures. I read this book and it was all put into perspective. These personality differences were actually just typical for their birth order and for that matter my personality and hang ups were typical for my birth order. It just all made so much more sense after reading this book and since I have read this book, I have bought 3 other copies and given them to friends. I recommend this book all of the time.
Birth Order Book Review October 16, 2002
Justin Tennison (Detroit, MI)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
There are many aspects which affect the way a person will behave in life. Most people point to genetics, environment, or other variables as reasons people develop the personalities they have. However, The Birth Order Book by K. Leman introduces a new factor to consider when investigating the origin of someone's personality. This book cites the order in which one is born as the primary factor in deciding one's personality. The book is a very interesting and entertaining read for anyone.
Everyone from firstborns to middle children to lastborns will find The Birth Order Book both interesting and informative. The book can also help anyone deal with anyone else by teaching them to better understand the other birth orders. It will also help a person to better understand and improve upon themselves. Firstborns will find ways to get over their perfectionism, in the same way as lastborns will find ways to concentrate more and `tone it down a little'.
The Birth Order Book's best attribute is its sections on marriage and parenting. This part of the book is perhaps most helpful because it can teach couples to work together according to their differing birth orders. It gives a run through of just about every birth order combination and how they can have the most effective and happy marriage. The section that concerns parenting is also very helpful. It lets parents know that every child should not be treated the same; rather, they should be parented according to their birth order personality.
The Birth Order Book is a great read for anyone and everyone who wants to improve upon their life. The way Leman informs us about a certain birth order and then relates it back to his own experiences make the book interesting and entertaining.
Birth Order Book January 10, 2007
Anvanya (Pasadena, CA USA)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I am a middle child, and the description of my siblings, their roles in the family, and my own temperament and style were spot-on. I sent a copy to my married son and wife. I look at my friends and their siblings now and I can see the source of both contention and happiness in their family constellations.
An eye-opening book May 22, 2000
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
I first read this book one summer during middle school. My (middle sibling) sister had bought it, presumably to figure out why she always got the shaft in our family.Since that summer, I've understood my family with greater clarity, I've dealt with friends and co-workers more effectively, and I've (perhaps this isn't such a positive thing) been successfully pigeon-holing people (with decent accuracy) since then. I guarantee that this book will describe to a tee your family and the families of your friends and loved ones. The whole birth order thing may just be a fad, but it surely appears to provide real insight into human behavior.
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