You Can Read Anyone by David J. Lieberman

Author:David J. Lieberman [Lieberman, David J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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C H A R: T E R

Emotional Profile: Learn Just How Safe, Stable, and Sane a Person Is

“Ordinarify he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid.”

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1 hrough casual observation or a two-minute conversation,

*. you can learn the warning signs of emotional instability and the potential for violence. From a blind date, to the baby sitter, to a co-worker, gain the advantage by knowing what to look for and what questions to ask in order to protect yourself and your loved ones. To fully understand the process of gauging someone’s psychological welfare, we will walk through the internal forces and struggles each of us face, ultimately determining our degree of emotional well-being. We will also crystallize the general psychological process into clear, specific red flags you need to be on the lookout for.

our means. In essence, this is doing something to appear a certain way to others. When we are driven by ego, we do things that we believe project the right image. These choices are not based on what is good but on what makes us look good. Finally, a soul choice involves doing what is right, regardless of what we feel like doing. In short, the body wants to do what feels good; the ego wants to do what looks good; and the soul wants to do what is good. When the alarm clock sounds in the morning, they all battle it out. If we hit the snooze button, guess who won the first round? True freedom is not about being able to do whatever we feel like doing; rather, it is about being able to do what we truly want to do, in spite of what we feel like doing at the moment.

What Makes a Person “Normal” or Not?

Within human beings, three inner forces exist, often at odds with each other: the soul (our conscience), the ego, and the body. The soul seeks to do what is right; the ego (or lower soul) wants to be right; and the body just wants to escape from all of it. Doing what is easy or comfortable is a body drive. Examples of overindulgences of this drive are overeating or oversleeping—in effect, doing or not doing something we know we should or should not do, merely because of how it feels. An ego drive can run the gamut from making a joke at someone else’s expense to buying a flashy car that’s beyond

Q U I C K T A K E Imagine you are on a diet and suddenly feel like eating a piece of chocolate. You try hard to fight the temptation, but you can no longer resist; you cave in. Can it be said you are free? You felt like eating it, and you did. Is this freedom, or slavery?

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