How to Keep People From Pushing Your Buttons by Ellis, Albert -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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ALSO BY DR. ALBERT ELLIS Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Foreword A NOTE ON STYLE Introduction Chapter 1 - How We Let People and Things Push Our Buttons

The Fatal Foursome The ABC’s of Button-Pushing

“Oh My God, Not Timmy!” “Not Now, Dear!” Attilla the Boss

Divorce: A Potential Four-Bagger “What Have You Done for Me Lately?” Clash of the Psyches (Not the Psychos) The Critic

Chapter 6 - How to Keep People and Things From Pushing Your Buttons on the Job

The Empty Suit Getting Punished for Doing Good Work This Is the Big One! The Whiners

Chapter 7 - Spouses: The Ultimate Button-Pushers

The Public Stiletto Don’t Tread on Me The Old Switcheroo: Putting It Back on You Maybe It’s Me The Green-eyed Monster What a Dummy

Chapter 8 - Parenting: The Penultimate Test

The Sibs Are “At It” Again Young Sex The Loose Cannon Me, Me, Me!

Chapter 9 - A Plethora of Button-Pushers

“Hey, Waiter—a Minute!” Being Single Sorry—It’s the Rules! If You Really Loved Me, You’d . . . What, Me Worry? The Great Revenge: Undermine The Moment of Truth To Be—or Not to Be

Chapter 10 - Go Get ’Em! Suggested Further Reading and Listening Appendix About the Authors Notes