The Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You Are

by Kevin Leman, Wayne Shepherd (Narrated by)

Overview

Do you realize that of the first twenty-three astronauts in space, twenty-one were first borns and the other two were onlies? Did you know that first borns are natural leaders? They are our CEOs and presidents. Are you aware that entrepreneurs such as Donald Trump, Steve Forbes, and Bill Gates are more likely to come from the middle or later born positions in their families? Ever wonder how it is that your show-off kid sister became a top salesperson? It's also no coincidence that comedians Billy Crystal, Martin Short, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, and Whoopi Goldberg are all the youngest of their sex in their families. Birth order powerfully influences who you are, who you marry, the job you choose, and the kind of parent you are. With insight and wit, Dr. Leman's classic book will help you understand yourself, get along better with others, overcome ingrained tendencies you never thought you could get rid of, and be more successful in the workplace.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781598596359
Publisher:	Oasis Audio
Publication date:	10/01/2009
Edition description:	Unabridged, Updated Edition
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Dr. Kevin Leman is an internationally known psychologist, radio and television personality, and speaker who has taught and entertained audiences worldwide with his wit and commonsense psychology. He has made house calls through hundreds of radio and television programs, such as Fox & Friends, The View, FOX's The Morning Show, Today, Bill Bennett's Morning in America, The 700 Club, CBS's The Early Show, In the Market with Janet Parshall, CNN, and Focus on the Family, and has served as a contributing family psychologist to Good Morning America. A bestselling and award-winning author, Dr. Leman has written more than fifty books, including The Birth Order Book, Making Children Mind without Losing Yours, and Have a New Kid by Friday. Dr. Leman and his wife, Sande, live in Tucson, Arizona. They have five children and four grandchildren.

Table of Contents

	Preface: Maybe Abel Did Have It Coming	9
1	Birth Order--Does It Really Make Any Sense?	13
2	But, Doc, I Don't Fit Your Birth Order Mold! Birth Order Variables--Part 1	32
3	What's Parenting Got to Do with It? Birth Order Variables--Part 2	52
4	First Come, First Served: A Closer Look at First Borns	75
5	Just How Serious a Problem Is Perfectionism?	97
6	Moving from Perfectionism toward Excellence: There Is a Way Out of the Perfectionist Swamp	114
7	Lonely Only, Super First Born: A Closer Look at Only Children	130
8	I Never Did Get No Respect: A Closer Look at the Middle Child	149
9	Born Last but Seldom Least: A Closer Look at the Baby of the Family	167
10	How to Let Your Birth Order Work for You in Business	190
11	Birth Order Marriages Aren't Made in Heaven	207
12	I Only Count When ... Taking a Look at Your Life-Style	231
13	Why Reality Discipline Works with Any Birth Order	250
14	Flaunt Your Imperfections: Parenting First Borns and Only Children	268
15	Two May Be Company ... or a Crowd: Parenting the Two-Child Family	289
16	Taking Off the Squeeze: Parenting the Middle Child	307
17	Helping the Family "Cub" Grow Up: Parenting the Last Born	321
	Epilogue: There Is Still Only One Thing You Can't Do Without	338
	Appendices
A	U.S. Presidents and Their Birth Order	349
B	A Review of Born to Rebel by Frank Sulloway	352
	Notes	357