Why We Fall : How Not to Sabotage Your Career - Your Relationships - Your Life

by Burton, Dorothy; Evans, Tony

• ISBN13: 9780982976913
• ISBN10: 0982976917
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-01
• Publisher: Dailey Swan Pub

Summary

Arrogance, greed, pride, infidelity, corruption - many have lost careers, marriages, and reputations because of them. From the pulpit to the classroom - from city halls to the halls of congress - and from corporate America to small town America, there has never been a time in modern history where every aspect of our culture has been so distressed and the resulting emotional, financial, and spiritual carnage so wretched.Using easy-to-understand biblical principles, Why We Fall explores the seven self-saboteurs behind the often surprisingly spectacular downfall of those esteemed as honest, respectable, and committed to God, country, family, and faith. "Good" people whom no one would ever suspect would steal from the treasury they've been entrusted to oversee, have a sordid affair, take money under the table, be fired from their job or use their position to exploit others.Written from a biblical frame of reference, nearly every page is filled with wisdom and encouragement, as the author helps the reader identify, confront and overcome the most powerful, yet stealth enemy of all - themselves.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 6
Acknowledgments	p. 7
Introduction	p. 8
Forfeiting our Purpose: Running the Wrong Way	p. 11
Arrogance: Humble pie can be a bitter mouthful to swallow	p. 28
Ignoring the Core: Caught Between the Tension of Passion and Conscience	p. 40
Lying: Lies are cheap - it's the maintenance and shameful aftermath that are so costly	p. 58
Underestimating Risks: Risk v. Reward	p. 75
Ruling out the Rules: The price is always higher than the cost	p. 98
Emotional Immaturity: Grown but Not Grown Up	p. 116
Conclusion: Sabotage or Success? It's your call	p. 138
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