People Can't Drive You Crazy If You Don't Give Them the Keys by Mike Bechtle

I was intrigued by the title of this book alone.  I'm typically a people pleaser and find that those people who are a bit type A really stress me out.  I take it personally if people get mad at me, whether they've had a bad day or not.  I try to avoid difficult people when given the opportunity but sometimes God puts me smack dab in the middle of them.

I liked how he talked about Mood Mastery and how to focus on the things that you can change and not necessarily the things that you can't change.  Another piece of wisdom that I needed to hear was about temperament and how we need to understand the other person's temperament and accept it.  It's not that we are saying that their behavior is right or acceptable, but we are saying that we understand their behavior is a part of them in some way.

The fact that some people like being negative is not a new insight, but it was very encouraging to know that I'm not the only one who encounters people who are so negative.  That whole section offered encouragement and lifted my spirits a bit as I learned a little about how to react to their negativity.

This book is a great book for absolutely anyone who is around another human being that they find is difficult to love or work with, which I think would sum up to be everyone.

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I received this book free from Revell Publishers in exchange for my honest opinion.