Success Through Transactional Analysis

by Jut Meininger

Great reference

224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

Reviews

[Michael David · Rating 4 out of 5]

At 1973, 43 years before Manson's Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, this book was published. It built up on the transactional analysis theory of psychology developed and espoused by Eric Berne, but translated its teachings into business and management. Similar to the later book, it places much focus on accountability and responsibility, with the same view towards both emotions and expectations as phenomena. Likewise, honesty as a personal value is welcomed by both works, although Manson is a lot more direct about it. Another common vein in their books is the recognition of one's own shortcomings, and helping others recognize theirs.

This book, however, engages psychological insight by the engagement of the Adult. The Adult in Berne's theory is the aspect of the person that recognizes and is situated in reality. If it is the one in control, instead of the historical Parent and the belligerent Child, there is a better connection with reality, and subsequently an easier acceptance of one's faults.

Another wonderful insight this book provided was regarding expectations: the management of one's unspoken expectations, and, similar to existential philosophy, its recognition as a phenomena that stems from one's past and self allows the self to judge other people less from their own lens and understand that each person functions under a different lens. Manson, similarly, exhorts the reader to recognize one's values and then act upon them: each value creates a different set of problems, and the best we could do is to choose the problems that we are comfortable to live with.

There are a lot more ideas in the book that deserve explanation, such as playing to our life scripts out of a fear of uncertainty. There is much that is similar with this book and Manson's: the only thing worse, probably, about this book is that it's a lot less concise - and that's not the book's problem, it's mine.

[Mohammad Naseri · Rating 3 out of 5]

کتاب تحلیل رفتار مقابل کتاب جالبی بود که با مفاهیم چون کودک و بالغ و والد آشنا می شویم همچنین با انواع نوازش ها و تاثیر نوازش ها در آینده یک فرد آشنا می شویم و همچینین انواع بازی ها
البته این مفاهیم کاملا به طور کوتاه و مختصر و بیشتر در حوزه ی کار توضیح می کند

[Parastoo · Rating 2 out of 5]

خیلی کتابای کامل تر و مفهوم‌تری در رابطه با تحلیل رفتار متقابل وجود داره مثل وضعیت آخر..نه مترجم کتاب خوب بود و نه نویسندش به شیوایی نویسنده هایی مثل اریک برن و تامس هریس نوشته..خلاصه خیلی کتاب ضعیفی بود