Book Review - Why Normal People Do Some Crazy Things

About the Book

Why Normal People Do Some Crazy Things: Nine Fundamentals of Human Behavior is based on the premise that it is the unexplainable behaviors of others that most upset us. It owes its development to months of participating in after work gripe sessions with associates. The author, Kevin Davis, M.A., noticed that while his professional peers shared their own personal conflicts, they were most enlivened and passionate when speculating about "why" the offending party had behaved the way they had. "Why would they do that?" "What is wrong with her?" they repeatedly asked in disbelief. Initially, Kevin responded to these questions with short, simple one-liners meant to bring thoughtful humor to the situation. But after a couple of months of playfully tossing out these aphorisms, he found the colleagues started repeating them, testing then to see which ones were most valid. Their earlier distress it seemed could be mitigated or even prevented if they could make sense of others' behaviors. Nine aphorisms, in particular, stood the test of time as reliable observations that explain a large range of fundamental--indeed predictable--behaviors that people experience in their lives every day. With real life stories and personal examples, this book introduces and explains these nine "fundamentals" of human behavior. From relationship issues to workplace conflicts and even global politics, the nine fundamentals help to explain a large range of situations and behaviors that have left readers scratching their heads in the past. Both the popular psychology enthusiast and the in-depth student of psychology will experience an "Ah Hah" moment as they read this funny and insightful book.

About the Author

Kevin Davis, M.A. has been a psychotherapist in Atlanta Ga. for the past twenty five years. He began his career as an addiction counselor for a hospital-based recovery center and later became the director/administrator of the same unit. Later in his career, he worked for several years as a workplace resolution counselor for the Employment Assistance Program at Emory University. In 1993, he had the opportunity to join a team of corporate coaches working with a multinational corporation in Britain to assist a "corporate cultural change experiment" facilitating all levels of management to move to a more cooperative, group management style. Presently in private practice, Kevin continues to work with individual executives as a corporate coach.


My Take on the Book
This book was an amazing book that made you really think about the relationships that you have and to think back at some of the things that people may have said or done in the past that may have seemed odd at the time. This books puts these oddities in perspective and helps you better understand what could have been happening at the time and why these people may have acted in the way that they did.

The book was well written and straight-forward. It was a very quick read that you can read in one sitting if you want, or you can take your time. For me, I was able to get through it in one sitting, but then I went back to consider some of the points over again.

This book truly delves deeply into the human spirit and into how we think and why we do what we do. If more people did read this book, it would be interesting to watch the change in the world around us, as I do believe that it would impact the world for the better.

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