Gremlins: Do They Exist? A Book Review of Taming Your Gremlin


This quarter I had the pleasure of reading Taming Your Gremlin by Rick Carson for one of my PhD electives. This book should be on the shelf of every human being. This book helps people understand what lies just beyond that surface, "our gremlins" a.k.a. the things that prevent us from being happy and reaching our potential. 

"Gremlins" act like a second voice, a naysayer, a roadblock and/or blindfold. They prevent us from seeing reality, living reality, and led us down a path of unhappiness and/or destruction. Automatically one might think that "Gremlins" are our negative thoughts, but Carson points out that they are "source of them" and they use our fears to prevent us from seeing our future positively (Carson, 2008). 

Carson provides the reader with three key ways to battle these "Gremlins": 
  • Simply Noticing 
  • Choosing 
  • Playing with Options Being in Process (Carson, 2008).
One of the greatest takeaways from the book is how Carson's describes "Gremlins" true purpose: our demise, loves misery, dishes out distress, and uses the information we store in our memories to stop us from experiencing, pleasure, productivity, creativity, makes us sick, and prevents us from having positive relationships (Carson, 2008). 

I highly recommend EVERYONE read this book. It will help you identify what your "Gremlins" are and how they are preventing you from achieving the happiness, you deserve. 

Reference 
Carson, Rick (2008-12-24). Taming Your Gremlin, Harper Collins, Inc. Kindle Edition. 


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