No More Mr. Nice Guy

This was one of the mos cringe-inducing books I have read. I was trying to sift through the BS to find some kernels of useful advice, and couldn't really.
For a while I thought it might be that it is out of date, but nope, at no point in contemporary history this stands to be a proper book.
And like many self-help books it can be summarized in 10 or so pages, if you remove all repetitions (like full sentences repeated, not even same idea in different forms).

Finishing this was an exercise in self-control and persistence.

Has some valid points but overall I didn't love his attitude. Heavy repetition throughout and a lot of repeating his credentials as though he's worried readers won't trust him. As the author says, this is a very personal book about someone with severe childhood trauma that led him to be what some might call a loser. Then his life learnings are presented as a self-help book using “real clients” as examples to serve the points. Presents a philosophy on life that is better than being a “nice guy” but still really validation seeking. Targeted at a certain type of person, someone like Ed Norton in fight club, with that dreary outlook on a lonely life. The redeeming quality of this book is how honest it is on a very personal topic that most people spend their lives shying away from analyzing.