Born to Win: Keeping Your Firstborn Edge without Losing Your Balance - Softcover

Firstborns Were Born to Win

You're driven. You have big plans and dreams. You demand a lot out of yourself, and it pays off.

As a natural mover and shaker of the world, you're the benchmark setter and the award winner. You've always done what's expected of you--and yes, you're the one who got in trouble for what your younger sibling did.

Being firstborn comes with a high price, and no one is harder on you than you. But here's a news flash: it doesn't have to be that way. You can learn to use your firstborn skills to your best advantage in every area of life. In this fascinating book, bestselling author, humorist, and psychologist Dr. Kevin Leman shows you how it's done.

Whether you're the firstborn in your family or the functional firstborn, Born to Win can help you win every time, all the time, without sacrificing your dreams in the process.

Guaranteed.

Dr. Kevin Leman is an internationally known psychologist, humorist, and New York Times bestselling author of more than 35 books, including The Birth Order Book, Have a New Kid by Friday, and Have a New Husband by Friday. He is former consulting psychologist for Good Morning America and a frequent guest on Fox & Friends, The View, Today, The Early Show, and Focus on the Family. He and his firstborn wife, Sande, live in Tucson, Arizona. They have five children and two grandchildren.

How can you put your firstborn tendencies to work for you? The Firstborn Advantage reveals the secrets. In this fascinating book, bestselling author, humorist, and psychologist Dr. Kevin Leman shows you how to · take advantage of being a firstborn · overcome the perfectionism that holds you back · learn how to bounce back when you fail · find balance in your work and relationships · find out what you really want from life · motivate your children to do well in school without doing their homework for them · relate to others who are not firstborns--a spouse, a friend, a co-worker Whether you are the firstborn in your family or the functional firstborn, The Firstborn Advantage can help you win every time, all the time, without sacrificing your dreams in the process. Dr. Leman shows you how it's done.