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Good Self, Bad Self — Transforming Your Worst Qualities into Your Biggest Assets

Good Self, Bad Self by Judy Smith is an in-depth look at what it is that causes people to do what they do when making decisions about their lives. In a very non-judgmental analysis, Ms. Smith explores the human psyche and why when given the choice, many people very often make decisions that causes their lives to spiral out of control.

A twenty-five year veteran in the field of crisis management, Judy Smith is known world-wide as someone who among the best in her league. Ms. Smith honed her skills through her experiences with some of the most historic and sensational events of our time, including the Iran Contra investigation, the prosecution of former Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, the 1991 Gulf War, the Los Angeles riots, the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Justice Clarence Thomas, the President Clinton scandal involving Monica Lewinsky, the congressional inquiry of Enron, and the United Nations Foundation and World Health Organization response to the SARS epidemic.

Perhaps best known in media circles for her expertise as a crisis management advisor, Ms. Smith has served as a consultant for a host of high profile, celebrity and entertainment clients over the course of her career including, but not limited to, Monica Lewinsky, Senator Craig from Idaho, actor Wesley Snipes, NFL quarterback Michael Vick, and the family of Chandra Levy.

In Good Self, Bad Self, Judy uses her years of experience to pinpoint seven personality traits that causes people to create the messes in their lives. She also shares why that in many instances, these same traits are at the heart of why people are good at what they do.

In her power model Judy has provided easy go-to tools that the average person can utilize to “check” his or herself when presented with situations that could possibly create a crisis.

I found Good Self, Bad Self to be an easy read and the advice very much something that could be applied by the average person. Her analysis is very open and honest in many respects and very much an inviting welcome into the world of Judy Smith.

Judy Smith is also the inspiration behind the hit television series Scandal, starring Kerry Washington, which debuted in the spring and renewed for the upcoming fall season.

Good Self, Bad Self, a definite Good Read!