Let's not play any more games. Review on Games People Play - Eric Berne

This is an excellent book and a must read for every adult. Anybody who thinks himself to be mentally matured should read this book. I suggest this book to all of you.

This book is on psychology. Did I scare you? No, don’t get scared. It is written so simple and so craftily that even a lay man can understand it. Only thing is that this has to be read after reading the earlier book by the author title ‘I am OK, You’re OK’.

In the present book, the author divides the psychological stages of every individual into three viz., the adult stage, the child stage and the parent stage. He says that if one can control one’s parent and child stage and always be under the influence of adult stage, the interactions with people and the whole life would be so much better. Of course if everybody can achieve that then the world would become a better place to live in.

I would not say that everybody reading this book would remove all the problems from this world, but it can definitely make everybody more radical and objective people capable of thought (real thought that is).

The book basically discusses the role plays done by people during their interactions with each other. Each role play is named a game and each game is analysed based on the psychological benefits derived to the individual by playing it. The payoffs decide why people become what they become.

It is also a must read for upcoming and new parents as they can upbring their child with a better understanding of human character development.

This is only a theory in psychology. It is an old theory and there are a whole lot of other theories, but the knowledge of this can help everybody a long way.

But mind you, this has to be read after reading the aforementioned book. Otherwise the message conveyed will be lost.