AIYOBI - Act In Your Own Best Interest - presents Five Principles for a happier and healthier life in a concise and an easy to read narrative. This book examines the self-destructive tendencies in all of us that make life more painful and difficult, and explains why emotions are irrational and why, when they are at the helm, bad things usually happen. Dr. Plovnick illustrates how an inner dialogue can pave the way to well-being and growth. His goal in writing this book is the same as he had for his patients-to help the reader to behave in their own best interest. If acting in our own best interest is the acid test of good mental health, then why do we sabotage ourselves? In this work by Dr. Norman Plovnick, we are presented with a new perspective on what constitutes mental health. Dr. Plovnick's study of the human condition has been his lifelong mission. He began his search for a meaningful understanding of behavior at an early age, driven by the pathology in his childhood home.