Changeology (eBook)

5 Steps to Realizing Your Goals and Resolutions

John C. Norcross (Autor)

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2012 | 1. Auflage
272 Seiten
Simon & Schuster (Verlag)
978-1-4516-5763-0 (ISBN)

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Is there a scientific formula you can follow to change your life?

Change is hard. But not if you know the 5-step formula that works whether you're trying to stop smoking or start recycling. Dr. John C. Norcross, an internationally recognized expert, has studied how people make transformative, permanent changes in their lives. Over the past thirty years, he and his research team have helped thousands of people overcome dozens of behavioral ailments. Now his cutting-edge, scientific approach to personal improvement is being made available in this indispensable guide.

Unlike 95 percent of self-help books, the Changeology plan has a documented track record of success. Whether you want to quit overeating or drinking, or end depression, debt, and relationship distress, Dr. Norcross gives you the tools you need to change what you want within 90 days. Changeology shows you:

* How to define your goals and get started in a new direction

* How to pump up your motivation and prepare for self-change

* How to prevent relapses into old patterns

* How to master the skills that will help you sustain change

* How to personalize your journey with Check Yourself assessments and an inter- active website, www.ChangeologyBook.com.

Whatever your goal or resolution, you can use Changeology to achieve a life filled with greater health and happiness.

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INTRODUCTION

CHANGEOLOGY: WHAT IT IS AND
WHAT IT CAN DO FOR YOU

Let's begin with the end in mind: think of one, maybe two, things that you'd like to change in yourself, something you really want to modify about your behavior. If you're like most people, it doesn't take long to come up with something. Perhaps a laundry list of goals and ambitions rushes through your mind, some harder to achieve than others. Maybe a quick smile breaks out on your face when you proudly recall a goal you have recently realized. Perhaps, too, you feel a brief pang of guilt for not trying to change certain things or a fleeting sense of dismay because your previous attempts have proven unsuccessful. All of these complicated feelings are part of the universal constellation of emotions toward change.

Now take a deep breath and consider the following: whether you're hoping to stop smoking or gambling, commit to exercising more hours a week (maybe run a marathon), eliminate fast food and bike to work, or learn a new skill that will earn you a promotion, following the scientific program outlined in this book can dramatically increase your chance of success--without drugs or other types of formal treatment. This proven program shows you exactly how to execute the steps necessary to change on your own. And best of all: you can experience lasting results within 90 days.

Sound too good to be true? Much in the way Elisabeth Kbler-Ross distinguished stages of grief, my colleagues and I have identified five distinct stages of behavior change. This is hardly an inconsequential finding, these stages, which I've simplified to just 5 straightforward steps, reflect three decades of scientific research and millions of dollars in funding. Finally, this well-documented program for successful change is accessible to everyone in this practical book.

From chronic addictions to minor habits, the range of behaviors that we can change is vast but the process of change is the same. In other words, the steps an overweight individual has to take to lose pounds permanently will be the same as those taken by a workaholic seeking to cut back on time spent in the office so he can spend more time with his family. Granted, as each person passes through the steps, he or she will have different goals, but the overall experience will be astonishingly similar.

How do I know this for sure? That's what part of this book is going to reveal to you, I'll be detailing what I've learned as a clinical psychologist and university professor helping tens of thousands of people--in both research and clinical settings--achieve permanent changes.

A LITTLE HISTORY

I was there at the beginning. Not at the creation of the world, mind you, but at the start of defining one of the most effective and celebrated systems ever for changing human behavior: the Stages of Change. Before I detail exactly how you'll create successful change in your life, let me take a few moments to introduce myself and provide the backstory. It will help you understand just how different Changeology is from any other program that you might have tried in the past.

It all started in 1980. Jimmy Carter was in the White House, and Dallas was flickering across the nation's TV screens. I had just moved to Rhode Island to earn my doctorate and to work with Dr. James O. Prochaska on his first National Institutes of Health grant to study self-change--how people modify their behavior without professional treatment. He and one of his recent graduates, Dr. Carlo C. DiClemente, were studying how a thousand people stopped smoking on their own. Little did any of us imagine that those early studies...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.12.2012
• Co-Autor: Kristin Loberg, Jonathon Norcross
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• ISBN-10: 1-4516-5763-3 / 1451657633
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4516-5763-0 / 9781451657630