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Available
Call number
Publication
Harmony (2006), 240 pages
Description
"Learn the secret to making changes that stick. Every so often people get inspired (again!) to lose weight, get organized, start saving, or stop worrying--but a few months later they give up, frustrated. It doesn't have to be that way. Author Ryan offers wisdom and coaching to help readers make this time the time that change becomes permanent. People think there is one way to lose weight, and another way to stay on top of their e-mail. Rather than one-system-fits-all, each person has their own formula for making changes that stick--but most people don't know what theirs is. This book helps you lock on to your unique formula for planning, implementing, and seeing a life change through, so you can use it again and again to tackle anything else you'd like to do.--From publisher description."--From source other than the Library of Congress… (more)
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LibraryThing member sjmccreary
This is a fast-reading book with hints and tips about how to be successful in making a change in your life.
I want to start off by saying that I did not like this author. She is one of those motivational types who seem to have no real background of their own. All surface and no substance. She is not
Having said that, now I need to say that I actually found the book to be quite helpful. She has organized the work into 3 sections, each one filled with more than a dozen short articles which offer helpful hints and advice to support the focus of that section. The first section talks about the preparation needed before attempting to make some kind of change in your life, the second section is about implementing that change, and the last talks about sustaining the change. She explains the brain research (done by others - our girl is no scientist) that shows the reasons why most people who make resolutions fail in the attempt. And provides ideas for overcoming those roadblocks and move on. She provides lots of anecdotal examples of how her suggestions might be implemented. Most of all, the things she says are common sense and encouraging.
I picked the book up at the library on a whim, hoping for a kernel or two of something useful. I found that, and more. I actually found motivation and encouragement to do something different and reasons to hope that the effort could be successful. I guess she's good at what she does, after all.
I want to start off by saying that I did not like this author. She is one of those motivational types who seem to have no real background of their own. All surface and no substance. She is not
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credited with any education or professional accomplishment except writing books and being a popular speaker. She is one of those weird Californians who actually make a living as a "thinking coach". (Apologies to everyone from California, but to us here in the midwest, some of the things we hear about what goes on out there are hard to believe.) Almost every single statement she makes is taken from (and credited to) some other author who wrote some other self-help book (a few of which I'd actually heard of). I'm sure that if I met her in real life I'd roll my eyes and keep my distance.Having said that, now I need to say that I actually found the book to be quite helpful. She has organized the work into 3 sections, each one filled with more than a dozen short articles which offer helpful hints and advice to support the focus of that section. The first section talks about the preparation needed before attempting to make some kind of change in your life, the second section is about implementing that change, and the last talks about sustaining the change. She explains the brain research (done by others - our girl is no scientist) that shows the reasons why most people who make resolutions fail in the attempt. And provides ideas for overcoming those roadblocks and move on. She provides lots of anecdotal examples of how her suggestions might be implemented. Most of all, the things she says are common sense and encouraging.
I picked the book up at the library on a whim, hoping for a kernel or two of something useful. I found that, and more. I actually found motivation and encouragement to do something different and reasons to hope that the effort could be successful. I guess she's good at what she does, after all.
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LibraryThing member Libbeth
Basically, helps you find your goal setting formula, not someone elses.
LibraryThing member jepeters333
Why do people find it so hard to change? The secret is that everyone has their own formula for making changes that stick, but most people don't know what theirs is. They think there is one way to lost five pounds, and another way to stay on top of their e-mail, but they don't realize that for all
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changes, there is one system that works best for each individual. This Year I Will helps you lock on to your unique formula for planning, implementing, and seeing a life change through, so you can use it again and again to tackle anything else you'd like to do. Show Less
LibraryThing member cooperca05
One of the best self-help books I've read. It's all about taking it one day at a time to create a more positive future. Solid, doable suggestions and talks about tracking your success and not beating yourself up when you go off track (ie, trying to eat healthy, but you end up eating 12 krispy
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kremes). it's all about changing how you think to create and inspire yourself to a better future. Show Less
LibraryThing member laws
If anyone wants to make a change in their lives, this book is for you. In This Year I will , the author shows a unique formula for planning , implementing, and seeing a life change through. Each one us has the opportunity to make changes and grow. It is when we do not that we get stuck.
LibraryThing member kreativiT
I have read this book twice now, in January when I make New Year's Goals. I have found the advice in the book to be some of the most practical and easily put into practice advice on meeting goals. I will probably read it again next year too!
LibraryThing member Murphy-Jacobs
One of the few "self help" books with practical, useable advice. This book on how to change habits or make new ones does not offer a single magical prescription to cure all your ills. Instead, it offers dozens and dozens of different methods of making change, with the single admonition to keep
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trying methods until you find something that works -- because, if you really want it and practice it, one or more method will work. Show Less
LibraryThing member deldevries
I enjoyed the story telling style. The story that sticks with me after the book is finished is the work colleague that responded to questions about how he is able to keep a balance between work and outside life: (almost a quote) I do all of the things that are important to me and ignore everything
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Language
Pages
240
Original language
English
ISBN
0767920082 / 9780767920087
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