Synopses & Reviews
Do you have a habit you really want to change, but still can't? Maybe you know how dangerous smoking is but can't put down the pack, or have massive credit card debt but can't help making another purchase. With Meg Selig's new book, move beyond willpower and succeed with changepower - the synergy that comes from combining willpower with other resources, useful outside supports, and wise strategies. Changepower is organized around the step-by-step stages proven to accomplish successful change. The consistent and methodological organization of each stage into a series of smaller goals provides a sense of accomplishment and encouragement along the way. Each chapter is headlined by the simple motivational secrets that are the true keys to successful and lasting habit change. This flexible and universal approach is not specific to any one habit or regimented program, so you can tailor it to your own needs, current stage, available support systems, and goals. Pick and choose from the 37 secrets in Changepower to find the strategies that work best for you. Lively and engaging true stories will offer humor and support as you go. The abundant asides, affirmations, quotes, illustrative figures, and boxed exercises create an accessible style that will help you kick that bad habit for good
Synopsis
In Changepower , author Meg Selig guides the readers through a step-by-step process to help change their behavior - whether breaking a long-time habit such as smoking, heavy drinking, or habitual speeding or trying to integrate a new, positive habit into their life, this book presents a platform for change.
The book takes a practical approach to behavioral change, helping the reader along the way from precontemplation all the way through termination.
Selig provides a detailed, step-by-step plan for each stage, but with plenty of room for flexibility depending on each individual's needs. Lively and engaging stories, from the author as well as clients and friends, provide humor and encouragement through anecdotal successes, failures, and pitfalls.
The book is littered with asides, affirmations, quoteable quotes, illustrative figures, and boxed exercises for the reader. The consistent and methodical organization of each chapter (stage) into a series of smaller goals and springboard secrets helps the reader to feel a sense of accomplishment and encouragement throughout the change process.
Synopsis
In Changepower 37 Secrets to Habit Change Success, author Meg Selig guides readers through a step-by-step process that will help them achieve any habit change goal. Whether the reader wants to break a hurtful habit like smoking or overeating, or build a healthy habit like exercising or speaking up, Changepower provides a springboard for change.
Selig helps habit-changers move beyond willpower and succeed with changepower - the synergy that comes from combining willpower with other resources, useful outside supports, and wise strategies. In Changepower , she shows habit-changers how to beef up both their willpower and their changepower to achieve habit change success. The key is revving up motivation. Selig reveals the most powerful motivators for change - pain motivators, the Eight Great Motivators, and even not-so-noble motivators.
Research has shown that most changes take place in stages rather than overnight. Selig provides a step-by-step plan for each stage, leaving plenty of room for flexibility depending on each person's needs. First-person stories, pithy quotes, and how-to exercises provide inspiration, humor, and encouragement as readers embark on their habit change journeys.