Title:
Stop saying you're fine : the no-bs guide to getting what you want
Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Date:
2011
Publication Information:
New York : Three Rivers Press, ©2011.
Physical Description:
258 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9780307716736
Abstract:
"Mel Robbins has spent her career teaching people how to push past their self-imposed limits to get what they truly desire. She has an in-depth understanding of the psychological and social factors that repeatedly hold you back, and more important, a unique set of tools for getting you where you want to be. In Stop Saying You’re Fine, she draws on neuroscientific research, interviews with countless everyday people, and ideas she’s tested in her own life to show what works and what doesn’t. The key, she explains, is understanding how your own brain works against you. Because evolution has biased your mental gears against taking action, what you need are techniques to outsmart yourself. That may sound impossible, but Mel has created a remarkably effective method to help you do just that--and some of her discoveries will astonish you. By ignoring how you feel and seizing small moments of rich possibility--a process she calls “leaning in”--you can make tiny course directions add up to huge change. Among this book’s other topics: how everything can depend on not hitting the “snooze” button; the science of connecting with other people, what children can teach us about getting things done; and why five seconds is the maximum time you should wait before acting on a great idea."--Amazon.ca.
General Note:
Originally published : New York : Crown Archetype, ©2010.
Contents:
Stop hitting the snooze button -- Anti-actions, fake limits and other ways your brain betrays you -- Routines : why your freedom depends on breaking them -- How to outsmart your brain -- Step one : face it, you are not fine -- Step two : admit what you want -- Step three : go public with what you want -- Step four : zoom out and create a map -- Step five : lean in to change -- Push through the mental walls that block your path -- The seven-day stamina challenge.
Language:
English