THE ATTITUDE FACTOR: EXTEND YOUR LIFE BY CHANGING THE WAY YOU THINK - Softcover

Blakeslee, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595340857 ISBN 13: 9780595340859

Publisher: iUniverse, 2004

Synopsis

Happiness and good health can decline or improve with age depending upon important mental habits learned in childhood. Viewing the mind as a self-organizing system, Blakeslee shows how we can improve our attitudes by reorganizing "critical moments" where a tiny effort can profoundly affect future development to help you identify unhealthy attitudes, attitude tests given to three thousand elderly people in 1973 are included. Follow-ups 21 years later showed an amazing correlation between scores on these tests and good health. The 300 people with highest scores were 30 times more likely to be alive and well than the 200 lowest!

About this title

From the Back Cover

THE ATTITUDE FACTOR: YOUR KEY TO A LONGER, HAPPIER LIFE

Groundbreaking research tracking the health status of thousands of people over a 20-year period has revealed that attitudes learned in childhood are more important than genetics, lifestyle or diet in determining health and longevity.

Thomas Blakeslee, in the first popular account of these findings, presents a practical programme of attitude jogging exercises designed to correct your unhealthy attitudes and add years of joyful living to your life.

The attitude questionnaires used in the original research are included in the book as tools to help you identify unhealthy attitudes and track your progress as you improve your prospects for a long, healthy life.

INSIDE YOU WILL DISCOVER:
· why attitudes tend to narrow and grow more negative with age
· why conventional self-help usually doesn't work
· how to retrain your conditioned behaviour patterns
· how emotions affect your immune system
· how to use self-control more effectively by using it less
· why avoiding discomfort can make you less comfortable in the long run
· how to feel more pleasure in your life.

Thomas R. Blakeslee is the author of the bestselling 'The Right Brain' and 'Beyond The Conscious Mind'. His books have been published in eight languages.

About the Author

Thomas R. Blakeslee?s books have been published in nine languages. A graduate of Caltech, his first book was a college textbook on computer design. A successful businessman and inventor, he has written books about the brain and consciousness. His website www.attitudefactor.com automates the scoring of the amazing attitude tests in The Attitude Factor and offers a free self-help program.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595340857
• ISBN 13: 9780595340859
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 258