One Small Step to Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way - Hardcover

Maurer, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761129235 ISBN 13: 9780761129233

Publisher: Workman Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

Improve your life fearlessly with this essential guide to kaizen--the art of making great and lasting change through small, steady steps. Written by psychologist and kaizen expert Dr. Robert Maurer, One Small Step Can Change Your Life is the simple but potent guide to easing into new habits--and turning your life around. Learn how to overcome fear and procrastination with his 7 Small Steps--including how to Think Small Thoughts, Take Small Actions, and Solve Small Problems--to steadily build your confidence and make insurmountable-seeming goals suddenly feel doable. The science is irrefutable: Small steps circumvent our brains' built-in resistance to new behaviors. Throughout this book, Dr. Maurer also shows how to visualize virtual change so that real change can come more easily. Why small rewards lead to big returns. And how great discoveries are made by paying attention to the little details most of us overlook. His simple regiment is your path to continuous improvement for anything from losing weight to quitting smoking, paying off debt, or conquering shyness and meeting new people. Rooted in the two-thousand-year-old wisdom of the Tao Te Ching--"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"--here is the way to change your life without fear, without failure, and start on a new path of easy, continuous improvement.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Maurer, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist on the faculty of the UCLA and the University of Washington Schools of Medicine. He is the founder of the Science of Excellence, a consulting firm, and travels extensively presenting seminars and consulting on kaizen to diverse organizations, including corporations, hospital staffs, universities-- even the U.S. Navy. Dr. Maurer lives in Spokane, Washington.

Synopsis:

A guide to incorporating the ancient Japanese practice of Kaizen into everyday life demonstrates how small changes can have great consequences, and how gradual, gentle steps can eventually lead to worthwhile goals.

About this edition

• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0761129235
• ISBN 13: 9780761129233
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 182