Don't Wait For Your Ship to Come In...Swim Out to Meet It
Tools and Techniques for Positive Lasting Change
1. Auflage April 2008
344 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Kurzbeschreibung
For those battle-scarred veterans of self-help books, Dr. Gary Wood has answers that actually work. In Don't Wait for Your Ship to Come In, Swim Out to Meet It, he presents a complete step-by-step program for personal development, based on the life-coaching techniques and evidence-based psychology that have made him immensely popular on British TV and radio. With exercises, quizzes, anecdotes, and advice for enhancing anyone's creative capacity for change, the book also offers advice on conducting a life-review to target areas of change and goal-setting. Full of examples of how real people can achieve confidence, love, health, and success, this practical guide is a must for anyone seeking personal growth and change.
Whatever you want out of life, you need a plan. While it might seem easier to put your trust in the cosmic order, a better way is to give fate a helping hand. It's your life, so take it personally!
Don't Wait for Your Ship to Come in... takes three interweaving themes of insight, ownership and action to provide a complete course of accessible insights, tools and techniques. the themes represent:
* insight - Insight that things must change is the first step in creating positive lasting change.
* ownership - The ship belongs to you and it carries a cargo of your goals. Once you recognize that things need to change, its time to take stock of personal strengths and values and take control.
* action - Personal goals need personal action. Persistent positive action brings positive lasting change.
By following these principles, you will be able to transform mere wishful thinking into well-formed goals. Don't Wait for Your Ship to come in... will help you make lasting positive change in your life and gives you the tool and techniques for doing just that.
Don't just tread water. go on and make a real splash!
The Intro.
Part One: From Insight to Ownership.
Chapter One New Eyes: New Landscapes.
You, the viewing and the doing.
Chapter Two Swimming Lessons.
Feedback not failure.
Chapter Three Ducking and Diving.
You are what you value.
Chapter Four SOS!
Support our strengths.
Part Two: From Ownership to Action.
Chapter Five Lucidity and Stillness.
The opposite of stress.
Chapter Six Getting in the Flow of Things.
Ready, steady, goal!
Chapter Seven All That You Ever Imagined It Would Be...
Creative visualization, imagery and mental rehearsal.
Chapter Eight Water Wings or Concrete Galoshes?
The power of self-talk.
DON'T WAIT FOR YOUR SHIP TO COME IN ... SWIM OUT TO MEET IT.
Part Three: Less Distraction, More Action.
Chapter Nine Don't Rock the Boat!
Overcoming self-sabotage.
Chapter Ten A Drop in the Ocean.
The power of contribution.
The Outro.
Further Reading and Resources.
Appendix.
Index.
He regularly appears on radio and television offering expert analysis and coaching tips, and is widely quoted in newspapers and magazines. He has featured on the Trisha Goddard (Channel Five) show as part of her 'Campaign for Change' team, on Big Brother's Little Brother and on Moneyspinners. he is a regular panellist on Five Live's The Late Show and has appeared on Woman' s Hour. He has been a featured agony uncle in eve magazine and is the life editor for health and style website, Mansized. Dr wood contributes quizzes and articles to a range of publications and is author of Sex, Lies and Stereotypes.
As well as lecturing, he runs his own research consultancy, training and coaching practice. In his spare time he eats, sleeps...and occasionally sings!
For more info, visit www.drgarywood.co.uk or www.psycentral.co.uk