Life
Strategies: Doing What Works, Doing What Matters by Phillip
C. McGraw, Phillip C. McGraw Ph.D. (Editor)
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- Hardcover: 282 pages ;
Dimensions (in inches): 1.09 x 9.59 x 6.40
- Publisher: Hyperion Pr; ; 1st
edition (January 1999)
- ISBN: 0786865482
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Book
Description
In LIFE
STRATEGIES, Phillip McGraw tells his readers how to make the
dramatic changes in their lives that they've craved for so long.
Whether readers are in a bad relationship or a bad marriage,
stuck in a dull career or in harmful habits, he helps readers to
wake up and get out of their ruts.
These
ten strategies are eye-opening and no-nonsense. McGraw tells
readers they have to take charge of and responsibility for their
lives, and get ready to act and move on. The strategies are:
1. You either get it, or you don't
2. There are no accidents
3. People do what works
4. You cannot change what you do not acknowledge
5. Life rewards action
6. There is no reality, only perception
7. Life is managed, not cured
8. We teach others how to treat us
9. There is freedom in forgiveness
10. You have to name it to claim it
McGraw's straightforward and powerful advice will speak to the
hearts of readers who are tired of being told to wallow in
self-pity.
Some people
spend their lives reacting to what life hands them, while others
craft life to fit their goals.
Author
Phillip C. McGraw, who is a psychologist but describes himself
as a strategist, is determined to make sure that his readers are
the creators of their lives, not created by their
lives.
By accepting
that you are personally accountable for every element of your
life, McGraw says, you can erase the negative "epidemic
behaviors" (found in all of American society: denial, false
assumptions, inertia, deceptive masking) in your life and reach
your goals.
Written in a tough-love, sometimes cantankerous tone, this
self-help book is not for those looking to explore their inner
child or visualize away negative energy. No, this is
pull-yourself-up-by-the- bootstraps advice from someone who's
done just that.
McGraw opens with a scene describing how he helped Oprah
Winfrey survive--and win--the 1998 "Mad Cow" lawsuit
in Texas, when she was having difficulty coping with the reality
of what was happening to her. He helped her face the facts about
the lawsuit, after which she was better able to participate in
crafting a strategy to win it.
McGraw first forces you to take a good hard look at who
you are by dissecting your personality. It may be painful to
realize that you fall into the "Porcupine" or
"Perfecto" or any of the other personality types
McGraw delineates, but here it's true that there's no gain
without pain, because (Life Law No. 4) "You Can't Change
What You Don't Acknowledge." He then describes in depth all
10 "Life Laws"--the rules by which the world
plays--that he learned the hard way. Laws such as "You
Either Get It, or You Don't," "Life Is Managed; It Is
Not Cured," and "You Have to Name It to Claim It"
make up the bulk of the book and McGraw's realist philosophy.
If you learn and abide by the Life Laws and go on to
create a Life Strategy, McGraw claims you will not only know
yourself better and eliminate negative behaviors, you will also
know how to reach any goal you set for yourself. --Stefanie
Durbin
Book
Info
Author Phillip McGraw, who is a
psychologist but describes himself as a strategist, is
determined to make sure that his readers are the creators of
their lives, not created by their lives.
By
accepting that you are personally accountable for every
element of your life, McGraw says, you can erase the negative
epidemic behaviors. DLC: Change (Psychology)
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