What do you have to gain?

Imagine if you became expert in adapting your behaviors. Think what it would be like if each time you said to yourself, “I wish I were better at that,” or “I wish I didn’t do that all the time,” you had an effective method to change your behavior. Developing the skill to make those changes consistently and effectively would change your whole life.

Alcoholics Anonymous recommends three specific changes to prospective members:

1. Stop drinking.

2. Go to meetings.

3. Change your whole life.

Hopefully, you are not battling anything as challenging as addiction to alcohol and do not, therefore, have so great a depth from which to climb. In fact, you probably feel great about yourself and your life. Even so, you can still change your whole life and make it better than it already is. Personal development isn’t an item on a to-do list that you can check off once it’s complete. It is a lifelong endeavor to help you be your best self and live your best life.

This book offers a system to help you do three things:

1. Identify important changes that you would like to make.

2. Make those changes.

3. Sustain them over time.

Whether you are seeking ways to improve on a great situation or feel that your life is far from what you desire, your own behaviors play a critical role. Breaking your self-addictions and putting in place new, healthy behaviors will affect you profoundly at home and work, with family and friends. It will make you a better parent, spouse, worker, and leader. Breaking your self-addictions truly has the potential to change your whole life.