Life Strategies: Doing What Works, Doing What Matters
by Phillip C. McGraw
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Self-Improvement. Nonfiction. HTML:Whether its a bad relationship, a dead-end career, or a harmful habit, Dr. McGraw's 10 Life Laws will empower you to take responsibility for your own actions and break free from self-destructive patterns.Drawing upon more than fifteen years of experience, Dr. McGraw explores each of the 10 Life Laws necessary to succeed, including:
- People do what works
- Life rewards action
- Life is managed, not cured
- There is freedom in forgiveness
- Filled with case studies,
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Dr Phil is the no nonsense straight shooting guy, we have learned to love from his TV shows. In this book he is able to get that same message across in a very direct yet encouraging manner. Totally readable and something there for any teen to adult to learn from. His underlying christian spirit also comes through his writings, which is something I like.
Whether it's a bad relationship, a dead-end career, or a harmful habit, Dr. McGraw's 10 Life Laws will empower you to take responsibility for your own actions and break free from self-destructive patterns. Drawing upon more than fifteen years of experience, Dr. McGraw explores each of the 10 Life Laws necessary to succeed:
Life Law #1: You either get it, or you don't.
Life Law #2: You create your own experience.
Life Law #3: People do what works.
Life Law #4: You cannot change what you do not acknowledge.
Life Law #5: Life rewards action.
Life Law #6: There is no reality; only perception.
Strategy: Identify the filters through which you view the world.
Life Law #7: Life is managed; it is not cured.
Life Law #8: We teach people how to treat show more us.
Life Law #9: There is power in forgiveness.
Life Law #10: You have to name it before you can claim it. show less
Life Law #1: You either get it, or you don't.
Life Law #2: You create your own experience.
Life Law #3: People do what works.
Life Law #4: You cannot change what you do not acknowledge.
Life Law #5: Life rewards action.
Life Law #6: There is no reality; only perception.
Strategy: Identify the filters through which you view the world.
Life Law #7: Life is managed; it is not cured.
Life Law #8: We teach people how to treat show more us.
Life Law #9: There is power in forgiveness.
Life Law #10: You have to name it before you can claim it. show less
Eh. When Dr. Phil first came on the scene, I liked his "tough love" approach, but after a while, it gets old. I found this book interesting, and I enjoyed it for a while, and worked through some of the exercises, but after a while I find he gets repetetive in his rhetoric. I got about half-way through this, and then gave up on it. It just wasn't my style.
I like the no-nonsense approach to counseling that he and others are starting to advocate. 1. You either get it, or you don't. 2. You create your own experience. 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; it is not cured. 8. We teach people how to treat us. 9. There is power in forgiveness. 10. You have to name it to claim it.
A workbook from the prolific Dr Phil who provides various strategies to improve your life. Encourages readers to identify goals and work towards them. It is successful, but only if readers actually complete the exercises.
Life-changing! Dr Phil tells readers how to make the changes they want to see in their lives - IF they truly want change, rather than excuses.
The secret to life is not just making a gigantic notebook full of lists. Dr Phil should stop writing books and shouldn't point at you or make a fist on the covers. It is not inspiring.
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Phillip C. McGraw was born in Vinita, Oklahoma, on September 1, 1950. In 1968, he was awarded a football scholarship to the University of Tulsa, but he later transferred to Midwestern State University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology. He also received a Master of Arts in experimental psychology in 1976, and a Doctor of show more Philosophy in clinical psychology in 1979 from the University of North Texas. McGraw has had twenty-five years of experience in psychology and human functioning. He is an author and co-founder of Courtroom Sciences, Inc., the world's leading litigation consulting firm. His books include Relationship Rescue: A Seven-Step Strategy for Reconnecting with Your Partner; Self Matters: Creating Your Life from the Inside-Out; and Life Code: The New Rules for Winning in the Real World. He was The Oprah Winfrey Show's resident expert on human behavior and currently writes a monthly column in O, The Oprah Magazine. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Leer te leven : tien ondubbelzinnige levenslessen voor de belangrijkst keuzen in je leven.
- Original title
- Life Strategies
- Original publication date
- 1999
- Epigraph*
- Was iedereen tevreden met zichzelf, dan zouden er geen helden zijn
- Mark Twain - Dedication*
- Dit boek is met liefde en genegenheid opgedragen aan
mijn vrouw, Robin
en haar vriendelijke, zorgzame karakter
en aan mijn zonen,
Jay en Jordan
die mij inspireerden met hun levendigheid en energie... (show all)> - First words*
- Toen Oprah over de lange wenteltrap in het pikdonker naar beneden sloop, was ze helemaal alleen, een zeldzaamheid als je denkt aan de volle agenda die we in Amarillo hadden.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)De keuze is aan u.
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