Personal development all-in-one for dummies / Rhena Branch ... [et. al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Branch, Rhena.

Series:

--For dummies.

--For dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-actualization (Psychology).

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (626 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Personal Development All-in-One For Dummies is a complete guide to a range of techniques you can use to master your thoughts and achieve your goals. Discover the basic principles of each approach and receive sensible, practical and effective expert advice on how each one can help you challenge negative beliefs and change your attitudes. Whether you wish to conquer an anxiety, communicate better with others or simply think more positively, here you will find proven and popular methods that you can use to make major changes - improving your personal power and creating the life you want.</

Contents:

Personal Development All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition; About the Authors; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; What You're Not to Read; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organised; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Book I: Essential Concepts of Personal Development; Chapter 1: Exploring the Key Themes of NLP; Introducing NLP; Encountering the Pillars of NLP: Straight Up and Straightforward; Discovering Models and Modelling; Introducing NLP Presuppositions; Chapter 2: Understanding Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; Understanding CBT

Making the Thought- Feeling LinkLearning Your ABCs; Characterising CBT; Chapter 3: Examining Confidence; Defining Confidence; Assessing Your Confidence; Recognising Your Strengths; Picturing the Life You'd Like to Lead; Preparing for Action; Chapter 4: Introducing Life Coaching; A Brief Definition of Life Coaching; Living Your Best Life; Tuning In to Your Inner Coach; Identifying Your Current Priorities for Coaching; Book II: Neuro-linguistic Programming; Chapter 1: Taking Charge of Your Life; Taking Control of Your Memory; The Path to Excellence; Spinning the Wheel of Life

Keeping a Dream Diary of Your GoalsGrasping How Your Fears Can Drive You in the Wrong Direction; Tracking Information: Your Reticular Activating System; Examining How Memories Are Created; Accepting That Beliefs and Values Make a Difference; Daydreaming Your Future Reality; Chapter 2: Creating Rapport; Knowing Why Rapport is Important; Recognising Rapport when You See It; Having Basic Techniques for Building Rapport; Understanding Other Points of View; Understanding to Be Understood: Meta Programs; Chapter 3: Getting to the Heart of the Matter: The Meta Model

Gathering Specific Information with the Meta ModelUsing the Meta Model; Telling Tales to Reach the Unconscious: Stories, Fables and Metaphors; Grasping the Power of Metaphors; Building Your Own Stories; Chapter 4: Seeing, Hearing and Feeling Your Way to Better Communication; Getting to Grips with the Senses; Acknowledging the Importance of the Eyes; Making the VAK System Work for You; Sliding the Controls of Your Experience; Making Real-Life Changes; Chapter 5: Opening the Toolkit; Starting Out With NLP Anchors; Using the Circle of Excellence; Understanding Logical Levels

Dipping into ModellingChapter 6: Understanding the Psychology Behind Your Habits and Behaviours; The Evolution of Strategies; Travelling in Time to Improve Your Life; Changing your Time Line; Travelling Along Your Time Line to a Happier You; Creating a Better Future; Making Change Easier; Book III: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; Chapter 1: Correcting Your Thinking; Identifying Classic Pitfalls in Human Thought; Tackling Toxic Thoughts; Stepping Through the ABC Form I; Creating Constructive Alternatives: Completing the ABC Form II; Directing and Redirecting Your Attention

Becoming More Mindful

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786613404961

9781119966388

1119966388

9781283404969

1283404966

9781119966371

111996637X

OCLC:

769343045