The power of your past : the art of recalling, reclaiming, and recasting / John P. Schuster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schuster, John P.

Series:

BK Life (Paperback)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Career development--Psychological aspects.

Career development.

Recollection (Psychology).

Reminiscing.

Self-perception.

Self-realization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Most of us don't use our yesterdays very well. With our cultural obsession with living in the moment, we neglect to engage in creative reflection on our personal histories. In The Power Of Your Past, John Schuster systematically demonstrates that our pasts are the biggest, most accessible, and most under-utilized of resources for anyone wanting to make positive changes. In contrast to other more technical, spiritual, or therapeutic guides that address working with one's past, he offers a balanced, practical and accessible approach through an actionable three-phase model: Recalling, Reclaiming,

Contents:

Introduction: your past can work for you

The underused past: the price of forgotten yesterdays

Good and bad news: evoked and compressed

Recall

Reclaim

Recast

A big question: when to say yes and no

Using suffering to grow.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613046697

9781283046695

1283046695

9781605098630

1605098639

OCLC:

711746966