Flex : do something different : how to use the other 9/10ths of your personality / Ben (C) Fletcher and Karen J. Pine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fletcher, Ben (C)

Contributor:

Pine, Karen J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adaptability (Psychology).

Stress tolerance (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hatfield, UK : University of Hertfordshire Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Imagine being able to handle any situation with ease. Arguing that our habits undermine our ability to rise to new challenges, this self-help guide demonstrates how a change in behavior can lead individuals to feel happier, less stressed, and more in control. Written by highly respected psychologists, it takes a broad approach, allowing the flex technique to be applied to a variety of problems, including stress, alcoholism, addiction to smoking, and weight issues. Proposing a simple habit-breaking method, this reference is sure to interest anyon

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; 1. How many kinds of people are there?; 2. The personality trap; 3. People on autopilot; 4. flexing; 5. People shrink their worlds; 6. We are all capable of change; 7. Shaping a life; 8. Why the past doesn't help our future; 9. We are all habit machines; 10. Habits come in many forms; 11. The myth of willpower; 12. Becoming habit-free; 13. Inertia and the status quo bias; 14. The pull of the past; 15. Shaping a new self; 16. Show me a stressed person and I'll show you a habit machine; 17. Small changes, big consequences; 18. Alleviating stress

flex in action - The habit-raterUnderstanding your habits; Scoring your habit-rater; Interpreting your habit-rater score; flex yourself - Do Something Different; 19. The birth of FIT Science; 20. Inner FITness - constancies; 21. Awareness; 22. Fearlessness; 23. Self-responsibility; 24. Balance; 25. Conscience; 26. Harmony among the constancies; 27. Outer FITness - behavioural flexibility; 28. Behavioural dimensions; 29. Doing the right thing; 30. The stress and inefficiency zone; 31. Behaving differently with different people; 32. The optimal behavioural range

33. Making the most of a situation includes you too34. flex transition - relabelling feelings and repetition; 35. Moving on and expanding tastes too; 36. Back to stress and the discomfort zone; 37. New behaviours have effects on others; 38. Does a leopard change its spots?; flex in action - The behaviour-rater; Understanding your behaviour; Scoring your behaviour-rater; Interpreting your behaviour-rater score; flex yourself - Do Something Different; 39. Do Something Different; 40. What does a Do Something Different intervention look like?; 41. How does Do Something Different work?

42. Interactions between the two selves42. Interactions between the two selves; 43. Experiencing and reflecting on our own development; 44. The 'golden rules' for behaviour change; 45. Bringing about long-term behaviour change; 46. Coherence comes from doing the right thing; 47. Towards greater personal coherence; 48. Levels of coherence; 49. How personal coherence has consequences over time; 50. Coherence units; 51. Apparent and real incoherence; 52. Why greater coherence leads to better decisions; 53. Choices do get made, even if we feel we don't make them

54. The myth about decision-making55. Choice/decision is illusory; 56. Why people get paid for making 'big decisions'; 57. DSD and decision-making; 58. Why does DSD improve decisions?; 59. People are not choice machines; 60. Self-lying and self-deception; flex in action - The coherence-rater; Understanding your coherence; Scoring your coherence-rater; Interpreting your coherence-rater score; flex yourself - improve your coherence; 61. A modest claim - flex can change the world!; 62. Advantages of flex at a personal level; 63. Advantages of flex for the organisation

64. Advantages of flex in the social domain

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781907396670

1907396675

OCLC:

767502621