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This is very profound work that you have accomplished and I found myself laughing, nodding, getting excited and coming in for a landing with a sobering pause. For as you say, "Adopting Intentions is Serious Business". This is not a book about "gimmicks". I felt like I was reading a hidden chapter in the owner's manual for my brain. Affirming, liberating, powerful." Organization and Productivity Specialist |
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Excerpt From Chapter 1 - Poor Follow Through: It's No Laughing Matter
...We uncovered a fundamental truth about the human mind -
a basic fact that's ignored by the myriad of self-improvement experts and programs
that invite us in, excite our hopes, and then leave us flat. We found out why
we humans so often get nothing but disappointment in return for the sizable
investment we make in self-improvement; why we so often allow our very best
goals and plans to get lost in the shuffle and fade away; why we always seem
to have more wisdom than we use.
We learned that, contrary to conventional
wisdom, poor follow through is not caused primarily by a lack of willpower,
insufficient motivation, low self-esteem, fear of success, or deep, dark character
defects. We learned that poor follow through is not our fault! It's caused,
amazingly, by the paradoxical way the human mind is designed.
Kudos for Following Through:
"Finally, a book about improving performance that doesn't sugarcoat the truth. It not only calls a spade a spade, it shows you how to actually use the spade to dig in and get the job done."
James J. Nemec, CLU, ChFCVP, Agency Development
Northwestern Mutual Life
