Creating Your Best Life: The Ultimate Life List Guide - Softcover

Miller MAPP, Caroline Adams; Frisch, Dr. Michael B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1402779984 ISBN 13: 9781402779985

Publisher: Union Square & Co., 2011

Synopsis

Creating Your Best Life is the only research-based book on the topic of goals and happiness, and it has found receptive audiences worldwide. Filled with interactive exercises and quizzes, it helps readers set and accomplish life list goals and understand the link between goal accomplishment and happiness, also known as Positive Psychology. In a step-by-step fashion, the book teaches readers how to coach themselves on how to set goals in 16 life domains, as well as take control of their environment to maximize their chances of success. 

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About the Author

Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP, an internationally known coach and speaker on the topics of goals, grit and positive psychology appears regularly on television and in newspapers and magazines. She is a regular "happiness" expert in the media, as well as an instructor at the Wharton Business School for Executive Education. For 20 years, Dr. Michael B. Frisch is a clinical psychologist in Baylor University's department of psychology and neuroscience, and contributed the "Happiness House" exercise to the book.

From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. Life coach Miller collaborates with Frisch, a researcher and clinical psychologist, to create a fascinating book that connects the research on goal-setting with the new science of positive psychology. Turns out these two have a symbiotic relationship, for as Miller says, [H]appiness requires having clear-cut goals in life that give us a sense of purpose and direction.... when we make progress toward attaining goals in one area of life, we raise our overall life satisfaction in other areas because of the 'spillover' effect. Each chapter focuses on ways to increase happiness and self-efficacy, and directs readers to a particular life list at the back of the book. These range from 100 Things to Do Before I Die to a list of mood-boosters that bring Jolts of Joy or a Web of Influence Map, where readers can chart how the closest people in their lives reflect their values; research indicates that rates of obesity and smoking are determined by who we socialize with. The authors share ingenious tips on reminders (cellphone ring tones, screen savers) that will help readers achieve long-term goals by suggestion. An excellent resource list rounds out the book. (Jan.)
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Edition details

• Publisher: Union Square & Co.
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1402779984
• ISBN 13: 9781402779985
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 288