The Facets of Life: Taking Control of Your Destiny

Thoughts move people more than events do. It is a matter of attitude. Ben Franklin realized certain character traits were more likely to help him if he identified them and worked to perfect them. You can follow Franklin's example. You too can use the Facets of Life to get what you want and deserve from your life. This collection of facets comprises the top concerns people have identified as essential for self-mastery. Each of the facets is discussed from various angles. We will look at what each one is, how it is important to most people, and what to do to make it a more prominent force in your life.

The Facets of Life is a distillation of ideas Hal Kelly learned as a teach and counselor. Observing people in difficulty has been an invaluable education to him. His best teachers were youngsters with learning problems, emancipated housewives, adults in marriage or career crises, and prisoners in correctional settings. Experience helped, too. After years of teaching from a traditional education background, Kelly went through intense training to become a counselor. Though he was a certified psychologist and did conventional therapeutic counseling, classrooms remained his preferred settings for helping people change. Interest in personal change phenomena led to his studying the effect of helping on both the helper and the person being helped. He completed his doctorate at the University of Pittsburgh.