When Faster-Harder-Smarter Is Not Enough: Six Steps for Achieving What You Want in a Rapid-Fire World

Cramer shows how to turn stress into success by activating our inner creativity, intuition, imagination, innovative thinking, resilience, collaboration, and optimism to achieve a new kind of mastery of our lives.

A Six-Step Process for Tapping into Your Own Creativity­­and Transforming Stress into Strength

For over 20 years, Dr. Kathryn Cramer has studied the secrets of success, and how successful people have a seemingly innate ability to reach their goals consistently. Her research and experiences have revealed a remarkably consistent process that, in one form or another, is followed by virtually every successful person to make the complex seem simple, the out-of-reach achievable.

"If you ask people living successful yet crazy, fast-paced lives, what they would like most to have more of, they often say time. But they'd be wrong. What they really need is ingenuity. Instead of being tired, overwhelmed, and uncertain of how to get it all done, they could have been enthusiastic about creating ways of capitalizing on the demands, challenges, and debacles each day brings," says Cramer.

In When Faster-Harder-Smarter Is Not Enough, Dr. Cramer explains that the real key to personal and professional success is not to simply work harder and longer hours, but instead to tap into the deep, unseen reservoirs of creativity lying deep within you. She then describes a revolutionary six-step process that you can use to: *
Respect and work with pressure and stress­­instead of against it­­to get what you want out of every day and out of your life *
Maintain energy and stamina during periods of peak demand, and feel that excitement of winning and being "on" even during times of unprecedented stress

We all have long-term goals that, in the heat of today's high-stress world, are often set aside to meet short-term obligations. When Faster-Harder-Smarter Is Not Enough presents a clear-cut process for categorizing and accomplishing essential tasks­­while recognizing and drawing on your inner strength and creativity to pursue long-term personal and professional happiness.

"This book is a practical guide to staying fully engaged; using pressure to our advantage instead of running away from it; recognizing strong, energizing relationships and learning how to replicate their power; and gaining benefits when none are apparent. It leads us out of the reactive traps of faster-harder-smarter, and into the profoundly rewarding world of richer, deeper, and wiser. This book is your wake-up call, a reminder that life, as they say, is not a dress rehearsal. Get ready to meet your new life."
­­From the Introduction

Faster-harder-smarter has become the accepted mantra for achievement in today's hard-charging, globally-wired atmosphere. It's almost worn by some people as a badge of honor. So why is it that the harder you try to get ahead, the further behind you get? What is wrong with this world?

Maybe it's not the world­­or you­­that has to change. Maybe you must simply change how you approach the world.

When Faster-Harder-Smarter Is Not Enough is a book written for successful executives, professionals, and individuals who want to be energized instead of drained by the pressures of life. It shows you how to be creative instead of reactive, and rely on your inner resources of intuition, imagination, and optimism to conquer short-term tasks as you remain focused on achieving long-term goals.

Most of us are reactors. Faster turns into harried, hurried, frazzled, and busy beyond belief. Harder gives way to frustration, exhaustion, and even resentment over time. Smarter spawns overload, confusion, and even guilt over not "knowing it all."

Now, you can be a creator instead of a reactor. Being a creator offers you power and influence and a strong sense of direction, which can be impossible to derive from the reactor position. Being a creator enables you to thrive on the excitement of new beginnings, of enlightenment, of what's just over the horizon. Creating enables you to rescue victory from defeat and gives you that adrenalin rush that makes you feel invincible in the short term while staying true to what's important to you in the longterm.

Dr. Kathryn Cramer's six-step process for transforming stress into success will show you how to: *
Imagine the best possible outcome, goal, or solution­­and become energized by its power *
Make a concrete, yet flexible, plan for achieving your goals as you set aside shortsighted ideas or bad, destructive habits *
Implement your plan, and learn the secrets to overcoming obstacles and capitalizing on conflict and stress *
Achieve your goals...and enjoy and share your achievements

When Faster-Harder-Smarter Is Not Enough won't supply you with breathless tips for squeezing 25 hours out of each day, or provide you with no-nonsense guidelines for achieving what you want no matter what the cost. Instead, this enlightening, life-affirming book discusses the many ways in which you can learn to succeed and grow amidst the worry, stress, and pressure of today's rapid-fire world, and become energized­­instead of overwhelmed­­by the pressures and anxieties of life. It shows you how to unlock the optimism, ingenuity, and stamina that exist deep inside you, and use this newfound power and creativity to cultivate a new set of capabilities, skills, and attributes­­reclaiming a life that is rich, deep, and wise.