Whether its a bad relationship, a dead-end career, or a harmful habit, Dr. McGraw's 10 Life Laws will empower you to take responsibility for your own actions and break free from self-destructive patterns.
Drawing upon more than fifteen years of experience, Dr. McGraw explores each of the 10 Life Laws necessary to succeed, including:
People do what works Life rewards action Life is managed, not cured There is freedom in forgiveness
Filled with case studies, checklists, and strategies that will work for you, Life Strategies will provide you with the skills you need.
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Acknowledgments(p. xi)
Introduction(p. 1)
1 Get Real(p. 11)
2 You Either Get It, or You Don't(p. 33)
3 You Create Your Own Experience(p. 56)
4 People Do What Works(p. 88)
5 You Can't Change What You Don't Acknowledge(p. 109)
6 Life Rewards Action(p. 127)
7 There Is No Reality; Only Perception(p. 150)
8 Life Is Managed; It Is Not Cured(p. 167)
9 We Teach People How to Treat Us(p. 184)
10 There Is Power In Forgiveness(p. 200)
11 You Have to Name It to Claim It(p. 211)
12 A Guided Tour of Your Life(p. 227)
13 The Seven-Step Strategy(p. 255)
14 Finding Your Formula(p. 264)
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Library Journal Review
President of a litigation consulting firm, McGraw is also a member of Oprah Winfrey's "Change Your Life TV" team. He advised Oprah during her Amarillo beef trial and attributes the inspiration for this book to that episode. McGraw claims that people in dire situations have serious problems, including denial and choosing initial assumptions without testing them for accuracy. To create a life strategy that works, McGraw lays out his ten "Life Laws" along with checklists and 18 assignments. Each chapter begins with one of the life laws: e.g., get real; you create your own experience; people do what works; and life is managed, not cured. He concludes with a wrap-up of a seven-step strategy, working toward set goals. This is similar in content to Zig Ziglar's Success for DummiesR (LJ 5/1/98). Oprah's name may increase demand; buy as needed for self-help collections.ÄLisa S. Wise, Broome Cty. P.L., Binghamton, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publishers Weekly Review
After advising Oprah Winfrey in her successful defense against accusations of slander by the beef industry, McGraw, a behavior specialist and trial expert, now makes appearances on Oprah's program as a member of her "Change Your Life TV Team," joining such other luminaries of self-help as Suze Orman, John Gray and Iyanla Vanzant. While McGraw's presentation may play well on the small screen, it suffers on the page from lack of focus, awkward writing and a relentlessly hectoring tone. At the outset, McGraw browbeats his readers: "You are either winning or losing in your life, plain and simple. You live in a competitive world." His strategy for winning is built around 10 "Life Laws," which include the following: "You Either Get It or You Don't"; "You Can't Change What You Don't Acknowledge"; and "There Is No Reality; Only Perception." He also gives 16 homework assignments: the first, to list the five things in your life you have failed to acknowledge to yourself; the second, to write "The Story I'll Tell Myself If I Don't Create Meaningful and Lasting Change After Reading and Studying This Book." McGraw does a good job of identifying many self-defeating behaviors, but it will be up to readers to determine for themselves the efficacy of his methods of changing them. 500,000 first printing; major ad/promo. (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Booklist Review
McGraw counsels Oprah Winfrey, and on the basis of that highly advantageous connection, Hyperion has ordered a half-million-copy first printing of his self-helper. Basically, McGraw's advice, laid out as "Life Laws" to follow, revives the old '60s idea of one-upmanship. To get the job or promotion, shed the old lover and hook a new one, or quit that bad habit for once and for all, you have to cultivate being fully aware (e.g., "Life Law #4: You Can't Change What You Don't Acknowledge"), being active for your own interests (e.g., "Life Law #5: Life Rewards Action"), and taking care of business ("Life Law #7: Life Is Managed; It Is Not Cured"). If McGraw often seems to encourage viewing the world as bad and getting worse, at least one of his directives, "Life Law #9," softens things a bit, for it enjoins that "There Is Power In Forgiveness" (of course, as he presents it, the reasons for getting rid of anger and resentment through forgiveness are all selfish). A number of fill-in lists make the book problematic for much circulation, for who wants to see some stranger's answers to the questions? But the Oprah seal of approval ensures plenty of reader interest. --Ray Olson
Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics
Dr. Phil McGraw is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers: Life Strategies: Doing What Works, Doing What Matters; Relationship Rescue: A Seven-Step Strategy for Reconnecting with Your Partner; Self Matters: Creating Your Life From the Inside Out; The Ultimate Weight Solution: The Seven Keys to Weight Loss Freedom, and his most recent book, Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family. He is also the author of the New York Times bestseller The Ultimate Weight Solution Coookbook: Recipes For Weight Loss Freedom as well as The Ultimate Weight Solution Food Guide. His books have been published in 37 languages with over 22 million copies in print. Dr. Phil has a B.S, M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from North Texas State University with a dual area of emphasis in clinical and behavioral medicine. He has been a board-certified and licensed clinical psychologist since 1978, and appears on his nationally syndicated daily one-hour series, Dr. Phil. He lives in Los Angeles with Robin, his wife of 28 years, and their two sons, Jay and Jordan.
