LIFE STRATEGIES --- DOING WHAT WORKS, DOING WHAT MATTERS
by Phillip C. McGraw, Hyperion, 1999

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pxi-xiii)

INTRODUCTION (p1-10)

1) Get real --- If you don't don't fight for you, no one else will! (p11-32)

    [1] The epidemic (p14-28)

      Reading this book is not intended to be a passive experience. As you progress through it, you will see that it is interactive! Key principles in later chapters rely on themes developed in the earlier chapters, and the whole book calls on you to play an active role!

      Place your true problems at center the stage of your life. If you are part of the "epidemic" of lives not managed, you may find yourself in one of these categories of existence, such as (1) frustrated that you are not making more money in your job or career!

        Assignment 1 --- Challenge yourself right now by listing in order of significance the top five things in your life that you have simply failed to fully and completely admit or acknowledge to yourself. What is it that you know in your heart is a problem not acknowledged or at least so painful that you avoid it? (p19)

      [2] Reality check (p28-32)

        Assignment 2 --- Write a story to determine if you are willing to recognize your self-defeating excuses and rationales! (p28)

2) You either get it, or you don't (p33-55)

    Life Law #1 --- You either get it, or you don't! (p33)

    [1] The edge (p38-45)

    [2] Gray dog wisdom (p45)

    [3] You and I (p45-55)

3) You create your own experience (p56-87)

    Life law #2 --- You create your own experience! (p56-87)

4) People do what works (p88-108)

    Life Law #3 --- People do what works! (p88-108)

5) You can't change what you don't acknowledge (p109-126)

6) Life rewards action (p127-149)

7) There is no reality, only perception (p150-166)

8) Life is managed, it is not cured (p167-183)

9) We teach people how to treat us (p184-199)

10) There is power in forgiveness (p200-210)

11) You have to name it to claim it (p211-226)

12) A guided tour of your life (p227-254)

    SUDS Scale --- Subjective Units of Discomfort used to quantify the degree of pain you associate with the current status of your perception of a particular Life Dimension! (p238)

13) The seven-step strategy (p255-263)

    [1] Express your goal in terms of specific events or behaviors (p255-256)

    [2] Express your goal in terms that can be measured (p256-257)

    [3] Assign a "timeline" to your goal (p257-258)

    [4] Choose a goal you can control (p258)

    [5] Plan and program a strategy that will get you to your goal (p258-262)

    [6] Define your goal in terms of "steps" (p262)

    [7] Create accountability for your progress toward your goal (p262-263)

14) Finding your "formula" (p264-282)

    [1] Finding your formula (p268-274)

    [2] Top ten elements consistently present in successful people:

      (1) Vision

      (2) Strategy

      (3) Passion

      (4) Truth

      (5) Flexibility

      (6) Risk

      (7) Nucleus of friends

      (8) Action

      (9) Priorities

      (10) Self-management

    The choice is yours --- to live the TEN LAWS OF LIFE and be a winner! (p282)

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