Creating Your Best Life The Ultimate Life List Guide

by Miller, Caroline Adams; Frisch, Michael B.

• ISBN13: 9781402762598
• ISBN10: 1402762593
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-06
• Publisher: Sterling

Summary

The passion for life lists has spawned an industry that includes thoughtful experts such as Caroline Miller, a life coach and motivational book author, and Dr. Michael Frisch, a positive psychology coach and clinical psychologist at Baylor University. Working together, they have fashioned the most useful, science-based, and up-to-date book on the topic of goal setting and accomplishment. Creating Your Best Lifesupplies dozens of interactive exercises and quizzes readers can use to identify their most cherished needs, ambitions, and wishes. The exercises are fun, making the process of self-discovery enjoyable and productive. The authors' unique "life list coaching" program organizes life lists into 16 key areas that are universally known to make people happyto help you actually achieve your aspirations. No other life list book offers research-validated information on why certain steps matter in goal accomplishment, or even how goals are connected with any type of life satisfaction. Readers will feel both educated and inspired to start writing goal-setting lists in order to live their lives more consciously, productively, and happily.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Why Life Lists Matter	p. 1
The Royal Road to Happiness and Success	p. 3
What's All the Fuss about Happiness, Anyway?	p. 15
How Happy Are You?	p. 28
Creating Your Best Possible Life List	p. 47
Life-Changing Goals	p. 49
Creating the List That Works for You	p. 61
Willpower: Why You Must Say No Sometimes	p. 77
Risks That Pay Off	p. 90
The Company You Keep	p. 103
Tattoos, License Plates, and Citrusy Scents	p. 118
You Gotta Have Grit	p. 137
Personalizing Your Goals in Sixteen Life Spheres	p. 147
Mission Statements and Morals	p. 149
The Holy Grail of Happiness	p. 155
Your Body, Mind, and Soul Goals	p. 163
Live, Laugh, Love!	p. 170
Can Money Buy Happiness?	p. 179
The Surroundings That Shape You	p. 188
Savoring the Wins	p. 195
Celebrating the Wins	p. 197
Hitting Speed Bumps	p. 210
Life List Exercises and Worksheets	p. 223
Notes	p. 255
Resources	p. 266
Acknowledgments	p. 269
Index	p. 271
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