Product Description

Sometimes our goals seem like unobtainable fantasies, but the keys to success lie in bringing them sharply into focus, clarifying them and working out a plan to achieve them. If it’s in your nature to dream it, it’s probably in your nature to do it. The authors show you how to reach your goals with the help of this workbook of practical, positive and upbeat techniques.

• Believe in yourself: Take stock with a personal inventory to find out who you really are and what you really want.
• Drivers and anchors: Identify what makes you go forward, and learn to deal with what holds you back.
• Achieve your goal: Make plans, commit to paper, review progress, keep going, and recognize and enjoy your achievements.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #398393 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

From the Back Cover

Sometimes our goals seem like unobtainable fantasies, but the keys to success lie in bringing them sharply into focus, clarifying them and working out a plan to achieve them. If it’s in your nature to dream it, it’s probably in your nature to do it. The authors show you how to reach your goals with the help of this workbook of practical, positive and upbeat techniques.

• Believe in yourself: Take stock with a personal inventory to find out who you really are and what you really want.
• Drivers and anchors: Identify what makes you go forward, and learn to deal with what holds you back.
• Achieve your goal: Make plans, commit to paper, review progress, keep going, and recognize and enjoy your achievements.

About the Author

Beechy and Josephine Colclough are chartered psychotherapists whose books include Challenge to Change and The Effective Way To Stop Drinking. Beechy is well known for his work with celebrities, including Elton John and Robbie Williams.

Customer Reviews

A real, insightful resource on goal attainment.
I stumbled across this AUDIOBOOK by chance. I'm glad I did because there is the sense for me that the authors have a solid grasp of the real psychological factors behind goal attainment and the blocks to goal attainment. This to me is an insightful and thorough resource on beginning to understand why humans limit themselves and how they can go about making positive change.

I have read a fair amount around self development and whilst some may have been inspirational they can also leave me feeling a bit cheated through the regurgitation of basic psychological concepts (e.g. locus of control) into their own (often elaborate) plan. This, for my money, is 'the real deal'.

I would have give the Audiobook 5 stars but the track listing seems at odds with the tracks. The other thing that bothered me was that the two authors also played the roles of people in the case histories presented, I found this both confusing (I am easily confused) and uncreative.

Insightful and genuine
I feel this is an invaluable book for those who want to achieve their goals but, for whatever reason, get stuck somewhere along the line. There are numerous self-help books out there that seem to be about selling a concept and making inspirational promises that often are unrealistic or difficult to apply. This book doesn't try to do that and really gets down to the psychological nitty-gritty of achieving realistic goals.

The only thing that lets this book down slightly, in my opinion, is the fairly bland design and lack of illustrations. The plan for setting and monitoring goals is clear but I feel a diagrammatic presentation of this would help to internalize the process. Overall, however this is the most intelligent self-help book I have come across.