LASTING Transformation takes you on a journey to experience the process of transformation, which can result in powerful, positive change. Lifes journey provides us with many opportunities for self-knowledge, self-love, and deep personal transformation. The road map outlined in LASTING Transformation gives specific guidance for this journey. It offers important insights and effective strategies for developing a strong self, fulfilling relationships, and deep soul-wisdom. Dr. Abby Rosen shares the experience of her thirty-nine-year pilgrimage integrating psychotherapy and spirituality. Each chapter includes real client experiences that show the process of behavioral change and lasting transformation, humorous cartoons, and practical exercises that together provide a road map to help you navigate the sacred journey of your life.

Based on original research conducted by the author over the past twenty years, this book is a definitive investigation of enduring change. Hundreds of therapists and change agents, in addition to a diverse group of people who have self-initiated experiences, or structured therapy, have been interviewed about their most dramatic growth and the factors that contributed to making their changes last. Written for helping and leadership professionals, as well as the public, this book will give readers the knowledge and tools they need to understand the mechanisms and processes of lasting change.

Synopsis Expand/Collapse Synopsis #REVISEYOURLIFE is a comprehensive self-help book that outlines a six-step coaching program for transforming one’s life by unleashing inner power. The book is structured around six key steps: Reflection, Envision, Validation, Implementation, Sustainability, and Establishing New Routines. Each step is meticulously designed to guide readers through self-discovery, personal growth, and lasting change. Step 1: Reflection The journey begins with reflection, where readers are encouraged to look inward and assess their current life situations. This involves evaluating personal accomplishments, identifying challenges, and recognizing strengths and weaknesses. This step aims to foster self-awareness and understanding, creating a foundation for the transformative process. Step 2: Envision In this step, readers are guided to create a clear and compelling vision of their ideal life. They are encouraged to align their goals with their core values and set specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals. This vision serves as the blueprint for their transformation journey. Step 3: Validation Validation focuses on assessing the authenticity of one’s goals and overcoming limiting beliefs that may hinder progress. It involves introspection to distinguish between goals that are truly self-driven and those influenced by external pressures. The step also includes strategies for challenging and reframing negative self-talk, cultivating a growth mindset, and surrounding oneself with a supportive network. Step 4: Implementation This step is about translating goals into actionable steps. Readers are taught to create concrete plans, take consistent action, and embrace failure as a teacher. The emphasis is on taking small, manageable steps toward achieving one’s goals while maintaining flexibility and resilience. Step 5: Sustainability In the sustainability phase, the focus is on maintaining the progress made. Readers are encouraged to establish new routines and habits that support their ongoing transformation. This step underscores the importance of self-care, self-compassion, and regular reassessment of goals to adapt to life’s changes. Step 6: Establishing New Routines The final step involves embedding the changes into daily life by creating new, supportive routines. Readers are reminded that transformation is an ongoing process that requires dedication, patience, and a commitment to continuous growth. #REVISEYOURLIFE is not just a guide for personal transformation; it is a call to action for readers to take charge of their lives, overcome obstacles, and create a fulfilling, purpose-driven existence. The book provides practical tools, strategies, and encouragement to help readers navigate their journey toward becoming the best version of themselves.

Don't risk the dire consequences of your work processes becoming obsolete-discover a powerful model for constant, ongoing, enterprise-wide process evolution and optimization. If you have a great product, but don't have the operations in place to efficiently and effectively support it-production, manufacturing, sales, finance, human resources, etc.-you won't succeed. Product innovation is seen as flashier and so gets far more attention, but you can create an enduring competitive advantage by revolutionizing business operations. The problem is most attempts to improve business operations are reactive, sporadic, and siloed. Tony Saldanha and Filippo Passerini's Dynamic Process Transformation model provides a living model for constant, ongoing process evolution and optimization. The authors focus on maximizing three drivers of change. First, open market rules-each business process must be run as a separate business, instead of via monolithic mandates coming down from on high. Second, there must be unified accountability- outcomes must be clear and consistent across the company, instead of being siloed within departments. And third, there needs to be a dynamic operating engine, a methodology to convert the constantly changing business process goals into tactical day-to-day employee actions. With numerous examples from leading companies, this book shows how to proactively keep business processes across the company from becoming obsolete and take advantage of a neglected key to success.

Real-life Solutions to the Challenges Facing Public Administrators! Complex management issues in the public sector can't be addressed with limited, short-term fixes. Strategic, well-conceived approaches are critical to meet your organization's long-term needs. Through expert advice and real-world examples, Strategic Public Management: Best Practices from Government and Nonprofit Organizations presents the solutions that today's public administrators are putting into practice to address a variety of challenges, including planning and managing core mission functions, integrating new technology, and pursuing measurable results. Nineteen contributors representing local and federal government, nonprofit organizations, and the academic world offer guidance, direction, and examples that focus on the many areas of concern to public sector professionals, including: • Program operations • Human capital issues • Risk management • Acquisition hurdles • IT solutions • Performance parameters This critical resource is easy to read and navigate, and the expert viewpoints provide essential best practices for mid- and senior-level professionals. Tackle your organization's complex issues today by applying proven strategies!

EXTENDED SUMMARY: ATOMIC HABITS -AN EASY & PROVEN WAY TO BUILD GOOD HABITS & BREAK BAD ONES – BASED ON THE BOOK BY JAMES CLEAR Are you ready to boost your knowledge about "WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR"? Do you want to quickly and concisely learn the key lessons of this book? Are you ready to process the information of an entire book in just one reading of approximately 20 minutes? Would you like to have a deeper understanding of the techniques and exercises in the original book? Then this book is for you! BOOK CONTENT: Introduction: The Power of Small Changes The Fundamentals of Atomic Habits The Four Laws of Behavior Change Make It Obvious: The Cue of Habit Formation Make It Attractive: The Craving for Rewards Make It Easy: The Science of Simplification Make It Satisfying: The Role of Immediate Gratification The Two-Minute Rule: Mastering the Art of Tiny Habits The Importance of Habit Stacking The Plateau of Latent Potential: Persistence and Patience Advanced Techniques for Habit Tracking Mastering the Art of Temptation Bundling The Role of Identity in Habit Formation The Domino Effect: Leveraging Small Wins Conclusion: Building a Life of Lasting Change

Lipstick on a Pig: How to Avoid Superficial Solutions in Life and Business In a world obsessed with quick fixes and appearances, it’s easy to fall into the trap of applying "lipstick on a pig"—superficial solutions that make things look better without addressing the real problems. But what happens when we stop focusing on appearances and start tackling the root causes? In Lipstick on a Pig, you’ll discover how to recognize when you’re settling for surface-level solutions and how to make the shift toward real, meaningful change. Through insightful analysis, real-world case studies, and practical tools, this book will show you how to break free from the cycle of temporary fixes and create lasting transformation in both your personal life and business. Whether you’re a business leader looking to drive sustainable growth or an individual seeking authentic self-improvement, Lipstick on a Pig provides the blueprint for identifying core issues, implementing deep change, and building a future rooted in authenticity and substance. Stop masking problems with quick fixes. Embrace real solutions—and watch as genuine progress takes hold.

With over 300,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation. This stand-alone resource applies the principles of that book specifically to short term missions. Helping Without Hurting: Short Term MissionsLeader’s Guide is aimed at the preparation and debriefing of short-term missionaries. Accompanying Helping Without Hurting: Short Term Missions Participants’ Guide, it is an ideal resource for church leaders, missions pastors, and youth pastors who make short-term missions planning decisions and desire to prevent inadvertent harm as they enter materially poor communities. With direction for designing STMs well in light of the principles of When Helping Hurt, practical examples from short-term trips to illustrate those principles, and suggested resources for further learning and implimentatin, this guide is an all-in-one manual for leaders. Plus, it shows the content of the participant’s guide with annotation and teaching notes to guide leaders as they facilitate sessions with participants.

Improve your service. While many claim to offer models of leadership suitable for contemporary society, this book goes a notch higher by doing so through the prism of Jesus's servant leadership. As the servant-leader par excellence, Jesus not only taught but demonstrated service by stooping down and washing his disciples' feet. This book distills the experience and wisdom of men and women who have practically benefited from Jesus's leadership. Reflective of the global church, all the authors speak of a servant leadership inspired by love, honoring of God, humble in approach, and seeking the welfare of others without neglecting a healthy self-regard. Whether you work on-site or remotely, you will find the grist for robust leadership. This book is a must-read for theologians, businesspeople, educators, students, and Christian practitioners seeking to make a difference in our times.

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