4 Simple Secrets of Success...Make Them Work for You!"In Winning Ways, Dick Lyles showed us how to work well with people. Now, in Winning Habits, he gives us the secrets to a lifetime of fulfillment." --SPENCER JOHNSON Author of the worldwide best seller Who Moved My Cheese? "Dick Lyles brings a wealth of corporate experience and business savvy to his latest innovation, Winning Habits. Uniquely written through the eyes of fiction, this book does far more than entertain--it inductively teaches many profound and practical principles embodied in habits." --DR. STEPHEN R. COVEY Best-selling author, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People "Dick Lyles has done it again. In Winning Habits he has given us a simple but powerful message that can make us more effective not only at work, but also in our personal lives. Read it and start winning more." --KEN BLANCHARD Co-author, The One Minute Manager(R) Be first on, last off, and add extra value Never trade results for excuses Solve problems in advance Always make those around you look good In the spirit of Who Moved My Cheese? and Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, this business parable teaches you the four personal habits at the heart of success, then shows how to put them to work! live them! and change your life forever. Winning Habits is about making great things happen around you! and for you. This powerful parable identifies the four fundamental habits that lead to success! and helps you apply those habits in your life! your whole life! starting right now. When it comes to identifying simple personal changes that lead to powerful results, nobody knows more than Dick Lyles. And nobody's better at helping you make those changes stick--for today, tomorrow, and the rest of your life. (If you're among the millions who've been touched by his personal appearances and consulting engagements, you already know that!) Whether you're struggling to jump start your career! or lead a team to greatness! or improve your entire organization's performance! or you're a consultant, coach, or trainer! Winning Habits has the answers. Read it. Share it. Live it! Reviewed and endorsed by Spencer Johnson, Ken Blanchard, and Stephen R. Covey!

4 Simple Secrets of Success...Make Them Work for You!"In Winning Ways, Dick Lyles showed us how to work well with people. Now, in Winning Habits, he gives us the secrets to a lifetime of fulfillment." --SPENCER JOHNSON Author of the worldwide best seller Who Moved My Cheese? "Dick Lyles brings a wealth of corporate experience and business savvy to his latest innovation, Winning Habits. Uniquely written through the eyes of fiction, this book does far more than entertain--it inductively teaches many profound and practical principles embodied in habits." --DR. STEPHEN R. COVEY Best-selling author, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People "Dick Lyles has done it again. In Winning Habits he has given us a simple but powerful message that can make us more effective not only at work, but also in our personal lives. Read it and start winning more." --KEN BLANCHARD Co-author, The One Minute Manager(R) Be first on, last off, and add extra value Never trade results for excuses Solve problems in advance Always make those around you look good In the spirit of Who Moved My Cheese? and Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, this business parable teaches you the four personal habits at the heart of success, then shows how to put them to work! live them! and change your life forever. Winning Habits is about making great things happen around you! and for you. This powerful parable identifies the four fundamental habits that lead to success! and helps you apply those habits in your life! your whole life! starting right now. When it comes to identifying simple personal changes that lead to powerful results, nobody knows more than Dick Lyles. And nobody's better at helping you make those changes stick--for today, tomorrow, and the rest of your life. (If you're among the millions who've been touched by his personal appearances and consulting engagements, you already know that!) Whether you're struggling to jump start your career! or lead a team to greatness! or improve your entire organization's performance! or you're a consultant, coach, or trainer! Winning Habits has the answers. Read it. Share it. Live it! Reviewed and endorsed by Spencer Johnson, Ken Blanchard, and Stephen R. Covey!

In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity--principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.

Change One Habit, Change Your Life is a unique and proven six-week program that provides dozens of tools, techniques and strategies to help people successfully create lasting change. The Change One Habit, Change Your Life program is highly successful because it is built on principles of motivation, support, and success rather than relying solely on will power and self-discipline. Daily exercises are easily customizable and help people tap into their inner power and passion. That means less struggling, faster results, and lasting change. People who are dedicated to changing their habit can also join Habiteers, a members-only support community, which includes Habiteers Motivational Lifeline, weekly e-mails that correspond with the book, forums for questions and answers, resources, guided visualizations, and fun, lively weekly recordings to deepen your motivation and experience.

In every lifetime a book comes along that can dramatically change lives. Habits of the Soul is such a book. Over the next 40 days, let this wonderful and powerful book guide you to form new habits in your inner life, habits of joy and peace, habits of generosity and a love for the poor. Let this book help you learn to live, to really live! Habits of the Soul: Learning to Live on Purpose transforms your life because it attends to your soul inside. It touches you in the deepest part of your being and taps into those things which make you most truly human! Use this book alone, or with friends in a small group. You will find its texture rich and its tone inviting. Even those who believe they have no spiritual life at all will find that this book takes them on a journey into the depths of their being. Habits of the Soul: Learning to Live on Purpose is for all who seek God with a sincere heart and for all who experience a restlessness which cannot be named. It offers challenge, hope, consolation and motivation to take action on the single most important need in every human being: connecting with God and committing to living a life of purpose.

Are you really ready to change? Take this quiz and find out. Every New Year’s Day, my list of resolutions is: Ambitious. I aim for everything from losing weight to saving more money for my retirement. Realistic. I just try to bump my good behavior up a notch--be a better friend, give more money to charity---without giving myself any strict deadlines or goals.Precise. I decide exactly how many men I will ask for a date, or how many new jobs I will apply for. Whenever I decide to change something, it’s usually because:My doctor has put the fear of God into me.I read a magazine article about why making this change is important.I start daydreaming about how great life will be after I make the change. True or False: When you want to make a big change in your life, timing is crucial. Failure is:Impossible.Inevitable. Not in my vocabulary.(The answers are on the inside back flap.)Learn the secret to making changes that stickEvery so often people get inspired (again!) to lose weight, get organized, start saving, or stop worrying –but a few months later they give up, frustrated. It doesn’t have to be that way. In This Year I Wil . . .l, bestselling author M.J. Ryan offers breakthrough wisdom and coaching to help readers make this time the time that change becomes permanent. Why do people find it so hard to change? The secret is that everyone has their own formula for making changes that stick, but most people don’t know what theirs is. They think there is one way to lose five pounds, and another way to stay on top of their e-mail, but they don’t realize that for all changes, there is one system that works best for each individual. This Year I Will . . . helps you lock on to your unique formula for planning, implementing, and seeing a life change through, so you can use it again and again to tackle anything else you’d like to do. For anyone who has broken a New Year’s resolution, fallen off a diet, or given up on fulfilling a dream, the ingenious strategies, inspiring stories, and sheer motivational energy of This Year I Will . . . help you make a promise to yourself that you can actually keep.Answers to the jacket quiz: c, c, false, b. Take the whole quiz and learn your score at M.J. Ryan’s Web site, www.mj-ryan.com.

In This Year I Will..., best-selling author M.J. Ryan offers breakthrough wisdom and coaching to help listeners make this time the time that change becomes permanent....

Mothers are expected to do it all: raise superstar kids, look great, make good salaries, keep an immaculate house, be the perfect wife. In this rallying cry for change, Meg Meeker, M.D., uses her twenty-five years' experience as a practicing pediatrician and counselor to show why mothers suffer from the rising pressure to excel and the toll it takes on their emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual health. Complete with an all-new tool kit of wellness tips and exercises, Dr. Meeker's book reveals the 10 most positive and impactful habits of healthy, happy mothers, including - making friends with those who know the meaning of friendship - finding out what money can buy (and what it cannot) - lightening the overload--and doing less more often - discovering faith and learning how to trust it - taking some alone time and reviving yourself By implementing Dr. Meeker's key strategies, you can be happy, hopeful, and can teach your children to be the best they can be--and isn't that the most precious reward of motherhood? Now with wellness tips and exercises!

In every lifetime a book comes along that can dramatically change lives. Habits of the Soul is such a book. Over the next 40 days, let this wonderful and powerful book guide you to form new habits in your inner life, habits of joy and peace, habits of generosity and a love for the poor. Let this book help you learn to live, to really live! Habits of the Soul: Learning to Live on Purpose transforms your life because it attends to your soul inside. It touches you in the deepest part of your being and taps into those things which make you most truly human! Use this book alone, or with friends in a small group. You will find its texture rich and its tone inviting. Even those who believe they have no spiritual life at all will find that this book takes them on a journey into the depths of their being. Habits of the Soul: Learning to Live on Purpose is for all who seek God with a sincere heart and for all who experience a restlessness which cannot be named. It offers challenge, hope, consolation and motivation to take action on the single most important need in every human being: connecting with God and committing to living a life of purpose.

Do you wish something in your life was different? Take heart! You already possess the first and most important ingredient for change. Don’t waste your dissatisfaction, wield it! Intimate, humorous, and inspiring, Only Nuns Change Habits Overnight will take you on a journey from where you are to where you want to be. Do you long for a more rewarding career? A more passionate marriage? A healthier body, brighter future, or happier heart? With her trademark blend of laugh-out-loud humor and sage advice, Karen Linamen introduces you to 52 powerful actions you can apply to any change you long to embrace.In the process, you’ll discover the missing link between dissatisfaction and transformation; learn painless ways to remodel your habits; understand why you procrastinate and how to stop; learn how to generate the energy you need to pursue the life you want, and, above all, discover options and resources you never dreamed you had. What are you waiting for? No matter what has been holding you back–fear, fatigue, adversity, heartbreak, failures, or even the choices of other people–get ready. Get set. Lasting change is possible and its time to get started!Includes questions for reflection and discussion.

"A Change of Habit" weaves a tapestry of zeal, rigorous discipline and shattered beliefs of a mature woman who left her vows as a nun to search for spiritual fulfillment. Joanne Howe's narrative brims with emotion, and the richness of her experience will linger long after the book is closed. Joanne Howe is a retired elementary school teacher and a popular speaker at women's retreats. She began preparing to be a Roman Catholic nun at age 13 and later served in the Sisters of St. Joseph for 19 years. During that time, as much as she desired to serve God, she found that the life of a nun did not lead to the fulfillment and spiritual satisfaction she desperately needed. At the end of a long and agonizing process of soul-searching, she came to the conclusion that there had to be a better way for her to serve her Lord. She finally relinquished her vows in 1968 and found complete peace with God four years later.

“Galloping Gourmet” Graham Kerr and his wife Treena have spent the past twenty years embracing a Christ-like lifestyle they call outdulgence. Here, the Kerrs share the transforming details of such a truly good life that trades constant consumption and self-serving for creative simplicity and healthy self-denial to benefit others. A deep and delightful approach to what Jesus described when He said, “I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance.”

Simply going to church and adhering to a list of "dos" and "don'ts" are a far cry from the life God intends for us to have as Christians. He wants us to change the world around us, which begins by understanding the power of a deep relationship with Him. In the second small group study in the Kingdom Living series, you will explore ways to deepen your relationship with God and become a more effective Christian, exploring the following disciplines: Knowing the Bible, Making Prayer a Priority, Living a Life of Obedience, Giving to God, Living in Community, and Serving Others. Throughout these six sessions, you'll learn secrets of effective Christians, how it has revolutionized their faith, and how it can revolutionize yours, too.

Most of us have lifestyle habits we would like to change. Life would be richer and more productive if we took better care of our bodies, minds, and spirits. And most of us know what to do--we just can't get ourselves to do it consistently. God designed the human brain so that the dominant thought "wins." So a life of unhealthy habits is a life with an unhealthy mind-set.Danna Demetre invites readers to join her on a 40-day journey toward being "transformed by the renewing of our minds." Acting as a personal lifestyle coach, she offers the tools needed to erase and replace the old negative mental programming with healthier messages that honor God and move readers toward being the person God designed them to be.

Most of us have lifestyle habits we would like to change. Life would be richer and more productive if we took better care of our bodies, minds, and spirits. And most of us know what to do--we just can't get ourselves to do it consistently. God designed the human brain so that the dominant thought "wins." So a life of unhealthy habits is a life with an unhealthy mind-set. Danna Demetre invites readers to join her on a 40-day journey toward being "transformed by the renewing of our minds." Acting as a personal lifestyle coach, she offers the tools needed to erase and replace the old negative mental programming with healthier messages that honor God and move readers toward being the person God designed them to be.

What ultimately differentiates highly successful people from everyone else? The one common denominator of all successful people is a routine built on good habits. The most successful people in any field - the most successful athletes, lawyers, politicians, physicians, business leaders, musicians, and sales people, those who are the best at what they do have one thing in common: good habits. Habits are that important. Up to 90 percent of your everyday behavior is based on habit. Nearly all of what you do each day, every day, is simply habit. The techniques outlined in this book provide easy-to-implement action steps to help you effectively change bad habits and establish good habits that will make you more successful. The keys to habit change is what this book delivers. It explains why the difference between those who are successful and everyone else is not found in differences in intelligence, talent, or work ethic; but rather in habits.  It explores why habits are so powerful and how we can harness this power to reach our God-given potential and obtain a higher degree of success. The wisdom contained in this book will empower those who read it to transform their lives and become more successful.

An award-winning "New York Times" business reporter takes readers to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives, Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation.

"A Change of Habit" weaves a tapestry of zeal, rigorous discipline and shattered beliefs of a mature woman who left her vows as a nun to search for spiritual fulfillment. Joanne Howe's narrative brims with emotion, and the richness of her experience will linger long after the book is closed. Joanne Howe is a retired elementary school teacher and a popular speaker at women's retreats. She began preparing to be a Roman Catholic nun at age 13 and later served in the Sisters of St. Joseph for 19 years. During that time, as much as she desired to serve God, she found that the life of a nun did not lead to the fulfillment and spiritual satisfaction she desperately needed. At the end of a long and agonizing process of soul-searching, she came to the conclusion that there had to be a better way for her to serve her Lord. She finally relinquished her vows in 1968 and found complete peace with God four years later.

“Galloping Gourmet” Graham Kerr and his wife Treena have spent the past twenty years embracing a Christ-like lifestyle they call outdulgence. Here, the Kerrs share the transforming details of such a truly good life that trades constant consumption and self-serving for creative simplicity and healthy self-denial to benefit others. A deep and delightful approach to what Jesus described when He said, “I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance.”

"For generations, American Catholics . . . lived out their faith through countless unremarkable routines. Deep questions of theology usually meant little to them, but parishioners clung to deeply ingrained habits of devotion, both public and private. Particular devotions changed over time, waxing or waning in popularity, but the habits endured: going to mass on Sunday, saying prayers privately and teaching their children to do the same, filling their homes with crucifixes and other religious images, participating in special services, blending the church’s calendar of feast and fast days with the secular cycles of work and citizenship, negotiating their conformity (or not) to the church’s demands regarding sexual behavior and even diet . . . . It was religious practice, carried out in daily and weekly observance, that embodied their faith, more than any abstract set of dogmas."—from the Introduction In Habits of Devotion, four senior scholars take the measure of the central religious practices and devotions that by the middle of the twentieth century defined the "ordinary, week-to-week religion" of the majority of American Catholics. Their essays investigate prayer, devotion to Mary, confession, and the Eucharist as practiced by Catholics in the United States before and shortly after the Second Vatican Council.

The approach to project management is too often formulaic, describing what should be done and how to do it, but not adequately describing why those actions are important. "Improving Project Performance" outlines the what and how of project management, emphasizing why actions matter, the overall intention of the formulaic steps, and the strengths or weakness of various tools and techniques. Successful project teams must understand and focus intently on what Wellman describes as the eight essential habits of successful project teams: -Nurture a shared vision of what is to be accomplished -Translate that vision into a coherent set of performance specifications -Have an integrated plan for accomplishing the purpose -Measure their performance against the plan and their progress toward the requirements -Allow for uncertainty -Manage change -Continually act to influence their future -Over-communicate