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Flex

Do something different

Author: Ben Fletcher, Karen J. Pine

Price: £8.99 (free postage)

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“I recommend this book to anyone interested in making serious changes, or in helping others make changes.”


Changing People

About the book

Imagine being able to handle whatever life throws at you with ease.

Our habits, which help form our personality, undermine our ability to rise to new challenges. Most of our actions are based on old behavioural patterns so instead of coming up with new strategies, we're stuck on autopilot. And the more fixed our personality is, the harder we find it to adapt to change or to the new.

No wonder we often feel overwhelmed, unhappy or stressed.

We all have a far greater range of behaviours at our disposal than we realise but we limit our life by using just 1/10th of our personality. The other 9/10ths of our tools for life lie dormant in our brain's toolbox. flex will show you how to start using them.

  • More about the book

    Flex is about taking charge of ourselves and not slipping onto autopilot. A person who can flex, using different behaviours appropriately, will feel at ease in any situation.

    The key to being able to flex is to Do Something Different, to disrupt the brain's habits. When you can flex your personality you will feel more in control, happier and less stressed. flexing will help you to achieve more in life too.

    Find out about the science behind the Do Something Different behaviour-change technique that is helping to transform people's lives. And experience for yourself the endless possibilities it can open up for you.

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    Read an extract from Flex

  • About the Author/s:

    Ben Fletcher

    Professor Ben (C) Fletcher is Professor of Occupational and Health Psychology at University of Hertfordshire.

    He in an expert in occupational stress and behaviour change and has published over 100 articles and 8 authored books, as well as having given conference papers all around the world.

    Throughout his academic life he has always been involved in the application of his research in community and organisational settings. He has been Head of the School of Psychology twice and also Dean of the Business School for 6 years.

    The most recent example of the application of his research is Do Something Different (see www.dsd.me). He has won over £3m in grants from external bodies and has supervised about 30 PhD students in a broad range of areas. He has been on the editorial boards of major journals, has reviewed for many journals and grant bodies here and abroad, and has examined many PhDs in the UK and abroad.


    Karen J. Pine

    Karen Pine is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire and also Professor in the School of Applied Sciences at Istanbul Bilgi University.

    

ISBN: 978-1-907396-54-0 Format: Paperback, 184pp Published: Jan 2012

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