Re-create Your Life : Transforming Yourself and Your World With the Decision Maker Process [Hardcover]

Morty Lefkoe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997

The founder of the Decision Maker Institute offers a process that promises to identify the basic inner beliefs that stunt our behavior problems and then eliminate those problems with beliefs of our own choosing. 40,000 first printing. Newbridge Bk Club. Tour.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Andrews Mcmeel Pub; 1St Edition edition (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0836221672
• ISBN-13: 978-0836221671
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #608,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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58 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good news and a bad news, June 12, 2000

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This review is from: Re-create Your Life : Transforming Yourself and Your World With the Decision Maker Process (Hardcover)

The good news is delivered to you right after the introductory chit-chat. You'll be astonished to learn the reason why the traditional methods of solving one's problems don't usually work. Mr. Lefkoe has invented a completely new technique that is free from this lack and is able to reform your thinking in such a way that you stop running into the same problems over and over again.

His main idea is that many problems are caused by destructive beliefs. While traditional methods try to reform your thinking by convincing you that the harmful beliefs are totally untrue and unfounded, Mr. Lefkoe's method doesn't involve challenging the beliefs. Instead, you are to find out how the belief first evolved (usually it was in your childhood). When you have realized how the circumstances you were in produced the belief, you'll understand that the belief evolved because back then, your access to information and your capability of interpreting it were limited. It was quite reasonable for you to draw such conclusions from the circumstances you were in and the information you had. However, there is no reason for you to maintain this belief now. It is only one possible interpretation of the experiences you've had - there are numerous others and you can choose which one you prefer.

At that point you clearly see that this is just what you have missed all those years. You're ready to kiss Mr. Lefkoe's feet and are dying to finally know the details of this life-saver. Then comes the bad news: you can't do it on your own. This technique isn't suitable for self-help and can only be applied by a professional counselor. There's but a handful of them and they are God knows where.

You might feel cheated. But, if you happen to take a second look at the inner sleeve, you'll read: "describes a process that enables people to [---] solve their [---] problems". Really, no one has promised that in this book, a method will be presented THAT YOU CAN USE. You made it all up by yourself, didn't you? (I guess this must be what they call the American way of telling the truth.)

Well, I may have no right to feel betrayed, but I still do. It's quite possible that the method isn't suitable for self-treatment, but I'm absolutely convinced that if Mr. Lefkoe would have wanted to help us, he could have given us at least something - some kinds of questionnaires, a list of a few hundred of most common beliefs etc., instead of wasting a whole third of the book on some world-reforming daydreams. But he won't do that (even his web site doesn't contain anything usable), because he wants you to go to him and pay extra for getting actual help. What about those who live on the other side of the world? I guess he just doesn't give a damn.

It is obvious that Mr. Lefkoe didn't write this book in order to provide useful service to the readers but to advertise his seminars. I bet that if you'll ever have a chance to talk to him personally, he won't say you a word of any importance without having received advance payment. He will have to do without my money, however, because I returned the book. Though the book was somewhat beneficial for me, I just didn't feel Mr. Lefkoe deserved to get any money for this 240-page sales letter. Besides, reading through parts 1 and 2 once is all you need - the essential information in this book would fit on a half of a page.

By the way, some reviewers wonder why Mr. Lefkoe dwells so long over his obscure social utopias. I'll tell you why. If he could convince governments or even big companies to apply his technique, he wouldn't have to worry about his daily bread for the rest of his life. Bothering with individuals is so unsecure - you have to approach them individually and find a personal solution for each one of them. Do you imagine how much more money Mr. Lefkoe could make by giving standardized counseling to tens or even hundreds of people simultaneously?

To summarize: If you are in a desperate situation, you might want to give this book a try. You must realize that it will be clutching at a straw, but the new ideas presented in the book just might be of some help. If you don't feel desperate, you can spare reading this book. It delivers much less than what the publisher tries to make you believe. I'm giving it four stars for contents minus one for inhumanity.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learn how to stop thwarting your own success!, March 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Re-create Your Life : Transforming Yourself and Your World With the Decision Maker Process (Hardcover)

Have you ever wanted to lose weight but somehow kept sabotaging your efforts to do so? Or wanted to change careers but were afraid you may not have what it takes to succeed? Or were afraid of something that you knew was totally irrational but for some reason those fears kept popping up and kept you from doing things you wanted to do and from enjoying your life? Well, if so, then this is the book you need to read. RE-CREATE YOUR LIFE reveals the secret to why we do all those things that get in the way of our own happiness. And it's so simple and makes such sense! Once you understand WHY you're doing what you're doing, that it's really a survival strategy that's based on certain beliefs that you have (that may even be unconscious), you can follow the easy steps to get rid of those beliefs and totally and permanently change your behavior, your life, and the way you feel about yourself. All I can say is that it has worked for me and I have tried the process on about 20 of my friends and it has worked for every single one of them. I don't usually endorse products or books or things, but I consider this kind of a public service message. Why continue to block yourself from achieving what you want when you can learn how to live your life as if you are the one making the decisions and creating your life, which you are!

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Believe it or not you can Re-Create Your Life, June 14, 2002

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This review is from: Re-Create Your Life: Transforming Yourself and Your World with the Decision Maker Process (Hardcover)

Re-Create Your LIfe delivers just what it promises--it describes a method to transform yourself and the world. Morty explains how most behavioral and emotional problems stem from various beliefs and how these beliefs can be eliminated to transform behavior and feelings.

As soon as I read this book I tried the method on myself and I eliminated one belief. From then on I was fascinated and had to know more. I visited the web site of the Decision Maker Institute and signed up for a workshop to learn how to eliminate beliefs. That weekend transformed my life. I eliminated the fear I had of taking risks which was formed early in my life and I started using the process on friends and family. I went to future workshops in which I learned how to find all of the beliefs that create a pattern of behavior or a given set of emotions and since then I have been able to help friends eliminate problems like procrastination, panic attacks, phobias and have recieved money for my work.

Before I was exposed to the material in this book I had the thought that I could do anything but deep down inside there was always some doubt. Now I KNOW all people can live without limits and experience a life where anything is possible.