Triggers: a New Approach to Self-Motivation [Hardcover]

Stanley Mann (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1987

One of the most exciting and dramatic breakthroughs in self-motivation techniques is the development of TRIGGERS, a mind-programming, psychological system for acquiring new capabilities and talents. From totally erasing fears and phobias to healing illness and maintaining vigorous health to expanding your creativity up to five times...here is a simple self-help system that can help you fulfill your every goal and desire. Highlights: 1) How to motivate yourself to do anything. 2) Fast and easy triggers for erasing the fears that are running your life. 3) Breakthrough techniques that dramatically improve your learning ability. 4) How to improve your sports performance and master new skills. 5) Gain new relief from emotional pain using the triple split technique. 6) How to harness the power hidden in your negative personality traits. 7) How to turn conflict into personal power. And much, much more.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: Prentice; Highlighting, Underlined edition (1987)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000YABGU4
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,328,794 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"One of the most exciting and dramatic breakthroughs in self-motivation techniques is the development of TRIGGERS - a mind programming, psychological system for acquiring new capabilities and talents. From totally erasing fears and phobias to healing illness and maintaining vigorous health to expanding your creativity up to five times...here is a simple self-help system that can help you fulfill your every goal and desire." - Prentice Hall editors.

Before writing Triggers, Stan Mann, DCSW, CPC, had been a certified psychiatric social worker, family therapist, transactional analyst, hypnotist, marriage counselor, and teacher for over 15 years at the VA mental health clinic in Allen Park, Michigan, and in private practice in Livonia, Michigan.

Thirteen years ago he became a certified business and life coach, helping business owners and top executives with 2-200 employees grow their business faster and have a balanced life.

A member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers, is also a clinical member of the International Association of Transactional Analysis, the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and the Grow Training Institute for life and business coaches.

Stan lives with his wife of 54 years, Charlene, and their oversized Chihuahua, Pepper, in their beautiful home in Livonia. He enjoys looking out of his office window at the squirrels trying to defeat the baffle at the birdfeeder, the male pheasants shimmering their golden wings in the sunlight trying to attract their hens who pretend to be disinterested and an occasional deer nursing her young fawns.

Stan gives much of the credit for his success to the mind programming techniques described in his book. He hopes you enjoy reading it as much as he enjoyed writing it for you.

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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bottom Line on Stan Mann's Excellent Book - Triggers, June 28, 1999

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This review is from: Triggers: A New Approach to Self-Motivation (Hardcover)

If you need a major breakthrough in an important area of your life, this book is a must read. If you read it, you'll try the techniques. If you try it, you'll get results.

Examples? Ok, here's just a couple:

Weight Maintenance - for years I have been on the old roller coaster - gain 20 pounds, lose 20 pounds, gain 30 pounds, etc.

We have a bridge group. One evening I started to reach for the peanuts - our host always has some kind of fattening goodies on the table. At the point of no return (you just can't have one handful), I remembered what I learned in Triggers. I DID NOT EAT A SINGLE PEANUT - NONE!!

I've maintained my weight since that evening two years ago, under a lot of tempting situations.

Peak Performance - you've probably read the books and listened to topics on how to pull up a peak performance anytime you want to. This was difficult for me.

Example: OK, I was preparing a speech of introduction for a nationally-known motivational speaker. My rule - no more than 2-3 minutes, if that. I knew I could do a good job, but good was not enough for me.

Once again, I used a technique from Triggers. The audience was pleased, the speaker appreciative and I was feeling great!

If you are committed to continuous improvement in your personal and/or your professional life, buy Triggers today.END

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Letter from an enthusiastic reader, January 8, 2005

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From: "Chris & Christy" <[e-mail]>

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Subject: Thank you Stan Mann

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 09:33:41 -0700

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Thank you for writing the book Triggers. Thank you Thank you Thank you.

This book is what I have been searching for to help motivate myself. I have read a number of other self motivating books. They have not worked for me.

It is hard to get motivated to help yourself (through words of motivation by some else) if you are NOT MOTIVATED.

But Triggers takes a whole new approach. It's not about motivation through motivation, it's about reprogramming the way we motivate ourselves.

I am a stay at home mom with two kids. My house is always a mess, my kids are grumpy by the end of the day and losing the baby fat I gained, HA, NO TIME OR ENERGY.

I needed motivation to start reclaiming myself and my family. I am not done reading Triggers as of yet, though I can't put it down, and already my life has changed.

For example I tried the "Double Trigger" method to help me get motivated to clean my house. I am not kidding when I say it worked with in 30 minutes. I went from the sick feeling of having to clean my MESS of a house to completely cleaning my stove (top to bottom) and everything else that needed to be pickup, dusted, vacuumed or wiped down. Just 30 minutes after performing the "Double Trigger" method on my self.

Today is September 10, 2004 and this book was published in 1987. Almost twenty years later you are still helping people through this tough process of self motivation. All I can say is, "Stan you are the Mann!" Thank you, and I can not wait to finish this book and start living the way I want to live.

Sincerely,

Christy Mikesell

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How To Motivate Yourself, September 1, 2011

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This review is from: Triggers: A New Approach to Self-Motivation (Hardcover)

I love this book. I first bought this book about 1992. I paid about four times this amount, because I bought it from Prentice Hall. I loaned it out and never thought I would find it again. I bought it again from Amazon last year.

I use Self-Hypnosis, but this is the most effective way of removing bad habits. With Triggers you use something that you like in your life to override the bad habit. You can use something that has happened in your life, or create something. Your mind doesn't know the difference. If it is an extremely bad habit, you can use more than one thing, called double triggering to make it more effective.

This book can be used to overcome fears, to make you do things better.

This book is well written. I would recommend reading the book through, and reading again as you find the things that you want to change.

I do still use self-hypnosis, but I couldn't live without this book.

Thank you Stanley Mann for writing this book.