Successful Problem Solving: A Workbook to Overcome the Four Core Beliefs That Keep You Stuck (Paperback)

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Four beliefs keep individuals from solving their problems: a conviction of unworthiness, an assumption that change is risky, a sense of incompetence, and a perception that other people are more important. Part I of this workbook offers specific strategies to help overcome these inhibiting beliefs. Part II provides step-by-step instructions on assessing problems, brainstorming solutions, imagining consequences, and putting solutions into practice. In the conclusion, the reader evaluates the success of the problem-solving process and reviews other approaches to gain even greater improvements.

From the Publisher

Whether it is staying at that miserable job, reviving an old disagreement with our spouse, or breaking that umpteenth weight loss resolution, there are some problems that we never seem able to solve. According to these best-selling author of "Self-Esteem", four core beliefs are to blame. This new book teaches us which core beliefs are at work in our own holding patterns, and offers step-by-step instructions in how to assess problems, brainstorm possible solutions, evaluate consequences and develop an action plan.

Product Details

• Paperback: 188 pages
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications; 1 edition (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572243023
• ISBN-13: 978-1572243026
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #207,570 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Problem-Solving That Works, July 31, 2006

By	Donna Waldron (Connecticut USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've been looking for a good resource on problem solving for ages and finally found it in this (apparently overlooked) book. Countless other problem solving guides that I've found, and then discarded, offer only the most general advice and scattershot techniques. Successful Problem Solving, on the other hand, devotes at least half the book to exercises that help readers identify their own dysfunctional core beliefs (about competence, self-worth, safety and primacy of their own needs) that block their efforts to solve their most stubborn problems. This alone would be worth the price of the book.

What follows in the second half of the book is a proven step-by-step process for more effectively solving any kind of problem. This book is not for everyone, however (hence the four stars.) It requires active engagement in the exercises, a fair amount of time to think through the material, and a willingness to introspect, but for me paid off from the first few chapters in new insights, old resolutions kept and problems (finally) solved. I would recommend it to anyone with an intractable problem. This works.