Lifestorming

Contents

Introduction

1 Setting Our Own Aspirations

How We Can Become Programmed

An Evolutionary Journey

Applying the Right Criteria

The Impossible Dream

Lifes Detours

Family

Media

Religious Institutions

Business

Government

2 The Importance of New Friends

Why Old Friends and Old Habits Tend to Stick Together

Breaking Out of the “Good Enough” Trap

The Best Relationships Grow with Us

Watertight Doors

Letting Go to Reach Out

Why We Halt the Journey

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

3 Behavioral Metamorphosis

Making Deliberate Change

Ugly Caterpillars and Uglier Butterflies

Metabehavior

Aspiration-Appropriate Behavior

4 Believe It or Not

Breaking into the Belief Vault

Challenging and Evaluating Your Belief System

The Creation of Attitudes for Growth

Beliefs Manifest in Behavior

5 The Importance and Evolution of Character

Characters Composition

Character Test

Ethical and Moral Behavior

A Slow, Steady March

The Meaning of Presence

Consistency in Turbulent Times

Assuming Formal and Informal Leadership

Self-Assessment

6 Critical Abandonment (Knowing When to Hold and When to Fold)

The Dynamics of Keeping and of Changing

Adjustments and Accommodations

GPS and Roadside Assistance

Youre Traveling at the Wrong Speed

Youre Using the Wrong Maps and Directions

Your Vehicle Isn't in the Best Shape for the Trip

You Abuse the Vehicle

Staying the Course

7 The New You

Overcoming Fear

Banishing Guilt

Ending Shame

Maintaining High Self-Worth

Gaining and Sustaining Leverage

Create Specific Goals

Stay in the Moment

Keep a Journal

Practice Conscious Positivity

Recognize a Funny Thing

8 Sustaining the Journey

Growth through Generosity

Evolution through Exploration

New Dimensions of Relationships

Legacy

9 Self-Mastery: The Lifestorming Field Guide to Your Successful Journey

Testing Yourself

1. Misguided Aspirations

2. The Mythology of Friends for Life

3. Behavioral Metamorphosis

4. Believe It or Not

5. The Importance and Evolution of Character

6. Critical Abandonment

7. The New You

8. Sustaining the Journey

Index

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