Don’t Eat Those Dumb Beans!

Have you bought into limiting beliefs? Is your life what you envisaged or are you living another person's dreams? This book contains key ideas that can literally improve your life and do so quickly. This promise is made in many books but somehow you realize that a lot of what is said is unrealistic. We decided to approach the subject from a different perspective. Firstly we will look at the way people go through life without stopping to pursue what is of real value to them. This is illustrated in the fable of the 'Dumb Beans.' When you stop and think about the key idea in the old story you realize that there is a lot of truth in it. To fit in with the crowd we sacrifice a lot of ourselves. We are expected to swallow a lot of other people's ideas. We develop a type of thinking that doesn't really serve us or our best interests. As we consider the way to break the hold of this style of thinking we will begin to see our way towards a more satisfying way of life. To add value to the principles discussed we have included a number of real life accounts. You will be introduced to a number of real stories of people who made both good decisions and, at times, bad decisions. The names have been changed but all of the people really exist or existed. Their stories are not found elsewhere so this is a unique read. This second feature of this book adds real depth to the principles discussed. See what you can learn about missed opportunity from Eric and discover the catalyst that changed his life. Embracing change as it comes along is illustrated by Mike & Jerry as they each took a differing view of new technologies. Discover the shocks that affected Neil & Anne and how they came to realize what was truly important to them and in turn how they achieved their goals. A salient lesson in living how you really want to live your life is covered in the touching stories of Norman and Annie as well as the account of Julia's battles with life and the decisions that she made that eventually saved her life. Tim thought his life revolved around fishing. Learn how the use of structured thinking helped him to get his life on track. Lee wanted to change his life but never seemed to come to grips with his challenges. Discover how the use of the three master questions helped him to visualize and then achieve the life that he wanted. Peter needed to take massive action to achieve his goals. See how he did it in the face of serious difficulty. What happened when Joel discovered the value of the incidental support network and started to reap the benefit of consistency? And then too consider the mistakes that Cyril made by looking for easy results. But he learned from his mistakes. Why did he get angry? Was he right? Where is he today because he stepped back and really considered his decisions?You can learn something from each of these examples. Instead of making the same journey yourself, their lessons coupled with the key techniques discussed in this volume can be a catalyst of real change in your life. You can choose to keep eating those 'Dumb Beans' swallowing other peoples goals and ideals, or you can make real changes in your life. It is a challenge to change our thinking, but the benefits are beyond compare. We will look at how you really want to live: at your values and how you know what is real to you. We will look at learning curves and opportunities in a changing world. We will consider how structured thinking can encompass your life and how this can help you to achieve your own goals instead of living other people's ideals. We will look at the process of achieving goals and what really contributes to successful goal setting. Along the way we will continually introduce you to examples of success or failure with true tales that make you think about where you are going. This is an invaluable read. A simple effective guide that you finish reading is of more value to you than a long and complicated guide that you put away half read.

Have you bought into limiting beliefs? Is your life what you envisaged or are you living another person's dreams? This book contains key ideas that can literally improve your life and do so quickly. This promise is made in many books but somehow you realize that a lot of what is said is unrealistic. We decided to approach the subject from a different perspective. Firstly we will look at the way people go through life without stopping to pursue what is of real value to them. This is illustrated in the fable of the 'Dumb Beans.' When you stop and think about the key idea in the old story you realize that there is a lot of truth in it. To fit in with the crowd we sacrifice a lot of ourselves. We are expected to swallow a lot of other people's ideas. We develop a type of thinking that doesn't really serve us or our best interests. As we consider the way to break the hold of this style of thinking we will begin to see our way towards a more satisfying way of life. To add value to the principles discussed we have included a number of real life accounts. You will be introduced to a number of real stories of people who made both good decisions and, at times, bad decisions. The names have been changed but all of the people really exist or existed. Their stories are not found elsewhere so this is a unique read. This second feature of this book adds real depth to the principles discussed. See what you can learn about missed opportunity from Eric and discover the catalyst that changed his life. Embracing change as it comes along is illustrated by Mike & Jerry as they each took a differing view of new technologies. Discover the shocks that affected Neil & Anne and how they came to realize what was truly important to them and in turn how they achieved their goals. A salient lesson in living how you really want to live your life is covered in the touching stories of Norman and Annie as well as the account of Julia's battles with life and the decisions that she made that eventually saved her life. Tim thought his life revolved around fishing. Learn how the use of structured thinking helped him to get his life on track. Lee wanted to change his life but never seemed to come to grips with his challenges. Discover how the use of the three master questions helped him to visualize and then achieve the life that he wanted. Peter needed to take massive action to achieve his goals. See how he did it in the face of serious difficulty. What happened when Joel discovered the value of the incidental support network and started to reap the benefit of consistency? And then too consider the mistakes that Cyril made by looking for easy results. But he learned from his mistakes. Why did he get angry? Was he right? Where is he today because he stepped back and really considered his decisions?You can learn something from each of these examples. Instead of making the same journey yourself, their lessons coupled with the key techniques discussed in this volume can be a catalyst of real change in your life. You can choose to keep eating those 'Dumb Beans' swallowing other peoples goals and ideals, or you can make real changes in your life. It is a challenge to change our thinking, but the benefits are beyond compare. We will look at how you really want to live: at your values and how you know what is real to you. We will look at learning curves and opportunities in a changing world. We will consider how structured thinking can encompass your life and how this can help you to achieve your own goals instead of living other people's ideals. We will look at the process of achieving goals and what really contributes to successful goal setting. Along the way we will continually introduce you to examples of success or failure with true tales that make you think about where you are going. This is an invaluable read. A simple effective guide that you finish reading is of more value to you than a long and complicated guide that you put away half read.