Small Move, Big Change

"I will lose weight. I will be more organized. I will get out of debt." Despite your best intentions, you often fail to keep your resolutions. Technology expert Caroline L. Arnold shows you how to improve your life with "compact and powerful" resolutions that "nail a precise behavioral target exactly and deliver benefits immediately." Unlike traditional resolutions, "microresolutions" work because you focus on doing, not being. Instead of pushing yourself to somehow become different, you pledge to carry out a concrete, sustainable action. One of Arnold's first practical, successful microresolutions was "to put all her notes in one notebook" instead of jotting things on scattered pads. She made this pledge because her previous resolution "to be organized" didn't bring about any substantial change. Arnold lists seven microresolution rules you can apply to any category of self-improvement. She gears chapters 13, 14, 16 and 17 toward solving business-world problems, including clutter, office relationships, tardiness and disorganization. Her easy-to-read, inspiring manual includes numerous motivational examples. getAbstract recommends Arnold's guide to people who want to make positive, enduring life changes, one powerful microstep at a time.