7/01/11

AdaptAbility : How to Survive Change You Didn't Ask For

M J Ryan

Show Description:

AdaptAbility : How to Survive Change You Didn't Ask For
Learn the secrets to taking any change in stride.

"Change is hard," we say, and it is even harder when change is thrust upon us. In today's tough times, we may be forced to reinvent our career or downsize our lives; at any point in life, we may lose a love or a dream. Our first reaction to change we didn't ask for may be to rail against fate. But what if we could see past today's turmoil and spot the opportunities that lie within unasked-for change? That is the promise of AdaptAbility, bestselling author and executive coach M. J. Ryan's paradigm-shifting new book on not merely surviving but thriving when change is required.

Why is it so hard to accept change? Paradoxically, it is for the very reason that our brains usually work so well; we are designed to learn something and make it automatic. The problem is that when circumstances change, our "efficient" brains keep trying to do things the same old way. In AdaptAbility, Ryan provides strategies to retrain your brain and optimize your response to change, step by step: by first accepting the new reality, then expanding your options, and finally, taking effective action. She offers cutting-edge tools for becoming calmer, less fearful, and more flexible, creative, and resourceful in your thinking. Best of all, as your "adapt-ability" increases, so does your confidence that you will be able to face whatever life sends your way and find new ways to flourish.

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Guest Bio:
Bestselling author M. J. Ryan is one of the creators of the Random Acts of Kindness series (over one million copies in print) and the author of The Power of Patience, Attitudes of Gratitude, and This Year I Will...How to Finally Change a Habit, Keep a Resolution, or Make a Dream Come True. She was the founder of Conari Press and its publisher for many years, and is now an executive and life coach with Professional Thinking Partners. She is a frequent workshop presenter and keynote speaker, and has done corporate trainings for Microsoft, Royal Dutch Shell, Frito Lay, and the Department of Defense, among others. She will launch a new training in “Change Agility” when the book appears.

M. J. is a columnist at Health magazine, a contributing editor for Good Housekeeping, and an expert on many websites about life change, including Intent.com, learnfrommylife.com, soundwiseonline.com, first30days.com, and selfgrowth.com. She is the change advisor for TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly); a weight loss support group with 200,000 members in the United States. M. J. has appeared on the “Today Show” and in the New York Times and other major media, as well as having appeared on 1,000 radio shows including public radio. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and daughter.