Change the Way You See Everything through Asset-based Thinking

by Kathryn D. Cramer , Hank Wasiak

Number of pages: 152

Publisher: Running Press

BBB Library: Personal Success

ISBN: 9780762427239



About the Authors

Kathryn D. Cramer : Cramer is a practicing psychologist, sought-after corporate consultant and speaker and

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Hank Wasiak : Wasiak is a communications industry leader who has worked with the

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Editorial Review

This brilliantly simple book on the philosophy known as Asset-Based Thinking, instills success-oriented habits in even the most die-hard cynic. Its transformational lessons--conveyed through unique photographic metaphors and inspiring stories from real people--reveal how the slightest shift in perception can lead to monumental results in both business and in life. ABT is not just positive thinking, but rather a systematic observation of what works. Kathryn Cramer, an acclaimed corporate consultant, and Hank Wasiak, a creative icon of the advertising industry, have produced a work that looks and works like no other business or self-help book-because it IS like no other book. Change the Way You See Everything is a revolutionary approach to every aspect of life that bears not just reading, but re-reading, and sharing with people in your circle. You'll never look at the world the same way again.

Book Reviews

"The book itself is visually creative. And while it’s not a difficult read, it’s very thought-provoking." Alumni

"On dipping into this book, you could be forgiven for thinking it is a guide to photographic techniques. The book’s life-changing lessons are delivered in part through the use of what the publishers describe as ‘photographic metaphors’." Acca Global

"While this book may not break new ground, it shares important ideas in new ways and the complete package is unique, creative and fresh. It also works hard to help you apply the lessons it shares." Kevine Iken Berry.

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Wisdom to Share

Your day starts with envisioning what you see as possible, what you want, regardless of the current reality.

Asset-Based Thinkers are relatively unaffected by the negative traits of others.

Asset-Based Thinkers are relatively unaffected by the negative traits of others.

Not only do Asset-Based Thinkers notice others in acts of generosity, brilliance and productivity, the value they discover in those people stays with them so they can build on the relationship over time.

Over the course of our lives, the positive filters have been overshadowed and shut down by DBT.

Asset-Based Thinkers learn how to reactivate the special instinctive positive filters that we are all born with.

Throughout the course of your daily activity, periodically check in with The Observer to register how proactive you have been.

You let your vision guides you, speaks to you, coaches you, tells you what to do next all day long.

When you magnify what’s best and focus on what’s next, you are proactive.

Being proactive increases a personal sense of confidence and competence.

When you cultivate an Asset-Based Thinking addiction, you satisfy cravings that bypass anxiety, build energy and bring you to a wonderful state of being.

Deficit-Based Thinking is a negative addiction that depletes us and blinds us to the better side of reality – the side that keeps us in pursuit of possibility and opportunity.

Deficit-Based Thinking is addictive.

ABT is not blind optimism or magical thinking. It does not offer the quick fix or overpromise results.

ABT increases your self-confidence, makes you more proactive and more effective with others, and expands your power to influence how things will turn out.

In spite of our biological programming, DBT does not have to rule our minds, spirits or actions.

As anxiety levels rise, DBT becomes our steady diets that lead to mental, emotional and spiritual starvation.

Our reliance on DBT comes naturally as the human nervous system is hard-wired to be more sensitive to negative signals of impending danger than to positive signals of burgeoning opportunity.

Most of us are not accomplished Asset-Based Thinkers—when you increase your focus on what is right.

Just think what could be possible if people focused their attention on: Opportunities rather than problems, strengths more than weaknesses, what can be done instead of what can’t.

People from all walks of life surpass their current levels of excellence and achievement just by shifting, even so slightly, the way they see everything.

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