Triggers
Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Crown Business
BBB Library: Psychology and Strengths, Personal Success
ISBN: 978-0804141239
Editorial Review
A trigger is any stimulus that reshapes our thoughts and actions. In every waking hour we’re being triggered by people, events, and circumstances that have the potential to change us. They can be major moments. They can be pleasant, like a teacher’s praise that elevates our discipline and ambition and turns our life around 180 degrees. Or they can be counterproductive, like an ice-cream cone that tempts us off our diet or peer pressure that confuses us into doing something we know is wrong. They can stir our competitive instincts, from the common workplace carrot of a bigger paycheck to the annoying sight of a rival outdistancing us. They can drain us like the news that a loved one is seriously ill. They can be as elemental as the sound of rain triggering a sweet memory.
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