- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Revell (Sep 1 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0800734246
- ISBN-13: 978-0800734244
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.8 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 299 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #129,329 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
Product Details |
Product Description
Product Description
How many times have we tried to change our own habits, only to find that changing ourselves is even harder than trying to change someone else? Now, what the bestselling Have a New Kid by Friday has done for families and Have a New Husband by Friday has done for couples, Have a New You by Friday will do for individuals. With his signature wit and commonsense psychology, Dr. Kevin Leman will walk readers through their own personal five-day action plan. Readers will come to: - accept the truth about themselves - boost their confidence by identifying the lies they're telling themselves - and putting them to rest for good - change their lives by concentrating on becoming who they really want to be. Based on content from The Real You, Have a New You by Friday is the way to a happier, more fulfilling life.
From the Inside Flap
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
"Well, Dr. Leman," you're saying, "I could think of a bunch of things. How on earth could I pick just one?"
Congratulations! You're the very person I wrote this book for. You see, there's a reason you picked up this book. You'd like to see a few things--or many--change in your life. You may have tried other ways of helping this change along--asking a friend to hold you accountable, going to see a shrink, writing in a journal, counting to ten before you do the thing that gets you in trouble every time, etc. But have they worked? Nope. Or you would have "fixed yourself" and you wouldn't need this book.
But don't give up. You really can change yourself--and your life--in less than a week. Sound too good to be true? It isn't. My proven method has worked for kids and for spouses, and it will work for you.
It's the miracle turnaround you're looking for. I guarantee it. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
"Well, Dr. Leman," you're saying, "I could think of a bunch of things. How on earth could I pick just one?"
Congratulations! You're the very person I wrote this book for. You see, there's a reason you picked up this book. You'd like to see a few things--or many--change in your life. You may have tried other ways of helping this change along--asking a friend to hold you accountable, going to see a shrink, writing in a journal, counting to ten before you do the thing that gets you in trouble every time, etc. But have they worked? Nope. Or you would have "fixed yourself" and you wouldn't need this book.
But don't give up. You really can change yourself--and your life--in less than a week. Sound too good to be true? It isn't. My proven method has worked for kids and for spouses, and it will work for you.
It's the miracle turnaround you're looking for. I guarantee it. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most helpful customer reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A New You by When?,
By
This review is from: Have a New You by Friday: How to Accept Yourself, Boost Your Confidence & Change Your Life in 5 Days (Paperback)
Have a New You by Friday. How could anyone resist giving this a read, even if you're not that unhappy with the `you' you had on Monday? I couldn't. While I haven't followed Dr. Kevin Leman`s career, I did read his book on Birth Order a few years ago and remembered that I enjoyed his writing style...and found that his analysis of firstborns, middle children, babies, and onlies seemed to hold true in many of the people I knew.In Have a New You by Friday: How to Accept Yourself, Boost Your Confidence & Change Your Life in 5 Days, Leman provides a five day action plan for understanding yourself, your strengths and weaknesses, and your possibilities. On Monday, he discusses temperaments. Rather than sticking with the breakdowns of melancholic, sanguine, choleric, and phlegmatic that many of us learned way back when, Leman assigns a dog breed to each temperament. I could see the Yorkie for sanguine and the Irish Setter for phlegmatic, but I'm not familiar enough with Great Danes or Standard Poodle to `get' their traits as choleric or melancholic. Tuesday's reading then encompasses birth order, while Wednesday focuses on lies we tell ourselves (based on childhood memories) and how to overcome them. On Thursday, Leman digs into The Five Love Languages as described by Dr. Gary Chapman in his famous book (one which was a standard wedding gift from my husband & I for a few years-that's how important I think this book is!). Each chapter closes with goals and action steps for achieving them. With all those pieces laid out on the table, on Friday Leman demonstrates how we can be our own shrink, with additional helps rounding out the closing pages. While I didn't become a whole new person `by Friday' I did appreciate having all these segments laid out in one easy-to-read book. We've begun getting into a habit of me reading aloud to my husband as we travel. We began this book on the road and completed it over several more evenings at home, finding many things to discuss and enjoy together. This book was provided for me by the publisher, but the opinions are mine alone.
4.0 out of 5 stars
It works.,
This review is from: Have a New You by Friday: How to Accept Yourself, Boost Your Confidence & Change Your Life in 5 Days (Paperback)
A well written sensible book, not the classic self help book full of twaddle - this is simple and effective. As with all change; it comes from within, so reading the book alone won't change you; applying what you learn will. I enjoyed this book, it is already doing the rounds of interested friends and family.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta) Amazon.com:
4.1 out of 5 stars (26 customer reviews) 27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
It only took 2 days,
By Ruthi - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Have a New You by Friday: How to Accept Yourself, Boost Your Confidence & Change Your Life in 5 Days (Hardcover)
While listening to Dr Leman being interviewed on radio, I heard him make a comment to a call-in that struck a chord with me. I couldn't wait to get the book, and as Dr Leman promised, I saved a bundle on counseling and became my own shrink. It only took 2 days! Monday and Tuesday, the chapters on personality and birth order, really increased my understanding of who I am and why I react as I do. By Wednesday I was feeling...well, new! Two years ago four major life crisis changes left me kinda stuck in a depressed mood. This book helped me get out of that, and, as a bonus, it was truly fun to read.
28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
A bit simplistic,
By Joel Holtz - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Have a New You by Friday: How to Accept Yourself, Boost Your Confidence & Change Your Life in 5 Days (Hardcover)
Having read quite a bit of Leman's books, I was a bit disappointed with this one.His latest certainly isn't his best. Much of the book's content we've heard before: "Determine that you can do it." "Avoid self-defeating talk." "Be gentle with yourself when you fail." These are all good suggestions, but it's nothing we haven't heard before in countless other books. The chapter on birth order is excellent though and has several keen observations. One being that Middleborns make excellent marriage partners. (71) Another great section of the book deals with the four main types of parenting, and Leman expertly points out the difference between authoritarian parenting and authoritative parenting. I found this to be one of the best parts of the book. The book's thesis is simply to identify your personality type, recognize your birth order, learn your love language (this chapter is virtually a recap of Gary Chapman's book THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES) and stop telling yourself lies. Leman has a great sense of humor and is a best selling author. But the whole book is a bit too simplistic.. still worth reading though. 21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Reinforcing Personal Worth the Healthy Way,
By Drugstore Cowboy - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Have a New You by Friday: How to Accept Yourself, Boost Your Confidence & Change Your Life in 5 Days (Hardcover)
This book caught my eye at my local Border's because I enjoy books that challenge one to reassess their self-perceived worth.I find that as with most of Dr. Leman's books it is written with a hint of humor sprinkled within the timeless truths that he always so gingerly imparts on us. Even though there are portions of the book that we have all heard before, that in no way stops the information from being any less poignant or impacting. A previous reviewer stated that this book does not live up to its description in offering an accessible method for rapid change, I disagree given that this book is about life changes and those allow us to indeed create a "new you" by Friday. New outlook comes with winning the little battles every day and i look forward to finding the same truths in his other literature.
|
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
