One Small Step Can Change Your Life:
The Kaizen Way [Hardcover Book]
by Robert Maurer, Ph.D.

Introducing the practical and inspirational guide to incorporating Kaizen and its powerful principles into one's daily life. Rooted in the two thousand-year-old wisdom of the Tao Te Ching--"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"--Kaizen is the art of making great and lasting change through small, steady increments. Kaizen is the tortoise versus the hare. Kaizen is the eleven Fortune 500 companies that significantly outperformed the market through moderate, step-by-step actions. Kaizen is losing weight not by a crash diet (which more often than not crashes) but by eating one bite less at each meal--then, a month later, eating two bites less. Kaizen is starting a life-changing exercise program by standing--just standing--on a treadmill for one minute a day.

Written by an expert on Kaizen--Dr. Robert Maurer, a psychologist on the staff at the UCLA medical school who speaks and consults nationally--One Small Step is the gentle but potent way to effect change. Beginning by outlining the all-important role that fear plays in all types of change--and Kaizen's ability to circumvent it--Dr. Maurer then explains the 7 Small Steps: how to Think Small Thoughts, Take Small Actions, Solve Small Problems, and more. He shows how to perform mind sculpture--visualizing virtual change so that real change comes more naturally. Why small rewards motivate better than big rewards. How great discoveries are made by paying attention to the little details most of us overlook. Hundreds of examples of Kaizen at work grace the book, as well as quotes from W. Edwards Deming (who brought Kaizen to Japanese industry), Peter Drucker, coach John Wooden, and others.

One Small Step Can Change Your Life
The Kaizen Way to Success [8CD-Audiobook]
by Robert Maurer, Ph.D.

We've been programmed to believe that change is a "battle" - something hard fought and hard won, something that demands struggle and sacrifice. But as anyone who uses the technique known as kaizen can tell you, nothing could be further from the truth. With kaizen, change is effortless, simple, and inevitable. In One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way to Success, author, psychologist, and world-renowned kaizen expert Dr. Robert Maurer introduces you to this simple yet extremely powerful transformation technique and gives you a step-by-step system for using it to achieve big and small changes in your life, with a speed and ease that will astonish you.

In this exciting mix of studio and live recordings, Dr. Maurer will teach you how to: * CONQUER PROCRASTINATION - even if it's a challenge you've struggled to overcome your entire life. * ELIMINATE DEBT - even if you've racked up huge credit card bills and can't see a time when you'll ever be able to pay them off. * CREATE A MORE BALANCED LIFE - even if you can't see any way to redistribute your time and energy. * WEIGHT LOSS - even if you hate dieting and have never been able to stick to a weight loss program for very long. * BUILD WEALTH - even if you've found it impossi- ble to save money or create wealth up until now. * END BAD HABITS - like smoking or overeating, even if you've tried over and over again without success. * START DOING WHAT YOU LOVE - even if you don't know what it is or can't imagine how it could ever become your main job. Rooted in ancient Asian philosophical systems and utilized today by major corporations, inventors, athletes, governments, social and business leaders, and highly successful people from all walks of life, kaizen is an amazing practice that yields extraordinary results with virtually no effort at all! One Small Step Can Change Your Life will put the power of this potent force into your hands.