The Power to Transform: 90 Days to a New You

by Chris Majer and John Brant

What if you could design your future instead of having it just happen to you? The Power to Transform teaches you the strategies corporate, military, and sports leaders have used to do just that for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594869510
• ISBN13: 9781594869518
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

An awesome book

I read this book once and have started doing the assignments. I agree with the author that the reader should "do the book" instead of just reading. The supplemental web site has a radio interview and articles which are helpful. You can use the web site to do the assignments as well. I believe this book has the power to transform you in 90 days.

Awesome!!!!

I am a third of the way into " The Power to Transform" and am very impressed. It's not your typical self-help book. Very motivating.

A life-changing book...

I was offered the chance to read The Power to Transform: 90 Days to a New You by Chris Majer through one of the reviewer outlets I belong to. Personal growth titles tend to get my attention, and this one had some appeal to it based on the description. After reading it, I was blown away. This is an excellent book that does indeed change the way you think about a number of things. Contents: The History of the Human Potential Project; How To Use This Book; Language Shapes Reality; Learning In A New World; It All Moves From Center; Cultivating Awareness; Choice - Claiming Your Birthright; Ability and Willingness; Accountability; Commitment; Trust; Honesty; Integrity; Being A Stand; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author The book starts out with something that may seem unrelated to transformation: how language works. But it's Majer's contention that once you understand the power of language and how it affects your view of reality, many things become possible that seemingly were impossible before. Learning how declarations, assertions, assessments, requests, promises, and offers work give you a framework to understand what is fact and what is opinion (and there's FAR more opinion than fact out there). With that groundwork in place, Majer starts working on the areas of your life where you have control, such as choice, being accountable, having integrity, and so on. Each chapter has assignments associated with it, with the mindset towards incorporating these elements and learnings into your life. I was surprised at how much of our reality is influenced by what others are telling us, and how those things are quite often assessments and not assertions of truth. Every one of these chapters spoke to me, and I'm in the process of rereading the book with a notebook, pen, and highlighter in hand. Even learning that you can't be competent at everything, and that you have permission to declare yourself a beginner in order to start learning was a big revelation. I don't know how many times I've beat myself up over not being good at something that I've never tried. If you're willing to work at this material and strive towards "embodied competence", this book can change your life around. The Power to Transform: 90 Days to a New You is one of those life-changing books...

A new you

The author Chris Majer writes this book to take the reader on a journey to transform themselves. The book emphasizes that true learning comes from training the body through doing, not idly reading and thinking you will absorb knowledge if you do not put it into action. So there is a focus on the importance of doing the assignments through out the book to truly learn the principles of the book. The book explains how words can shape our mental reality and the importance of understanding the difference between real truth and declarations, assertions, assessments, requests, promises, and offers. Do no confuse reality with some one's perspective or opinion. The book takes you through a chapter on how to cultivate awareness. The author shows that no matter what the circumstance that we find our self in, we always have a choice in how we react to it and what we do. You will see that we must have both ability and willingness to accomplish our goals, having only one will result in failure. You will learn the powerful lessons of accountability, commitment, trust, honesty, and integrity. Finally to tie it all together you will be asked to search your mind, heart, and personal history to discover your ultimate stand. What do you stand for that is so powerful that you literally become your stand? It is something that makes you become single minded and keeps you on a straight path filled with passion and purpose. Read this book if you are interested in transforming yourself into a person of focus and character, do the assignments in it to prepare yourself for success.

Innovative & Exciting

Like a lot of people, I have spent time and money on books and programs that promised big results in terms of changing my life but didn't deliver much in the way of RESULTS. I was a bit skeptical when I saw another one, but this is something completely new. While I am just getting into it - it is already obvious that Chris Majer has an entirely new and much more effective way to develop people. His record with athletes, soldiers, and corporate types is very impressive and he clearly knows what he is talking about. What I find especially powerful is the website [...] he has set up for this book. I signed up right away and I'm here to tell you: it is a whole new way of learning for me. It's VERY helpful, motivating, user-friendly & is really keeping me on track. You can work on your own or you can work as a member of a learning team. You can even invite specific people to join your team. I will have more to say when I get through the entire process but my first impressions are very positive as I believe this is a powerful innovation.