Michael Diettrich-Chastain - CHANGES: The Busy Professionals Guide to Reducing Stress, Accomplishing Goals and Mastering Adaptability

CHANGES. The Busy Professionals Guide to Reducing Stress, Accomplishing Goals, and Mastering Adaptability.

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In Changes, Michael Diettrich-Chastain provides both a concise and compelling playbook for managing change in both our personal and professional lives. He examines the internal and external factors that impact our ability to successfully change and transform, and invites us to explore change from a spiritual and long-term perspective. I highly recommend this book for anyone charged with leading change in an organizational setting, or managing transitions in your personal life. Michael will challenge you to think differently and holistically, while providing the resources necessary to help you effectively manage change.

William L. Sparks, Ph.D. Dennis Thompson Chair & Professor, Leadership McColl School of Business, Queens University of Charlotte

As we grow, we calcify habits and patterns, and one of the best and hardest things we can do in our life is take control of our habits by examining them, breaking them, and then sticking to a new and better habit. Diettrich-Chastain makes that process clear and actionable, to allow both organizations and individuals to identify, action on and stick to change. A highly recommended resource that will open your eyes to the things that have been stuck in your life, and gives you a road map to finally shift them.

Ariel Garten, Founder and CEO of Interaxon

The quality of the questions we ask ourselves determines the quality of our lives! In CHANGES: The Busy Professionals Guide to Reducing Stress, Accomplishing Goals, and Mastering Adaptability, Michael Diettrich-Chastain masterfully guides us to three simple, brilliant questions that have the power to direct us to reduce stress, ignite momentum, and constantly keep us on track as change-thrivers! Michael teaches us how to use these questions as a GPS to great fulfillment, flexibility, and peace of mind both professionally and personally!

Brian Biro, Americas Breakthrough Coach, Author of Beyond Success and There are no Overachievers

The more things stay the same, the more they dont! Everything is in a constant state of changeincluding YOU. Which is what makes this book so valuable. Drawing on his deep coaching and consulting experience, Michael Diettrich-Chastain provides insights, tools, and tips that are eminently effective and transformational.

Bill Treasurer, bestselling author of Courage Goes to Work.

Michael has written the book every professional needs for todays constantly shifting marketplace. Changes - The Business Professionals Guide To Reduce Stress, Accomplish Goals and Master Adaptability is the ultimate guide to successfully navigating todays marketplace. Michaels book is powerful, packed with a deep understanding of how change impacts you, your business and your team. Which is enough reason to read this book - but then he takes it one step further. He loads this book with strategies and tools of exactly how to, what to and when to do it. I love this book - it is not a one-time read. This is the type of book you read, you reread and then you keep on your desk as your guide to mastering change.

Meridith Elliot Powell, Business Growth Expert & Keynote Speaker

Michael Diettrich-Chastains debut book Changes is a comprehensive guide to creating your best life. Everyone wants to experience positive change. Humans are hardwired to evolve. Effectively executing that change, however, requires self-awareness and strategy - two things we arent born with when we enter this world. Michaels book will provide you with a whole tool box of exercises and concepts to help you get from point A to point B, while enjoying the process.

Alison Sher, author of The Millennials Guide to Changing the World

Michael Diettrich-Chastains thorough and thoughtful book is a paean to the powerthe imperativeof self-reflection in the work of creating positive change, both professionally and personally. He lucidly deconstructs the process of self-inquiry into its component parts, making it tangible and user-friendly. In his capable hands, the search for self-knowledge is not some mysterious algorithm but a profoundly practical and reachable goal.

Gregg Levoy, author of Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life, and Vital Signs: The Nature and Nurture of Passion

Like a skillful mapmaker, Michael lays out a clarion path for the reader to chart their own journey for change in however they need it--and we all need it. Equally applicable in life, love and career. CHANGES is a robust and useful guide and an important contribution to the field. A book of beauty and wisdom.

Matthew Moseley, communication strategist, author of Dear Dr. Thompson: Felony Murder, and the Last Gonzo Campaign. World record holder open water swimmer

To my parents, who encouraged my curiosity.

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H ello, and welcome to CHANGES: The Busy Professionals Guide to Reducing Stress, Accomplishing Goals, and Mastering Adaptability.

Ever wonder why things arent going the way you planned? Why things are happening to you instead of you making them happen? Have you set out to create change in your life and then been drawn back to old patterns or ways of thinking that you were trying to avoid? Do you know what questions to ask that will ensure success in your personal and professional life again?

CHANGES will help you ask the right questions and get the answers youve been searching for as you strive toward creating the change you want.

Within these pages I encourage you to keep asking yourself three main questions.

I have many clients, friends, family members, colleagues, and acquaintances with strong personal insight. Perhaps you fall into this category too. Sometimes even the most insightful among us reach for change and fall short. We can get so wrapped up in trying to understand where we are that we end up philosophizing, dialoguing, and goal setting ourselves to death. Spinning our wheels in this way diminishes our ability to create the life we want. It takes more than mere insight to get us across the finish line.

Insight is important. It sets out a clear path toward positive change. However, insight does not walk the path for us. The old adage, knowledge is power, carries some truth, but there is so much more to empowerment than knowledge alone. If we dont apply what we come to understand, true change is limited.

We can have knowledge, wisdom, and understanding, but unless we apply it, we limit ourselves. Translating the knowledge into action is where real change happens. Imagine all the times youve understood what is best for you or had clarity about something, but didnt act. Not much changed, did it? Knowledge is powerful, but it is only part of the equation.