One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way

Kaizen is an approach to making changes by small steps - teeny, tiny ones if necessary. The idea is to overcome nature resistance, fear, procrastination and other obstacles to dramatic change by making changes so small they don't provoke fear or resistance. By taking the small steps, repeating them for a while if necessary to start a habit, the difficulty of starting on the path to change goes away because the small steps have started you on the path to change.

An easy read, accessible and more matter of fact than preachy (a danger for books on self-improvement). While it's simple, there is depth to the suggested approach and the author cites numerous examples of personal and organizational change he has seen and/or helped bring about with these methods.

Some useful nuggets of information, but this could've easily been expressed in a blog post.

Livre très intéressant sur une méthode pour provoquer des changements drastiques dans sa vie sans se sentir dépassé par les actions à entreprendre. Il se lit rapidement et permet des points d'actions psychologiques dans des domaines extrêmement différents. Un remède très simple contre la procrastination !

I got a copy of this from Dr. Maurer himself, who lives in Spokane. He's a very talented clinician, and has skillfully condensed his approach into this great little book. This is self-help that is practical, not platitude-filled. The steps are straightforward, compassionately-described, and evidence-based. I use it with patients often, and also often reflect on its wisdom in my own life.

straight forward explanation and examples of using very small changes to change your habits