Author Description

Most people find it difficult to keep up with today's frantic pace. Whether at work or at home, they feel overwhelmed and stressed out, and the assumptions and skills they've relied upon in the past seem ill-suited for today's new demands. In this practical 8-step program, best-selling author and popular speaker Deborah Bright offers readers strategies that will help them regian control of their personal and professional lives. From her work in an American Management Association study, Deborah Bright found that 41% of middle managers say they have more work than time. "On the Edge And In Control" shows readers how to get beyond the level of mere survival and get more out of life. With a practical, down-to-earth approach, Bright shows readers how to take control, get things done and achieve their desired goals. These 8 strategies, which draw upon the popularity of the Alchoholics Anonymous 12-step program, show readers how they, too, can achieve success at work and at home by: sterengthening relationships by turning unmatched expectations into shared expecations; learning to listen for what's not said; becoming a good team player by adjusting how you think about work; learning to value criticism as means to achievement and not a personal affront; staying focused on the big picture and the micro perspective; being mindful of your critical inner voice; using quick charges-techniques for handling high-pressure situations; re-energizing yourself with personal quiet time.