You Unstuck: Mastering the New Rules of Risk Taking in Work and Life by Libby Gill teaches how to be successful by taking more risks, embracing abundance, managing personal finances and overcoming stress and anxiety. There are helpful hints for eliminating negative self-talk, insomnia and advice on how to improve health.
It’s an action-based book that pinpoints the problem and encourages the reader to come up with a successful solution. This involves not only making changes by modifying behaviors but also attitudes.
Sometimes people don’t know where to start, so the success and satisfaction assessment zeros in on the most important problems first. Libby also encourages people to use her CSE (Clarify, Simplify, Execute) problem solving method. This involves envisioning desires, deciding upon actions and then executing a plan.
Libby Gill provides coaching in You Unstuck that helps find solutions and create goals for improving relationships, careers, finances and health. Each chapter concludes with an exercise that encourages self-growth and assists with an action plan.
Negative Self-Talk
Particularly interesting are the chapters about negative self-talk. Libby Gill explains thought stopping methods with easy to follow examples of positive thought replacements.
"Avoiding Limiters and Embracing Liberators" is a chapter that expands on this by showing how other people’s language may encourage negative self-talk. Liberators will cheer on risk takers, while limiters will undermine efforts with put downs and judgments. Obviously the best sort to seek out is the supportive liberator.
If it’s not possible to get rid of people who are limiters, there are effective responses to them provided in You Unstuck (Publisher Solas House, 2009, ISBN: 978193236168). They’re simple broken record responses, which are handy and respectful ways to end unwanted negative talk.
Insomnia, Stress and Anxiety
Insomnia is a severe problem that affects millions of people all over the world. Some of the tips for getting to sleep are not new, but there’s effective advice in You Unstuck for overcoming stress and anxiety. There's also helpful relaxation techniques and exercises which will improve sleep quality.
Fear and Anxiety
Fear that lets people know they’re in danger is useful, but anxiety attacks that happen at inconvenient times are not. Libby Gill believes most fear stems from the fear of failure and she provides the tools so that people can overcome it.
Money and Career
- The chapter about money called "Mind Over Money: The Connection Between Net Worth and Self Worth" was fascinating. Whether an individual overspends or underspends, it is chalked up to low self worth.
- "Creating Your Wow Career" reflects on how to mesh individual values along with their workplace. The simplified breakdown of personality categories also helps explain why people click or clash with each other.
It’s impressive how so many issues were addressed effectively in You Unstuck! Each person might have one issue they want to work on more than others, but every chapter offers enlightening and useful information about how to get out of a rut.
About Libby Gill
Libby Gill is a business coach and best-selling author featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, the Today show and Oprah Magazine. She also helped launch Dr. Phil’s show and brand thanks to her experience in PR and communications. To consult with Libby on brand strategies or to set up a coaching session, see www.LibbyGill.com.
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