Your gremlin is the sleazy master of misery lurking in the shadows of your mind. He's got nothing good to say about you. He'll sap your health, destroy your relationships, dampen your creativity, and squelch your productivity. Just when you feel you've out-maneuvered him, he changes his strategy. Grapple with him and you lose. What he hates is simply being noticed. That's the first step to his taming. Rick Carson's foundational book "Taming Your Gremlin" (1983, revised 2003) has helped more than 200,000 people combat the ugly inner voice that says, 'You don't deserve to enjoy life.'Now, Rick takes us to the next level by revealing new ways to escape the murky terrain of the Mind, where our gremlin hides with booby-trap thoughts and old reels from the past, and access the Natural You - a place of clear feelings, friendly curiosity, and pure potential that we inhabited at birth with all good things before us. Rick shares his powerful I Create method: 7 keys for creating rewarding relationships with people, projects and ourselves - all stuff our gremlin loves to mess with. With his laid-back, yarn-telling style, Rick helps gremlin-tamers at all levels give gremlins less than the time of day.

About the Author
This is Rick Carson's fourth book for HarperCollins. His seminal work, Taming Your Gremlin(R), has had a remarkable track record. Translated into several languages, Taming Your Gremlin has been a consistent seller since 1984. For thousands in a cross-section of cultures and circumstances, the Gremlin-Taming Method serves as a foundation for responding to everyday challenges and for living a satisfying life. For over thirty-five years Rick has been a counselor, personal and executive coach, and trainer for mental health professionals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations. His work is used in the training of psychotherapists, personal and executive coaches, substance abuse specialists, corrections personnel, teachers, corporate executives, clergy, and others. He is a former faculty member at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and a clinical member and approved supervisor for the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Rick is the founder of the Gremlin Taming Institute in Dallas, Texas.

Reviews
"A Master Class in Gremlin-Taming(R) has a subtle and powerful effect." -- --Michael Port, national best-selling author of Book Yourself Solid "A Master Class in Gremlin-Taming(R) is filled with insightful, power-packed wisdom. It opened up many perspectives for me." -- --Craig Hall, entrepreneur, philanthropist, author of The Responsible Entrepreneur, and 2007 recipient of the Horatio Alger Award "A must-read...for professionals...[and] for ANYONE interested in a satisfying journey through life." -- --Mary Olk, Ph.D., CPCC, Personal Development Coach and Psychologist "This new book will be even more helpful in taming that nasty little Gremlin that...all performers carry around." -- --John Mahon, Percussionist and Vocalist, The Elton John Band "Gremlin-taming is a most worthy ambition, and Rick Carson is a most worthy advocate and ally." -- --Jimmie Dale Gilmore, singer, songwriter, and three-time Grammy Award nominee "Carson's strategies refuse to dwell on the past and free us to live in the moment: to breathe, to enjoy, and to be true to our heart. Fans of positive psychology will find a friend in this thought-provoking book." -- --Library Journal



Book Information
ISBN 9780061148408
Author Rick Carson
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint William Morrow Paperbacks
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Weight(grams) 381g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 171mm * 10mm