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Publishers Weekly on December 1, will run something about a bunch of work.
I did the work, over two years time, hundreds of hours poured in to a book, reflecting thousands of hours working with families and friends and behavior and change. HOW TO CHANGE SOMEONE YOU LOVE has found a great publisher for the North American rights. So on December 1, 2008, a little bit of real estate in a publication about publications will tell a bit more than this blog entry about the book, the publisher, along with the publishing schedule.
But really the deal is this: WE CHANGE.
Good. Bad. In between. Right. Wrong. The black and white, and the gray. We change and adapt always. Constantly changing.
So while my book will have pages and a front and back, it’s unlike anything else on the shelf. The stories and theory and truth are unfamiliar to most. Because much of what we have been told about change, and intervening and waiting on the sidelines before stepping in to help someone we love is plain wrong.
We have, right where we are, tremendous power to help a loved one change. In fact, more than that expert or therapist or shrink or treatment center that we think just might deliver a miracle, we already share love and intimacy and history with those in our lives.
As important as the question: IS THIS TRUE? CAN WE REALLY CHANGE SOMEONE WE LOVE?! is the truth that we constantly change while adapting to trouble caused by the behavior of others. We adapt; practice resilience.
We change. Why not change for the better?
Nearly every day I hear from someone who is “waiting until he is ready to stop…and then…” And then what?
In an instant, change begins. An instant becomes a moment, stretching to a minute becoming an hour, prolonged in to a day and finally more time unfolds in front of us. Change deepens, strengthens, and replaces the normalized abnormal we often settle for.
So here is to change and books. To theory and truth put in to practice. HOW TO CHANGE SOMEONE YOU LOVE. More than words, it’s truth in action. Truth in action.
Onward, Brad