The Choice Point
The Scientifically Proven Method to Push Past Mental Walls and Achieve Your Goals
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
Discover a scientifically proven method to overcome obstacles and make choices that lead us closer to our goals—featuring a foreword by Martina Navratilova.
When we choose to go to the gym at 6am, keep running that marathon, or stay up late to study, we are making conscious, value-based decisions that help us fulfill our goals. But even though we know that daily good choices add up to healthy routines and strong results, these days it’s just too easy to surrender to negative thoughts and old habits. How can we not?
Enter Functional Imagery Training (FIT). Grounded in science, FIT helps us lengthen our Choice Point: that moment when we say to ourselves, “Am I going to make the healthy decision, or am I going to choose to take an action that I know will undermine my success?” Merging mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and cognitive behavioral therapy into a user-friendly model—the first non-academic book of its kind—The Choice Point grants us control of the decisions that define us.
Jonathan Rhodes, a British psychologist, helped develop FIT, and Joanna Grover, an experienced therapist and coach, was the first person in the U.S. to be certified in FIT. Together, they work where science meets imagination to achieve peak performance, and their tools help us get to the root of our motivation. They’ve trained Olympians, C-Suite executives, and elite forces in the military to hack their autopilot systems and break records in their respective fields. The Choice Point is the roadmap they’ve built along the way, leading us from passengers to drivers of our own minds.
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Cognitive therapist Grover and psychologist Rhodes aim to help readers harness "multisensory imagery" to achieve their goals in this smart debut. The authors focus on "choice points" at which one can choose "quick fix" gratification or a long-term goal, and show how to use "Functional Imagery Training" to opt for the latter. Using journaling prompts, the authors guide readers through a FIT program, starting with formulating goals and then making plans to achieve them ("What will you need to change about your story to get closer to your dream?"). Next, readers should draw on multisensory imagery to "visualize" steps, a strategy the authors claim is powerful because "when you engage your senses in your imagination, your body reacts with a physiological response that is close to the real deal." To that end, they explain how to sharpen auditory, visual, and even olfactory senses ("find an odor that is noticeable, powerful, and pleasurable" and clock one's mood and surroundings; later, use the "saved mental picture" to recreate the smell). The authors draw on solid scientific research and make a strong case that "imagery evokes emotion, and emotion shapes behavior more than talking about changing behavior." Readers looking to get off the couch and make some changes will benefit.
