“So I think I understand what you’re saying about this Owner’s Manual stuff. And if you can just tell me about three good reasons I should spend my time and energy doing it, maybe I will!“ I could see...
“I’ve snatched so many pages out of my Owner’s Manual that I don’t even know who I am anymore!“ Because her Owner’s Manual had so many self-defeating, disempowering and conflicting entries, it made...
“My Owner’s Manual was written by a psycho!“ Unfortunately, when I learned what her mother had written in her Owner’s Manual about her, and how her dad had actually reinforced it, I actually couldn’t...
“He’s the most miserable and unhappy man I’ve ever known. I truly am doing everything I know to do to make him happy. But no matter what, he is snappy and very unpleasant. What am I doing wrong? Where...
“I have no idea what she wants! I’ve tried everything!” I hear such things often from clients (both husbands and wives) and they’re not usually fond of my response. “Everything? Really? Well then...
“If you think I need to follow that 80% positive to 20% negative thing you wrote about last week, I’m going to need a lot of duct tape for my mouth!” I knew he was not exaggerating, because I’d been...
“This is the way my life is…it’s just my cross to bear.” “I was just born with this set of genes and we’re all fat so, there’s no use in me trying to do anything about it.” “What does mind over...
“So, I did most of that stuff about designing an extraordinary year, but mine’s not extraordinary yet” “I got all the stuff you listed done, so how do I make sure I stay on track?” “If we lived on the...
“Things just got so busy through the holidays I just didn’t have time to design my extraordinary year. But I guess there’s always next year.“ I looked at him with what he called disgust, but...
