Book Description
"It" Happens! provides proven, practical methods for handling "It" and becoming truly change-resilient. "It" is any change that affects you. "It" might be a new job or a layoff. A marriage or a merger. The loss of a loved one or a mental or physical challenge of your own. Welcome or unwelcome, change is inevitable. But where others simply advise you to "overcome your fears" and "move on," "It" Happens! shows you how. You'll learn the steps to resolve the inner conflicts change brings. And you'll learn to master the behaviors that mean the difference between being paralyzed by change and moving forward courageously. "It" Happens! includes a mini-workbook to help you pull together all of the concepts you learn and immediately apply them. Also, a free Change Puzzle is included with your purchase.

About the Author
Dr. Julie Smith is passionate about simplifying complex concepts of human behavior so individuals and organizations can achieve unprecedented success. Julie is co-founder and senior partner of CLG, a global consulting company that helps organizations implement strategies, manage change, and improve results through the consistent application of the science of human behavior. Her clients include major international organizations such as ChevronTexaco, Bayer Corporation, United Airlines, J.P. Morgan Chase, and others. Regarded as a thought-leader in the field of performance improvement, Dr. Smith has devoted the past 20 years to helping companies achieve significant results in such diverse areas as leadership development, operational excellence, customer service, capital expenditures, and more. Her extensive work with Fortune 100 companies led to the formation of a highly-successful model for leading organization-wide change, as well as accompanying tools to help people understand how to enact change in global companies. In response to growing demand for more specific behavioral information and tools to help individuals cope with change, Dr. Smith authored "It" Happens! How to Become Change-Resilient to provide a simple but profound breakthrough process for adapting to any change. Dr. Smith also launched a new company called LifePath, an innovative provider of powerful personal change tools to help individuals adapt to change with courage and self-confidence.

Excerpted from "It" Happens! How to Become Change-Resilient by Julie M. Smith. Copyright © 2002. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Two squirrels stood in the mouth of a cave in a smoldering forest, calling after a bear named Blink, who lumbered down the path. "Blink, stop!" cried Ruff as he wiped a tear from his eye. "The fire destroyed all our Treasures! Everything we value! Our food, our home, our safety!" "What should we do?" asked Rosie, the more practical of the two. "Move on," the bear shrugged. "But where?" Rosie asked. "Across Rushing River. To the forest called New World. I bet it's still there," Blink said. "I doubt the fire jumped the river. Let's go." "But we can't just pick up and leave," Ruff protested, catching up with Blink. "This is home!" "When it happens," Blink said, "when your old world burns down, you gotta go out and find a new one." "Not yet!" Ruff wailed and tugged on Blink's tail to hold him back. But the great bear walked on, dragging the grief-stricken squirrel behind. "Look," Blink said. "Whenever it happens, I just blink and go. Go with your gut, Ruff! Use your instincts!" But Ruff was frozen, devastated -- too heartbroken to do anything. All he could do was mutter angrily, "People caused this fire. You can bet your life on that." "I think we should go," said Rosie, hurrying to her friend. But Ruff sat down again at the side of the trail and buried his head in his paws. Rosie laid a gentle paw on Ruff's shoulder, then turned to see Blink disappear over a blackened hill far in the distance, straight toward whatever lay ahead. She knew she should go too. But how could she leave Ruff behind?

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