Losing Control, Finding Serenity: How the Need to Control Hurts Us And How to Let It Go

Losing Control, Finding Serenity: How the Need to Control Hurts Us And How to Let It Go

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<b><span><div><b><span></span></b></div><div><b><span>                   FOREWORD REVIEWS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD FINALIST!</span></b></div><div><b><span></span></b></div><div><b><span></span></b></div><div><b><span></span></b></div><div><b><span></span></b></div><div><b><span></span></b></div><div><b><span></span></b></div><div><b><span></span></b></div>What Would Your Life Be Like If You Simply Let Go of Control?</span></b><br /><b><span> </span></b><br /><span>At work, they oversee every detail of every project and expect nothing less than perfection from their coworkers.</span><br /><span> </span><br /><span>At home, they obsess over finding the "right" person.<span>  </span>Then, they criticize their lover or spouse for doingeverything wrong.</span><br /><span> </span><br /><span>As parents, they practice zero tolerance for their children's preferred studypractices, choice of friends, dress choices, and differing life views.</span><br /><span> </span><br /><span>Sound familiar?<span>  </span>Everyone knows the type:micromanagers, nitpickers, and domestic despots.<span>   </span>Yet, most people fail to recognize the signs of acompulsion to control in themselves--or realize the toll of their behavior ontheir career, their family, their friendships, and their own happiness.</span><br /><span> </span><br /><span>In <b><i>Losing Control, Finding Serenity: How the Need to Control Hurts Us and How to Let It Go</i></b> (Ebb and Flow Press, 2011)<b><i> </i></b>Daniel Miller pinpoints the dangersof excessive control.<span>  </span>What'smore, he shows those who feel the pressure to control how to break free andreap unexpected gifts.</span><br /><span> </span><br /><span>Sharing his journey of transformation and personal recovery, Miller reveals what happened when he finallydecided to "surrender": his blinders fell away, new opportunities emerged, and he experienced unprecedented, profound inner peace.</span><br /><span> </span><br /><span>Drawing on psychological insights, spiritual wisdom, and the real-life stories of acknowledged "control freaks," <b><i>Losing Control, Finding Serenity </i></b>guides readers through an honest inventory of their control patterns--whetherprodding, cajoling, withdrawing, playing the martyr, or intimidating--down tothe roots.<span>  </span>As most controllerswill discover, their compulsion to control is provoked by deep-seated fear, anxieties,and insecurities, then aggravated by anger and resentments.</span><br /><span> </span><br /><span>Filled with enlightening true stories, <b><i>Losing Control, Finding Serenity</i></b></span><br /><span>gives readers the knowledge, the courage, the strategies, and the "decontrol" tools to:</span><div><span> </span><br /><span>*Identify and overcome the control triggers of fear, anger, and resentment.</span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span></span></div><div></div><div></div><div>*Reduce co-dependency<br /><span> </span><br />*Become a less domineering parent, build a family democracy, and reduce the struggleswith children.<br /><span> </span><br /><span>*Find and keep the right person by accepting who he or she is rather than trying tochange their romantic partner.</span><br /><span> </span><br />*Free your creative flow and process.<br /><span> </span><br /><span>*Delegate to and trust coworkers to reap increases in productivity, efficiency, and jobsatisfaction--and reduce conflict and dissension.</span><br /><span> </span><br /><span>*Learn to be patient and calmly accept "what is," even when adversity strikes, to enjoy a more fulfilling and serene life.</span><span> </span><br /> <br /><span>In a chaotic, unpredictable world that's frequently beyond anyone's control, <b><i>Losing Control, Finding Serenity</i></b> offers welcome encouragement and validationfor going with the flow of life as it is: an ongoing, every changing mystery.</span><br /><span> </span><br /><b><span>Find out how <i>losing</i> control really means <i>gaining c</i>ontrol.</span></b></div><div><b><span></span></b></div><div><b><span></span></b></div><div><b><span></span></b></div><div><b></b></div><div><b>FREE! Download preview chapter of Danny's upcoming book, The Gifts of Acceptance: Embracing People and Things as They Are at danielamiller.com<br /><span><span>            </span><span>            </span><span>            </span><span>            </span></span></b> </div>