One small step can change your life.

The essential guide to kaizen—the art of creating big, lasting change through small, consistent steps—is now reissued as a hardcover with a stunning new cover that highlights its status as an inspirational business textbook. Written by Dr. Robert Maurer, a psychologist at the University of Washington School of Medicine and the University of California, Los Angeles (Santa Monica) Medical Center, and a kaizen expert who lectures and consults nationally, “One Small Step Can Change Your Life” is a gentle and effective way to create change. It’s for anyone who wants to lose weight, quit smoking, write a novel, start an exercise program, get out of debt, overcome shyness, or meet new people. Dr. Maurer begins by explaining the critical role fear plays in every type of change and the power of kaizen to neutralize it by overcoming the brain’s innate resistance to new behaviors. He then explains the seven small steps: how to think small, take small actions, solve small problems, and more. It explains how to perform a mind sculpting exercise that visualizes virtual change so that real change comes naturally. Why small rewards lead to big returns by internalizing motivation. How to make great discoveries by paying attention to the small details most of us overlook. Rooted in the two-thousand-year-old wisdom of the Tao Te Ching: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Here's the path to transforming your life without fear, without failure, and starting a new and easy system of continuous improvement.