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THE CHOICE POINT

Jonathan Rhodes Joanna Grover

The Scientifically Proven Method to Push Past Mental Walls and to Achieve Your Goals

In this essential book, the authors introduce us to Functional Imagery Training (FIT), a new discipline that helps us tackle the thousands of negative thoughts we experience every day that lead us down the path of compromising our goals.
Weight gain. Poor employee engagement. Climate change. What do they all have in common? They are all persistent problems for which solutions are readily available, and yet, on an individual and collective level, we continually make choices that lead us not closer to, but further away from our stated objectives. Whether we choose the burger over the salad, top-down management over collaboration, or leniency over rigor in combatting climate change, it all comes down to the same thingthe "Choice Point", the moment at which we each choose to take an action that we know will undermine our success, but we do it anyway.

Humans experience thousands of thoughts every day: 80 percent are negative, while only 5 percent are new thoughts. We make most of our decisions within two seconds, using mental autopilot systems that we've built through years of experiences. FIT teaches us how to pick the thoughts that deserve our attention, and how to stop the other, negative thoughts from impacting our actions. Through FIT, we can pause decisions that would typically conflict with our goals, lengthen our Choice Point, and go from passenger to driver of our own minds.

Initially developed in 2005 by academics in the UK and Australia, with formal principles emerging through research in 2018, FIT blends motivational interviewing with imagery into a user-friendly model so we can learn, adapt, and adjust our behavior to go beyond what we think is possible.

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Joanna Grover, LCSW, and Jonathan Rhodes, PhD, are the first practitioners in the U.S. and the first to use these FIT techniques for large organizations and teams. Together they are the founders of Imagery Coaching.
Joanna is an executive coach with two decades of experience as a cognitive behavioral therapist specializing in anxiety. She first encountered FIT when it helped her recover from a horse-riding accident. She became the first person in the US to be certified in FIT. Since 2019, Jo has used FIT mainly in an individual context, where she's worked with top leaders, Olympic athletes, C-suite executives at corporations such as Citi, IBM, and KPMG. She is a board certified coach and member of the International Coaching Federation and the Harvard Institute of Coaching. She is based in Miami, Florida.

Jonathan is a Chartered Psychologist (British Psychological Society) and a published researcher and lecturer specializing in cognitive psychology. After working with athletes at the 2012 Olympic Games, Jonathan decided to research strategies that change mindset, train individual and cultural resilience, and enhance performance. His work developing FIT has led to rising performance levels of athletes who went on to compete at the Olympic Games, in Premiership football and rugby, and with a multitude of athletes competing in other sports such as with Red Bull Cliff Divers, and America's Cup sailors. In 2019, Jonathan partnered with the British Army to develop the British Army Commando Resilience Training Program, which has increased recruits passing the All-Arms Commando Course by 44 percent. He lives in Plymouth, UK.
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Published 2023-06-08 by Hachette Go

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Published 2023-06-08 by Hachette Go

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The Choice Point can help everyone overcome their limiting beliefs and climb their personal Everest - I highly recommend it to anyone seeking to strengthen their most important muscle: their mind.

[A] smart debut... Readers looking to make some changes will benefit. Read more...

Authors' Article: How to Overcome Self-Limiting Beliefs Read more...

Author's essay: Mastering Your Mental Images Can Make Your Day: New psychological techniques aim to use your imagination - and all of your senses - to help overcome trauma and achieve goals Read more...

The Choice Point is a must-read for anyone striving to improve their health, family life, or work. This how-to guide reveals how to use our mind to commit to and accomplish our goals and live our values. It's long-lasting, sustainable willpower in a book.

Authors' article: People make between 60 and 80 conscious choices each day. Here's how to stick to them - These four key ingredients can help you commit to the choices you make... Read more...

Whatever your age and stage, whatever your discipline, The Choice Point will help you reimagine your goals and realign what matters to you and your team. I wish I'd had this book earlier in my career.

Jonathan and Joanna share 5 key insights from their new book, The Choice Point... Read more...

Excerpt: KEY TAKEAWAYS A "Choice Point" - that critical moment you decide to accept or decline a challenge - has the power to define who you are. We may face up to 60 Choice Points per day, and our decisions often default to an arm wrestle with willpower. Tools like FIT (Functional Imagery Training) provide the agency to manage those decisions, increasing confidence and performance. Read more...

If you have been riddled by self-doubt, insecurity, and negative thinking about your place in this world, The Choice Point will teach you how to get out of your own way. Read this and learn how to grab that brass ring and make the world your oyster!

Do you want to break free from negative thought patterns and live a fulfilling life? Are you tired of feeling stuck and unsure of how to achieve your goals? Well, I have good news for you. Our guest, Joanna Grover, is here to share the solution to help you make better decisions and reach your full potential through Functional Imagery Training. Imagine taking control of your thoughts and actions and finally achieving the life you've always dreamed of. You can turn your goals into reality and discover true fulfillment with the power of choice points. Let Joanna show you how... Read more...

This is a carefully laid-out and actionable book about how to look at goals and dreams in ways that are both courageous and realistic. Read more...

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