Re-create Your Life : Transforming Yourself and Your World With the Decision Maker Process

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Summary: If it works for you, great!
Review: I can see some good points about this book but nothing like the other reviews I've seen. Well, sometimes one thing works for one and not another. I didn't think the description of how to put the core ideas and methods in the book into practice was particularly well done. To the author, (almost) every problem that anyone has ever had boils down to feeling "I'm not worthy enough, I'm not good enough" and I doubt the simplistic suggestions offered here will be of help to very many.

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Summary: Believe it or not you can Re-Create Your Life
Review: Re-Create Your LIfe delivers just what it promises--it describes a method to transform yourself and the world. Morty explains how most behavioral and emotional problems stem from various beliefs and how these beliefs can be eliminated to transform behavior and feelings.

As soon as I read this book I tried the method on myself and I eliminated one belief. From then on I was fascinated and had to know more. I visited the web site of the Decision Maker Institute and signed up for a workshop to learn how to eliminate beliefs. That weekend transformed my life. I eliminated the fear I had of taking risks which was formed early in my life and I started using the process on friends and family. I went to future workshops in which I learned how to find all of the beliefs that create a pattern of behavior or a given set of emotions and since then I have been able to help friends eliminate problems like procrastination, panic attacks, phobias and have recieved money for my work.

Before I was exposed to the material in this book I had the thought that I could do anything but deep down inside there was always some doubt. Now I KNOW all people can live without limits and experience a life where anything is possible.

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Summary: A good news and a bad news
Review: The good news is delivered to you right after the introductory chit-chat. You'll be astonished to learn the reason why the traditional methods of solving one's problems don't usually work. Mr. Lefkoe has invented a completely new technique that is free from this lack and is able to reform your thinking in such a way that you stop running into the same problems over and over again.

His main idea is that many problems are caused by destructive beliefs. While traditional methods try to reform your thinking by convincing you that the harmful beliefs are totally untrue and unfounded, Mr. Lefkoe's method doesn't involve challenging the beliefs. Instead, you are to find out how the belief first evolved (usually it was in your childhood). When you have realized how the circumstances you were in produced the belief, you'll understand that the belief evolved because back then, your access to information and your capability of interpreting it were limited. It was quite reasonable for you to draw such conclusions from the circumstances you were in and the information you had. However, there is no reason for you to maintain this belief now. It is only one possible interpretation of the experiences you've had - there are numerous others and you can choose which one you prefer.

At that point you clearly see that this is just what you have missed all those years. You're ready to kiss Mr. Lefkoe's feet and are dying to finally know the details of this life-saver. Then comes the bad news: you can't do it on your own. This technique isn't suitable for self-help and can only be applied by a professional counselor. There's but a handful of them and they are God knows where.

You might feel cheated. But, if you happen to take a second look at the inner sleeve, you'll read: "describes a process that enables people to [---] solve their [---] problems". Really, no one has promised that in this book, a method will be presented THAT YOU CAN USE. You made it all up by yourself, didn't you? (I guess this must be what they call the American way of telling the truth.)

Well, I may have no right to feel betrayed, but I still do. It's quite possible that the method isn't suitable for self-treatment, but I'm absolutely convinced that if Mr. Lefkoe would have wanted to help us, he could have given us at least something - some kinds of questionnaires, a list of a few hundred of most common beliefs etc., instead of wasting a whole third of the book on some world-reforming daydreams. But he won't do that (even his web site doesn't contain anything usable), because he wants you to go to him and pay extra for getting actual help. What about those who live on the other side of the world? I guess he just doesn't give a damn.

It is obvious that Mr. Lefkoe didn't write this book in order to provide useful service to the readers but to advertise his seminars. I bet that if you'll ever have a chance to talk to him personally, he won't say you a word of any importance without having received advance payment. He will have to do without my money, however, because I returned the book. Though the book was somewhat beneficial for me, I just didn't feel Mr. Lefkoe deserved to get any money for this 240-page sales letter. Besides, reading through parts 1 and 2 once is all you need - the essential information in this book would fit on a half of a page.

By the way, some reviewers wonder why Mr. Lefkoe dwells so long over his obscure social utopias. I'll tell you why. If he could convince governments or even big companies to apply his technique, he wouldn't have to worry about his daily bread for the rest of his life. Bothering with individuals is so unsecure - you have to approach them individually and find a personal solution for each one of them. Do you imagine how much more money Mr. Lefkoe could make by giving standardized counseling to tens or even hundreds of people simultaneously?

To summarize: If you are in a desperate situation, you might want to give this book a try. You must realize that it will be clutching at a straw, but the new ideas presented in the book just might be of some help. If you don't feel desperate, you can spare reading this book. It delivers much less than what the publisher tries to make you believe. I'm giving it four stars for contents minus one for inhumanity.