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Summary: Should be 6 stars -- get it -- read it -- live it!
Review: As a supervisor in the Addictions and Criminal Justice Field, I often find staff imbued with cynicism and negativity. These fields have been marked by significant changes in the past decade. Complaints about the lack of resources, changing relationships, new technology abound.
Historically it has been easy for me to join in with the mob and focus on how awful and unfair things are. As a counselor I know how hard it is for people to change their thinking patterns - and even though I know how to help others change their thinking patterns, I have often had trouble myself challenging my "thinking errors." Then I read John's book. And it is amazing. John gets to the root of the issue not by asking the reader to analyze their pattern or the roots of their issue but by having the reader shift their behavior - shift your behavior by focusing on the words - specifically the questions - you ask. After my second - or maybe third read - I have a heightened sense of the "lousy questions" that pepper conversations, discussions and negotiations with colleagues. (Its almost like, unconsciously people want to be a victim). This quick read contains so much grist for thought - each time I read it I recognize more ways to step up to the plate an practice personal accountability. Get this book - read it a couple of times and see for yourself! Thanks John!
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Summary: Applicable for All Ages
Review: I am a junior in college and absolutly love John Miller's book. Although he is mainly in the corporate world, I found his material to be very pertinent to my life as a college student. We students, like most people, find many different people to blame for our problems! Thanks John for your insight! I am less stressed when I stop blaming others and start taking responsibility and asking, "What can I do?"
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Summary: Personal Accountability what a concept!
Review: This is a must read for everyone in the world! Take responsibility for your own actions and learn how to ask the better questions to get the better answers. That's what QBQ is all about to me. It has changed my life because now I know what to ask and when to get the results I desire. I have no more blame, complaining in my life. Maybe a little procrastination still. (Well, I am human!) I have a clear understanding of why I do the things I do...It's my choice not anyone else's. I have QBQ! to thank for steering me in the right direction!!!
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Summary: Elegant and Effective!
Review: I attended a leadership seminar in Dallas Fort Worth and they gave each of us a copy of the book the first day. It was an easy read and so full of information, I loved it! I've now bought a dozen copies for my colleagues. I have just spent months wrestling with the idea of how to help end the lack of courtesy among our staff and the inter-departmental conflicts we seem to have in our organization. I had spent hours on-line and in bookstores and a couple hundred dollars buying books on conflict resolution. And yet, all I needed was QBQ! Now I have a means to convey this information to my colleagues!
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Summary: Fun to Share!
Review: This is one of those energizing little books that is fun to share with your staff. It's a self-coaching style book that reiterates to our "not me" culture, too take ownership of getting the job done. Buy it, read it, repeat and share!
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Summary: Outstanding!
Review: Short & powerful. I bought a copy for all of our senior management, and they loved it!!
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Summary: Same old song in a new melody
Review: This book is founded on the idea of personal accountability. Unfortunately, the random collection of parables and stories does little to advance the premise. Ideas are presented in a one-dimentional fashion deviod of any real depth of analysis and only a very few tools. The book is packaged in a palatable feel-good package which will make it ripe for the plucking for corporate management looking for the next "Who moved my cheese" or "Emotional Intellegence." Bottom line - the book is simple common sence. The message? Stop playing the complain and blame game, take responsibility for your actions, make your own choices, and get on with your life. I have to belive that the reviewers who are rating this as "the best read ever" have a woefully small library. I do think that the premise of the book is very valid, however the book is more fluff than substance. Sidebar:
If you are interested in the personal actions that help with following a path of personal accountability, I suggest you look at the ideas behind Albert Ellis's Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) which gives you a working model of how to apply the ideas of personal accountability to your own thinking.
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Summary: QBQ ! The Question Behind the Question
Review: Loved the book! Passing it on to my supervisor. John is a great writer and speaker. He defines personal accountability, and how to apply it to our personal and business lifes.
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Summary: QBQ is a must for all organizations
Review: I have been a QBQ fan for two years now. The book is direct and to the point with practical information you can begin using in day to day life. I would recommend the book highly, and it is now a core value in our organization. My people tell me it is the best training we have done in years!
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Summary: QBQ! The Question Behind the Question
Review: This is a quick read book, probably one hour max. I used to use "Who Moved My Cheese?" to help organizations deal with change and have now incorporated QBQ! instead. It has a very simple, but powerful concept. 1. All questions begin with "What" or "How" 2. All contain an "I" 3. All focus on Action. Eg. "How can I today make a difference? or "How can I contribute to a solution?" Some real examples of people, both personally, and in companies using these concepts adds a real dimension to it. It has so many applications. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to have a better quality of life.
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