Don`t wait for your ship to come in-- swim out to meet it tools and techniques for positive lasting change

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part one: from insight to ownership -- New eyes: new landscapes -- You, the viewing and the doing -- Swimming lessons -- Feedback not failure -- Ducking and diving -- You are what you value -- SOS! -- Support our strengths -- Part two: from ownership to action -- Lucidity and stillness -- The opposite of stress -- Getting in the flow of things -- Ready, steady, goal! -- All that you ever imagined it would be -- Creative visualization, imagery, and mental rehearsal -- Water wings or concrete galoshes? -- The power of self-talk -- Part three: less distraction, more action -- Don't rock the boat! -- Overcoming self-sabotage -- A drop in the ocean -- The power of contribution.