Making Changes Last

• Preface 1. What Do We Really Understand About Change? 2. Stories of Personal Transformation 3. Kinds of Change: Magnitude, Rate, Levels, and Significance 4. Why Changes Don't Last 5. Some Universal Features of Change Efforts 6. The Process of Lasting Change 7. Conditions That Promote Enduring Change 8. Adjunctive Structures That Sustain Changes 9. The Certainty of Failure and Uncertainty of Change References

". . . [T]his book has the potential to be a classic with a shelf life that will sustain. The topic is everlasting and the examples given are universal- this one will stay with us for a long time!" -- Dr. Fred Bemak, Ohio State University"This book is a new and innovative contribution to the field. There is nothing like it and it is a critical issue for professionals who are working. . . to create change. Again, a Kottler first of its kind, moving into new terrain in a creative and engaging manner!" -- Dr. Fred Bemak, Ohio State University"Making Changes Last is a definitive investigation of creating enduring change." -- Horizons