Trap tales : stories about outsmarting the 7 hidden obstacles to success

Foreword by Stephen M. R. Covey **Outsmart the traps that are holding you back from success!** __Trap Tales__ is your guide to avoiding the seven obstacles that ensnare people every day. We all fall into traps, and we often don’t even realize it until we’re deeply entrenched. Like quicksand, traps are easy to step into, but difficult to escape—it seems that the harder we try to climb out, the deeper we sink. But what if there were another way? What if we knew the right strategies to escape the traps we have fallen into? What if we could spot traps from a distance, and avoid them entirely? In this book, authors David M. R. Covey and Stephan M. Mardyks train you in the art of Trapology. You’ll meet Alex and Victoria, who have fallen into traps you’re sure to recognize. As you read their stories, you’ll learn about the seven most common traps in life and work, and how even the smartest and seemingly most accomplished people find themselves stuck and unable to see their way out. Traps are masters of disguise, but there are telltale signs that give them away every time. If you discover that you’re trapped right now, consider this book your lifeline—the lessons contained in __Trap Tales__ will teach you how to escape these traps and how to sidestep them in the future. This book, unlike most books, offers counter-intuitive strategies and unconventional wisdom to: • Learn the seven biggest traps in life and work that catch people unaware • Identify the traps that are holding you back right now • Discover your escape route and climb out of the quicksand • Become a “Trapologist” and avoid traps altogether The core message of __Trap Tales__ is __hope__—the belief that anybody can change the trajectory of their life, at any stage of their life. Stop letting traps steal your time, money, energy, and happiness—__Trap Tales__ provides survival training of a different sort, allowing you to write your own tale of success. Foreword by Stephen M. R. Covey Outsmart the traps that are holding you back from success! Trap Tales is your guide to avoiding the seven obstacles that ensnare people every day. We all fall into traps, and we often don’t even realize it until we’re deeply entrenched. Like quicksand, traps are easy to step into, but difficult to escape—it seems that the harder we try to climb out, the deeper we sink. But what if there were another way? What if we knew the right strategies to escape the traps we have fallen into? What if we could spot traps from a distance, and avoid them entirely? In this book, authors David M. R. Covey and Stephan M. Mardyks train you in the art of Trapology. You’ll meet Alex and Victoria, who have fallen into traps you’re sure to recognize. As you read their stories, you’ll learn about the seven most common traps in life and work, and how even the smartest and seemingly most accomplished people find themselves stuck and unable to see their way out. Traps are masters of disguise, but there are telltale signs that give them away every time. If you discover that you’re trapped right now, consider this book your lifeline—the lessons contained in Trap Tales will teach you how to escape these traps and how to sidestep them in the future. This book, unlike most books, offers counter-intuitive strategies and unconventional wisdom to: • Learn the seven biggest traps in life and work that catch people unaware • Identify the traps that are holding you back right now • Discover your escape route and climb out of the quicksand • Become a “Trapologist” and avoid traps altogether The core message of Trap Tales is hope —the belief that anybody can change the trajectory of their life, at any stage of their life. Stop letting traps steal your time, money, energy, and happiness— Trap Tales provides survival training of a different sort, allowing you to write your own tale of success. We all fall into traps – often without realizing it until it’s too late. We didn’t intend to end up there, and we’re not the first to fall into them. But nevertheless, that’s where we find ourselves. Like quicksand, traps are easy to step into, but hard to get out of. The more we struggle and flail about the deeper we seem to sink. Yet if one knows and follows the right steps, it is quite possible to escape quicksand. And if one learns the telltale signs, it’s possible to avoid stepping in quicksand altogether. What if we could learn to spot the key traps in our life? What if we could learn the steps to pull ourselves out of the traps we are stuck in? This book introduces a new concept- Trapology: The study of common traps that people throughout the world are falling into at different stages of their lives. The goal is to make the reader a Trapologist: somebody who understands traps – how to spot them, how to avoid...