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Introducing the practical and inspirational guide to incorporating  Kaizen and its powerful principles into one’s daily life. Rooted in the  two thousand-year-old wisdom of the Tao Te Ching–“The journey of a  thousand miles begins with a single step”–Kaizen is the art of making  great and lasting change through small, steady increments. Kaizen is the  tortoise versus the hare. Kaizen is the eleven Fortune 500 companies  that significantly outperformed the market through moderate,  step-by-step actions. Kaizen is losing weight not by a crash diet (which  more often than not crashes) but by eating one bite less at each  meal–then, a month later, eating two bites less. Kaizen is starting a  life-changing exercise program by standing–just standing–on a  treadmill for one minute a day.Written by an expert on  Kaizen–Dr. Robert Maurer, a psychologist on the staff at the UCLA  medical school who speaks and consults nationally–One Small Step is the gentle but potent way to effect change. Beginning by outlining  the all-important role that fear plays in all types of change–and  Kaizen’s ability to circumvent it–Dr. Maurer then explains the 7 Small  Steps: how to Think Small Thoughts, Take Small Actions, Solve Small  Problems, and more. He shows how to perform mind sculpture–visualizing  virtual change so that real change comes more naturally. Why small  rewards motivate better than big rewards. How great discoveries are made  by paying attention to the little details most of us overlook. Hundreds  of examples of Kaizen at work grace the book, as well as quotes from W.  Edwards Deming (who brought Kaizen to Japanese industry), Peter  Drucker, coach John Wooden, and others.