You, Your Self and the 21st Century

About the Book

"Nothing endures but change"…said Heraclitus (540 BC - 480 BCE) but he failed to tell us how to cope with it. Thanks to the cognitive sciences we are now beginning to understand why we have so much difficulty in this regard. Although we have struggled with change for so long, we are only recently coming to understand ourselves well enough to recognize how we both manage and resist it in our lives. Once again, thanks to the cognitive sciences we are beginning to develop tools to help us. And thanks to this book the reader can learn a methodology to apply these tools. The author’s primary proposition is that much of our difficulty in dealing with change is related to natural physiological processes that also serve us to maintain a coherent point of view. The reader is guided though a deeper exploration of our neuro-linguistic structure as a way of examining our "human beingness" in a grounded and practical way. The well known and respected Birkman Method® is featured as a practical and credible tool for sketching the authentic person as different from his or her public persona to help to discover the true SELF and achieve a higher level of satisfaction in changing times. Coaches, counselors, teachers, managers and any professionals who need to understand people better should read this book

About the Author

Mr. De Filippis is a 40 year veteran from the organizational trenches of corporate America. In 1980 he changed careers after reaching a senior executive position. His next 20 years were dedicated to individuals and organizations coping with the fast-changing business dynamics of the late 20th century. He has consulted to all types of companies, from family owned businesses to global enterprises. He was there when American companies morphed from family oriented cultures to lean and mean competitive businesses faced with the challenges of global competition. While no stranger to theory, his practical experience comes through in his first book.