Big Button. Little Button.: Picture That Help

By James Gleason

Have you ever tried to change and had trouble making
the change permanent?
Do you ever wish you were more productive at work?
Do you ever wish you were happier?
Do you ever wish you had more confi dence?
Do you worry about money, or your job?
This short and simple book contains the secret to making permanent change
in our life. It is not magic, but it will show you how to consistently improve
over time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 28, 2013
• ISBN: 9781456850685

James Gleason

James Gleason, MBA, Southern Methodist University, is a keynote speaker and consultant with over 20 years of experience working with Fortune 500 companies. His simple messages motivate long after his speeches end. If you believe your organization could benefi t from his message, you may email him at [e-mail].

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Big Button

Little Button

James Gleason

Copyright © 2013 by James Gleason.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

Rev. date: 02/22/2013

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Contents

Dedication

Why This Book Is So Short

Big Button—Little Button

Compass

Cauliflower

Schoolgirl Uniform

Double Bars

Mountain

Palm Tree

Stone Breaker

The Log

The Match

Two Faces

Square Peg Round Hole

Coyote

Stone Walls

Switchbacks

Extra Pictures

The Author

Dedication

To my children Luke and Isabella who said, Well, Dad, if that is what you want to do, then you should do that… and now, simply say, When?.

Why This Book Is So Short

There have been many self help words written. It’s estimated there are over 4,200 self help titles available online. You would think that with so many words written we would all be perfect. In fact, there are more self help books being written every day.

The power of this book is not about words; however, there are words in it. Written medium has a number of advantages because it can travel over time (you can read this book any time after I have written it) and space (I do not have to be there for you to get the message). So this book has words—just not that many. The problem with the written word is that it is only real for us when we are reading it. We may remember parts of what we read, but very little is really carried around with us and used every day. If you read a self help book, it impacts you a little bit the first day and less every day after. A week later when a friend asks, you can barely remember the premise of the book.

How This Book Works

There are a multitude of reasons why self help books do not work, the primary one is biology. Your brain was designed a long time ago. It is estimated the first humans lived about 20,000 years ago. At that time there was no written language and certainly no self help books. Our ancestors survived on what they heard and saw—and their ability to attach meaning and action to those patterns. The messages were pictures in their heads like Lion Face = Run or Fruit Tree = Food. If you were walking around at that time your survival likely depended on your ability to interpret what you saw and attach meaning to it, and then take action based on the meaning. The path from meaning to action was very short. Something like Lion—Danger—Run. There was no time for reflection.

In modern life, we have reduced many of our symbols to words. Instead of books being a series of pictures,