The Wilber Effect: Seeing Beyond Limitations in Life and Career

By Cindi N. Koch

Wilber, a blue crab who made his home in a bayou in southern Louisiana, was a happy crab. He and his family and friends lived in a community. They worked together and helped one another collect food and protect their families. The crabs were comfortable with the home they had created on the bayou floor. Most had no desire to leave. Even though Wilber loved and enjoyed his home, he wanted more. He wanted to explore.

In The Wilber Effect, author Cindi N. Koch tells a hopeful fable of Wilber, a Louisiana blue crab. It’s about the limitations you place on yourself and the limitations you allow others to put on you. Through this short story, Koch offers a road map to show you how to see beyond the boundaries in your careers and personal life. She presents a process to help you determine where you are in your life and what path you want to follow.

Wilber’s character represents all of us striving to create a life we want. His cast of crabs provides the backdrop for the challenges he faces, just like the cast of characters in our life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Mar 30, 2019
• ISBN: 9781982216733

Cindi N. Koch

Cindi N. Koch is a licensed massage therapist with more than twenty years of experience and passion in helping people live healthier lives. Her philosophy has always taken a holistic approach to mind, body, and success.

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ISBN: 978-1-9822-1672-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-9822-1673-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019903319

Balboa Press rev. date: 03/29/2019

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CONTENTS

Preface

Chapter 1 Change Happens!

Chapter 2 Change: Opportunity Or Roadblock?

Chapter 3 Leadership, Courage, And Action

Chapter 4 What’s The Plan?

Chapter 5 An Expanding World

Chapter 6 Expect The Unexpected

Chapter 7 Help Arrives In Unexpected Forms

Chapter 8 Groupthink And Resistance

Chapter 9 Self-Assurance Versus Crowd Approval

Chapter 10 Wilber Finds His Mentor

Chapter 11 Step 1: Remembering The Wilber Effect

Chapter 12 Step 2: What You Talk About

Chapter 13 Step 3: Believe

Chapter 14 Step 4: Create Meaningful Change

Chapter 15 You Gotta Have Friends

Chapter 16 Sharing Success Encourages Others

Chapter 17 Wait For It!

Chapter 18 Yes, Change Happens!

To everyone who has ever felt stuck, with no idea why. This one is for you!

Bart—thank you for your unconditional love through all the choices and changes we have made together for a lifetime. Your support is my encouragement, especially in helping me bring life to this story.

My precious family—thank you for your love and support every day and always!

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Danita—I am grateful for your wisdom, patience, and being part of life’s journey. Most of all, thank you for being my Tilley!

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Theresa—thank you for your enthusiasm and wit and mainly for lassoing a butterfly and encouraging her to sit in her chair!

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Pink Gator Press—thank you, Chanelle, for bringing Wilber to life!

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PREFACE

Our lives can change by choice or by necessity. The one thing life guarantees is change. Given