Known internationally as an expert on change, M.J. Ryan works as an executive coach to senior executives and entrepreneurs around the world to accelerate business success and personal fulfillment. She combines a practical approach gained as the CEO of a book publishing company with methodologies from neuroscience, positive psychology and asset-focused learning to help clients and readers more easily meet their goals. Her clients include Royal Dutch Shell, Microsoft, Time, the U.S. military, and Aon Hewitt. She's a partner with the Levo League career network and the lead venture coach at SheEO, an organization offering a new funding and support model for female entrepreneurs. She's the founder of Conari Press, creator of the New York Times bestselling Random Acts of Kindness series, and author of many books, including, Habit Changers: 81 Game-Changing Mantras to Mindfully Realize Your Goals.

ContentsChapter 1: How This Old-Fashioned Virtue Can Improve Your LifeStick-to-It-Ness: The Power of PersistenceNo Reason to Stress: The Power of SerenityThat's OK: The Power of Acceptance
Chapter 2: Patience's GiftsPatience Creates ExcellencePatience Brings Us into Harmony with the Cycles of NaturePatience Helps Us Make Better DecisionsPatience Connects Us to HopePatience Helps Us Live Longer and More Stress-FreePatience Helps Us Waste Less Time, Energy, and MoneyPatience Gets Us More of What We WantPatience Guards the Door to AngerPatience Gives Us Greater Tolerance and EmpathyPatience Helps Us Have Happier Love RelationshipsPatience Makes Us Better ParentsPatience Teaches the Power of ReceptivityPatience Is the Heart of CivilityPatience Grows Our Souls
Chapter 3: The Attitudes of PatienceI'm Still LearningPatience Is a DecisionThis Too Shall PassThe Screws Are Just as Important as the WingsWaiting Is Part of Being AliveIt's Better to Work At It Than to Buy Your Way Out of ItWhere Are You Hurrying To?Boredom Is All in Our HeadsRemember Rule Number SixTuning Out Is as Important as Tuning InWhat Does This Matter in the Larger Scheme of Things?People Are Only HumanSome Things Are Worth Waiting ForIt Will Work OutIt Takes as Long as It TakesThere's More Than One Right WayWelcome, Teachers of PatienceEnough Is EnoughBe Here NowChapter 4: The Practices of PatienceTell Yourself the Truth About Where You Are Right NowTune In to Yourself in the MorningWhen Am I Patient? Let Me Count the WaysKnow Your Impatience TriggersLearn Your Early-Warning SignsTake a BreatherClimb Down to the Base of the TreeRoad Sage, Not Road RageIssue a Storm Warning to ChildrenTap Into Your Inner WisdomKeep Your Blood Sugar Level UpReframe the SituationFind Something Else to DoPractice with Aging Parents and Other EldersRespond from Your HeartTell Yourself You Have All the Time You NeedDo a Risk AnalysisKeep Your Eyes on the PrizeUnderwhelm YourselfAsk Yourself: Is This Thing Still Flying?
Chapter 5: Twenty Simple Patience BoostersChapter 6: Above All, Be Merciful with YourselfMy ThanksBibliography