The Flip Side

　　Flip Flippen is a personable Texan whose philosophy haschanged the lives of hundreds of thousands of people--from businessleaders like Jack Welch and Mark McCormack (founder of IMG), tosports figures like Terry Bradshaw and NASCAR drivers, to the150,000 people who trained with his company, The Flippen Group, in2005. His approach is deceptively simple:　　What if, instead of focusing on the things you already do well,you knew how to honestly identify your weaknesses...those habitualbehaviors that continually get in your way and prevent you fromever really succeeding in the way you know you could. It's theseweaknesses, your "personal constraints," that are really holdingyou back from success. If you could correct these behaviors, you'dsee a dramatic surge in productivity and a real improvement in allaspects of your life. That's the key to Flip Flippen's program: heteaches hundreds of thousands of people each year how to identifytheir personal obstacles and take the necessary steps to overcomethem.　　The vast majority of Flip's trainees are in midlife. These arepeople who find themselves asking, "How can I accomplish more in mylife, both personally and professionally?" and "How can I getbetter/go further/be happier in the time I have left?" His PersonalConstraint Theory helps them zero in on their primaryself-sabotaging behavior and actually turn it into their greatestasset.