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The System Explained

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With SmartLife System achieving your best requires only 8-minutes-a-day of your time. During these few moments you are presented with the essential information and practice you need to achieve the success you are seeking. Whether you desire a loving relationship with your partner; more cooperation from your teen; relief from anxiety or depression; or perhaps assertiveness training, with the SmartLife System you can find your solution. Some people mistakenly think materialism (clothes, cars, houses and prestige) provides happiness. Not true! Just look at the lives of the rich and famous—don’t they have it all? Yet for most of them, their lives are a never ending series of disappointment, conflict and heartbreak. Happiness comes from within. With a moment’s reflection, I think everyone would agree. The SmartLife System gives you the tools you need to build your inner happiness. The “perfect life” is not possible. But when you respond to life’s challenges effectively, you immeasurably reduce unhappiness and increase happiness. You only need to try, and success will come. Life is precious—don’t waste a moment. Start today.

Reality Check The traditional self-help industry has not provided the user the means to achieve his/her self-help goals easily and quickly.	Fact Clearly, a new system for self-improvement is needed. SmartLife System was born to fill this need.
Reality Check Self-help products are more often than not made by self-proclaimed gurus, successful business people, get-rich-quick schemers, motivational speakers, dog trainers, and “professional” wanabees (they want to be a professional, but they don’t want to burden themselves by getting the necessary training).	Fact Personal change is safe only when designed by a certified, ethically accountable and professionally trained clinician. Smart Life System is here to fill this need.
Reality Check Over the past thirty years there has been significant advancement in psychotherapy and education (based on the seminal work of Milton H. Erickson and the discovery that “spaced learning” is superior to “massed learning.”) Yet the majority of self-help producers have ignored these recent discoveries.	Fact A self-help approach that utilizes this latest research is needed. Smart Life System is built with the latest psychological and educational technology.

	SmartLife Self-improvement System	Traditional Office Therapy	Self-help products by qualified professionals	Products & Services from “gurus” that lack qualifications	Psychiatric drugs Some conditions require that the individual take medication.
Safety	Safe. Abe Kass, the author of all SmartLife Modules, is a mental health professional you and your family can trust.	Safe with an ethical, caring and competent therapist. Finding such a person with all the necessary qualifications can be difficult.	Safe when the professional advice is within his/her specialty.	Unsafe. You put yourself and your family at risk when you allow a person whom is not trained and not accountable to a governing organization into your mind to make “changes” and give “relationship advice.”	Depends. Often medication has undesired side effects that cause additional problems.
Ease & Comfort	Daily short lessons: Short 8-minutes-a-day lessons. Precision targeting: Learn only what you need and nothing more. Private: Modules (courses) can be learned privately and in many settings. Practical tools: Solutions that work and are simple to implement.	High investment in time. This requirement prevents many from getting the help they need. Also, some individuals avoid treatment for fear of public disclosure and embarrassment. Many find comfort in sharing their “problems” with a caring individual.	Often the focus is broad and thus difficult to find a practical solution. Good if privacy is important.	Many different types. Some better than others. Good if privacy is important.	No time or effort requirements. However, often the side effects can be uncomfortable or even injurious. Good if privacy is important.
Effective	Daily short lessons: Research has shown that short lessons are more effective than learning large amounts of information at one time. Interactive exercises: Research shows that interacting with the lesson enhances remembering. Each SmartLife lesson is followed by a simple exercise. Full mind learning: Learn with your intellectual-mind and emotional-mind what you need to ‘know and do’ to achieve your goal.	Depends on the therapist and his/her skill. Often not sufficiently interactive to achieve long-lasting changes. Sometimes practical skills are taught. Without learning practical skills, “just talking” is often not enough to achieve any meaningful change.	Typically the “expert” just talks to you and expects you to achieve your goal. For most people, this is not enough to create lasting improvement. Often practical skills are missing.	Typically the information is delivered in the “old fashioned” and inefficient way of just being “talked to.” Depends on the product. However, since the “teacher” is without proper training, it is possible the “advice” won’t work or in some unfortunate situations, actually make things worse. Often practical skills are missing.	Research comes to a wide range of conclusions with regards to the effectiveness of psychiatric medication. Often the “placebo” effect accounts for a significant portion of whatever positive effect there is. Some people need these types of medication to be safe and healthy. But many don’t and are mislead into thinking a “pill” is the answer to their problem. Taking medication when it is not needed may interfere with the honest truth that the problem can only be solved via learning new life-skills.
Cost	Least expensive solution for many personal and relationship problems. Daily lessons cost less than the price of a good cup of coffee.	Expensive unless covered by insurance. Often insurance will not cover the full duration of the treatment and suddenly the individual is left without the needed help.	Varies greatly. Typically more expensive than SmartLife Courses.	Varies greatly. Typically more expensive than SmartLife Courses.	Typically expensive unless covered by insurance.