Introduction Of course you don't need this book--but you or someone you know does! If you think about it, everyone wants control. We want control of our lives, our future, and our happiness. In fact psy- chologists state that happiness is directly related to the amount of perceived control one has over their life. For some reason the term control freak has become more and more common. We hear it when Penelope Cruz de- cides she wants to reshoot a scent in her movie. We hear it when Donald Trump says he won't do another season of The Apprentice without more control. But are these so-called "control freaks" really doing anything wrong? It seems to me that there are the types of control freaks that we admire and aspire to be like. The type of control that is inspiring is control over self, discipline, and focus- and action- oriented behavior toward success. 13