What′s Stopping You? – Why Smart People Don′t Always Reach Their Potential and How You Can 2e
Why Smart People Don′t Always Reach Their Potential and How You Can
Paperback Engels 2012 2e druk 9780857083074Samenvatting
A practical guide to attacking the most common of phobias: fear of failure
A practical guide to attacking the most common of phobias: fear of failure Since its publication in 2011, What′s Stopping You? has offered readers a hard look at the quality of their careers and personal lives. For those who′d give themselves a solid "C+", this brutally honest guide to taking stock also offers the keys to self–improvement. By dismantling the fear inhibiting all achievement fear of failure author Robert Kelsey offers a set of seven steps designed to help readers map out their actions, and attain what once seemed elusive milestones.
Written for the frustrated underachiever or anyone who feels like one, this unique book addresses can the real obstacles hindering both professional and personal growth.
Includes a new chapter with tactics for overcoming a fear of failure
Explores methods for dealing with different types of people in a host of situations, such as getting a new job, pitching for new work, making presentations, or communicating clearly in an argument
With a Foreword by one of Britain′s most successful businessman, Luke Johnson, this unique handbook to overcoming the most basic of fears is a must for anyone who would like to upgrade the quality of their life.
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Inhoudsopgave
<p>Foreword by Luke Johnson xiii</p>
<p>Introduction 1</p>
<p>Part One – What is Stopping You? 9</p>
<p>1 Fear 11</p>
<p>2 External Responses 28</p>
<p>3 Failure as a Positive Experience 43</p>
<p>4 Producing Better Responses 54</p>
<p>Part Two – Goals 61</p>
<p>5 Act 63</p>
<p>6 Visualization 72</p>
<p>7 Language and Behaviour 87</p>
<p>8 Appropriate Goal Setting for Recovering High–FFs 98</p>
<p>Part Three – Execution 107</p>
<p>9 Strategy and Tactics 109</p>
<p>10 Judgement and Ideas 123</p>
<p>11 Managing the Process 132</p>
<p>What s Stopping You?</p>
<p>Part Four – People 149</p>
<p>12 Self–esteem 151</p>
<p>13 Dealing with the Boss 163</p>
<p>14 Progress as an Employee 172</p>
<p>15 Networking and Interviews 181</p>
<p>16 Leadership 194</p>
<p>Part Five – Me Inc. 209</p>
<p>17 The High–FF Entrepreneur 211</p>
<p>18 Alternative Paths for the High–FF 220</p>
<p>Conclusion – The Point of Recovery 233</p>
<p>Seven Steps to Navigating Fear of Failure 241</p>
<p>Bibliography 247</p>
<p>About Robert Kelsey 253</p>
<p>Index 255</p>
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