Kelsey What's Stopping You?

Why Smart People Don't Always Reach Their Potential and How You Can
2. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-85708-336-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten, E-Book

A practical guide to attacking the most common of phobias: fearof failure
A practical guide to attacking the most common of phobias: fearof failure Since its publication in 2011, What's StoppingYou? has offered readers a hard look at the quality of theircareers and personal lives. For those who'd give themselves a solid"C+", this brutally honest guide to taking stock also offers thekeys to self-improvement. By dismantling the fear inhibiting allachievement--fear of failure--author Robert Kelsey offersa set of seven steps designed to help readers map out theiractions, and attain what once seemed elusive milestones.
Written for the frustrated underachiever or anyone who feelslike one, this unique book addresses can the real obstacleshindering both professional and personal growth.
* Includes a new chapter with tactics for overcoming a fear offailure
* Explores methods for dealing with different types of people ina host of situations, such as getting a new job, pitching for newwork, making presentations, or communicating clearly in anargument
With a Foreword by one of Britain's most successful businessman,Luke Johnson, this unique handbook to overcoming the most basic offears is a must for anyone who would like to upgrade the quality oftheir life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kelsey, Robert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Second Edition ix
Foreword by Luke Johnson xiii
Introduction 1
Part One - What is Stopping You? 9
1 Fear 11
2 External Responses 28
3 Failure as a Positive Experience 43
4 Producing Better Responses 54
Part Two - Goals 61
5 Act 63
6 Visualization 72
7 Language and Behaviour 87
8 Appropriate Goal Setting for Recovering High-FFs 98
Part Three - Execution 107
9 Strategy and Tactics 109
10 Judgement and Ideas 123
11 Managing the Process 132
What's Stopping You?
Part Four - People 149
12 Self-esteem 151
13 Dealing with the Boss 163
14 Progress as an Employee 172
15 Networking and Interviews 181
16 Leadership 194
Part Five - Me Inc. 209
17 The High-FF Entrepreneur 211
18 Alternative Paths for the High-FF 220
Conclusion - The Point of Recovery 233
Seven Steps to Navigating Fear of Failure 241
Bibliography 247
About Robert Kelsey 253
Index 255