| Description |
xvi, 294 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-284) and index. |
| Summary |
The founder of one of the world's leading consulting firms offers the benefit of his wisdom, urging competitiveness, self-discipline, and a positive self-image as the keys to success while offering profiles of and interviews with successful people as evidence that his theories are accurate. A proven system for discovering and developing your "success attributes" Self-discipline, Competitiveness. And a positive sense of one's self. According to Herb Greenberg, founder of the worldleading consulting firm Caliper, these traits make up the "psychology of a winner." Blind since birth, Greenberg's inspiring journey toward Caliper's creation taught him that the secret to success lies in the ability to identify one's unique strengths, and then tap into them. Succeeding on Your Own Terms helps you pinpoint your unique winning abilities and transform them into business and career success. Built around the personality profile designed by Caliper to assess the personality traits of clients worldwide, this book features: Step-by-step guidelines to help you conduct your own psychological assessment tests Strategies for using the results to discover your own strengths, and parlay them into extraordinary success detailed profiles and interviews with three dozen recognized top achievers in a wide variety of professional fields. Real-life success stories to live by and learn from renowned for its phenomenal success in analyzing a person's strengths and weaknesses, Herb Greenberg's Caliper profile has been used by more than 2 million employees. Now Greenberg brings the power of that profile to readers who want to maximize their own strengths for success. Through analysis of and interviews with a wide range of successful people, as well as an in-depth profile readers can take, Succeeding on Your Own Terms helps readers harness personal "defining qualities" to create outstanding career and life success. This book features: Fascinating in-depth profiles of and interviews with Roger Staubach, Senator Barbara Boxer, David Oreck, Ben Vereen, and many others from the worlds of entertainment, sports and business. Includes a personality profile designed by the experts at Caliper to help readers assess their own defining success qualities; Greenberg's consulting services have been used by major corporations including FedEx and Wal Mart. |
| Contents |
Knowing where you're going and defining success: You've got to know where you are to know where you're going; First you have to define success; Tapping into your defining qualities -- Profiles of those who have succeeded on their own terms: Perseverance; Goal-oriented; Self-awareness; Resilience; Willingness to take a risk; Thriving on pressure; Optimism; Empathy; Competitiveness; Patience; Persuasiveness; Confidence; Passion; Integrity; Trust; Having fun; Being open; Creativity; Courage -- Lessons in success, what they discovered about themselves along the way: Knowing yourself; Knowing the world around you -- Defining moments, lessons, and qualities and what they all mean: Recognizing your defining moment, before it's in the rearview mirror; Having a lesson for your children; What does it all mean?; How to discover your own defining qualities. |
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Success.
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Success -- Case studies.
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Achievement.
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Personality.
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| Added Author |
Sweeney, Patrick, 1952-
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| ISBN |
007144534X alkaline paper |
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9780071445344 alkaline paper |
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