Lifestorming Creating Meaning and Achievement in Your Career and Life
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Alan Weiss is an acclaimed consultant, speaker, and author. His consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc., has attracted clients that include more than 500 leading organizations. He has published more than 500 articles and 60 books, including the bestselling Million Dollar Consulting.
Marshall Goldsmith is an executive coach and business educator. His mission is to help successful leaders achieve positive, lasting change in behavior; for themselves, their people, and their teams. He is the author or coauthor of Triggers, What Got You Here Won't Get You There, and Mojo, among others.
<i>"Lifestorming is well-written and very informative. These lessons have an instant impact and will definitely help you grow professionally and personally." </i> (The Association of MBAs, June 2017)
Lifestorming is the indispensably practical handbook for becoming the person you want to be. Redesign your life, friends, behaviors, and beliefs to move closer to your goals every single day, guided by expert insight and deep introspection. Written by a veteran author team behind almost 100 books on human behavior, this guide helps you learn why you do things the way you do them, and how to do them better. The Lifestorming Test allows you to assess your current state in concrete terms, and assess your ability to change and adapt — from there, it's about identifying people, actions, habits, and beliefs that either support your personal and professional growth or hold you back. You'll learn the six building blocks of character, challenge your belief system, develop a leadership mindset, and overcome the fear and guilt of success. You'll map out an action plan, and learn how to continually move forward at work, at home, and in everyday life.
We often don't realize how much of our natural default is established by others. Whose goals are you working toward? Are you measuring your progress with the correct yardstick? This book shows you how to take a step back and compare your life today with the future you want — and build a plan for changing track toward constant evolution and growth.
- Assess your current state and your capacity for change
- Develop the right goals and the right metrics to create the future you want
- Learn how character evolves, and why it's essential to growth
- Change your habits and behaviors to consistently grow and evolve
We all carry around old baggage, obsolete "friendships", and counterproductive beliefs — and every day, they pull us a little further away from what we really want. Lifestorming is your real-world guide to shedding the stagnation, and allowing yourself to grow into the person you want to become.
Introduction ix
Chapter 1 Setting Our Own Aspirations 1
How We Can Become Programmed 1
An Evolutionary Journey 4
Applying the Right Criteria 8
The Impossible Dream 10
Life’s Detours 13
Chapter 2 The Importance of New Friends 17
Why Old Friends and Old Habits Tend to Stick Together 17
Breaking Out of the “Good Enough” Trap 19
The Best Relationships Grow with Us 20
Watertight Doors 22
Letting Go to Reach Out 25
Why We Halt the Journey 28
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons 32
Chapter 3 Behavioral Metamorphosis 35
Making Deliberate Change 35
Ugly Caterpillars and Uglier Butterflies 40
Metabehavior 43
Aspiration-Appropriate Behavior 48
Chapter 4 Believe It or Not 55
Breaking into the Belief Vault 55
Challenging and Evaluating Your Belief System 60
The Creation of Attitudes for Growth 65
Beliefs Manifest in Behavior 68
Chapter 5 The Importance and Evolution of Character 73
Character’s Composition 73
Character Test 77
Ethical and Moral Behavior 80
A Slow, Steady March 82
The Meaning of Presence 86
Consistency in Turbulent Times 90
Assuming Formal and Informal Leadership 93
Self-Assessment 98
Chapter 6 Critical Abandonment (Knowing When to Hold and When to Fold) 103
The Dynamics of Keeping and of Changing 103
Adjustments and Accommodations 111
GPS and Roadside Assistance 115
Staying the Course 118
Chapter 7 The New You 123
Overcoming Fear 124
Banishing Guilt 128
Ending Shame 131
Maintaining High Self-Worth 133
Gaining and Sustaining Leverage 134
Chapter 8 Sustaining the Journey 141
Growth through Generosity 141
Evolution through Exploration 146
New Dimensions of Relationships 151
Legacy 155
Chapter 9 Self-Mastery: The Lifestorming Field Guide to Your Successful Journey 161
Testing Yourself 163
Index 185
Revamp your life to grow, evolve, and become who you want to be
"In our culture, we are bombarded by messages that essentially say, 'Change! Improve! Get better!' … . Given how overwhelming these messages are, it's tempting to simply shut them out. Who can possibly follow all that advice? But we still give it half an ear because we know, deep down, that we could change for the better, if only we knew how."
FROM THE INTRODUCTION
Lifestorming is your life-changing handbook for transforming your life and becoming the person you want to be! Written by two acclaimed authors and noted executive coaches, this book draws on the lifetime experience and insight of Marshall Goldsmith and Alan Weiss. They show you how to reorder your life and take a giant leap toward achieving your most cherished goals. Admittedly, change is not easy but with Lifestorming in hand you will discover the tools needed to shed your old baggage and get rid of stagnating behaviors to allow yourself to grow in ways you never thought possible.
Lifestorming helps you to get going today on a path that will build your lasting legacy. Get on board and discover the continuing series of positive actions that will not only help you, but also provide a lasting guide for people to use along their own journeys. Lifestorming is about taking on life and enjoying it immensely by contributing to it enormously.
Lifestorming is your practical handbook for becoming the person you want to be! Within these pages you will discover what it takes to redesign your life, friends, behaviors, and beliefs in order to move closer to your goals … every single day. This book offers no quick-fix answer to a profound personal transformation, but change will happen once you become willing to be guided by expert insight and deep introspection. While change is not easy, it is possible, and that's what Lifestorming offers. Lifestorming is the product of veteran authors and acclaimed executive coaches, Marshall Goldsmith and Alan Weiss, who together have a combined output of nearly 100 books on human behavior.
This down-to-earth guide will help you learn not only why you do things the way you do them, but also how to do them better. You will discover a new way to think about your goals why you chose them, how you can achieve them, and (critically) how they can evolve over time to reflect your changing priorities.
Once you take The Lifestorming Test, you will assess your current state in concrete terms, and determine your ability to change and adapt. Then you can purposefully identify the people, actions, habits, and beliefs that either support your personal and professional growth or hold you back from reaching your goals. Goldsmith and Weiss outline the six building blocks of character that will help you to challenge your belief system, develop a leadership mindset, and overcome the stumbling blocks that keep you from success. You'll map out an action plan, and learn how to continually move forward at work, at home, and in everyday life.
We often don't realize how much of our natural default is established by others. Whose goals are you working toward? Are you measuring your progress with the correct yardstick? Lifestorming helps keep your power in your own hands by taking a step back and comparing your life today with the future you want. This essential guide shows you how to build a plan for changing track toward constant evolution and growth.
Lifestorming combines the efforts of two outstanding coaches who draw on their extensive knowledge in a way that can help almost anyone who has a sincere desire to achieve lasting, positive change in behavior.
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Alan Weiss is an acclaimed consultant, speaker, and author. His consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc., has attracted clients that include more than 500 leading organizations. He has published more than 500 articles and 60 books, including the bestselling Million Dollar Consulting.
Marshall Goldsmith is an executive coach and business educator. His mission is to help successful leaders achieve positive, lasting change in behavior; for themselves, their people, and their teams. He is the author or coauthor of Triggers, What Got You Here Won't Get You There, and Mojo, among others.