Marshall Goldsmith; Mark Reiter. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful (pp. 134-164). Profile Books, 2013. A Brief History of Feedback Feedback has always been with us, ever since the first man
Self Disputation Martin E. Seligman. Learned Optimism. Chapter 12: The Optimistic Life. First Vintage Books, 2006. pp. 207-234. Notes and Highlights The ABCs KATIE HAS BEEN on a strict diet for two weeks. Tonight after work she goes out for
Judging others Excerpt From Sally Helgesen, How Women Rise, Random House Business pp. 225-26 While you’re reexamining these attitudes, you might also want to jettison your critique of how “political” your colleagues and bosses are, often and especially including the
Martin E. Seligman. Learned Optimism. Vintage Books, 2006. pp 3-10 THE FATHER is looking down into the crib at his sleeping newborn daughter, just home from the hospital. … The baby opens her eyes and stares straight up. The father
The Engaging Questions Marshall Goldsmith; Mark Reiter. Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts–Becoming the Person You Want to Be, The Crown Publishing Group, Crown Business 2015. pp. 111-120. We initiated a study, with the steady stream of participants in my leadership
THE WASTE OF FREE TIME Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow, The Classic Work on How to Achieve Happiness. Rider, 2002, pp. 162-163. Although, as we have seen, people generally long to leave their places of work and get home, ready to put
The Elevator Pitch How do you start taking responsibility for assuring your work gets noticed? How do you draw attention to what you contribute without feeling like a self-centered jerk? You might start by articulating a vision of where you
Overvaluing Expertise Excerpts from: Sally Helgesen, How Women Rise, Random House Business Books, 2019 (pp. 86-92) Trying to master every detail of your job in order to become an expert is a great strategy for keeping the job you have.
Habit 1: Reluctance to Claim Your Achievements Excerpts from: Sally Helgesen, How Women Rise, Random House Business Books, 2019 (pp. 63-75) Several years ago, the author spent days interviewing senior female partners in accounting, law, consulting, and investment firms. She
Marshall Goldsmith; Mark Reiter. The Earned Life: Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment (Currency 2022, pp.15-34). One of Peter Drucker’s valedictory insights before he died at age ninety-five in 2005 said as much: In a few hundred years, when the history of