Succeed On Your Own Terms Lessons From Top Achievers Around the World on Developing Your Unique Potential

by Greenberg, Herb; Sweeney, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9780071445344
• ISBN10: 007144534X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-06
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

WHAT MAKES TOP ACHIEVERS SUCCESSFUL?Is it more energy? Luck? Drive? Focus? Vision? These are some of the questions answered in Herb Greenberg and Patrick Sweeney's illuminating book, Succeed on Your Own Terms.Greenberg and Sweeney spent two years traveling in more than two dozen countries interviewing some of the world's most accomplished individuals - includingrenowned architect Michael Graves; Chief Financial Officer of Dun and Bradstreet, Sara Mathew; former Dallas Cowboy Roger Staubach; legendary civil rights advocate Congressman John Lewis; actor Ben Vereen; Holocaust survivor Samuel Pisar; President of Home Depot Canada, Annette Verschuren; mountain climber Rebecca Stephens; the shortest NBA player of all time, Muggsy Bogues; Senator Barbara Boxer; cancer survivor Janet Lasley; and Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie.Through in-depth interviews and results from a comprehensive personality assessment, the authors uncover the defining qualities that set each of these remarkable individuals apart.These inspiring individuals exemplify 19 defining qualities that can drive your success, such as* Optimism * Resilience * Empathy * Persuasiveness * Courage * Perseverance * Willingness to Take Risks * Creativity * Competitiveness * Confidence * Self-AwarenessAnd you'll learn how to identify these qualities in yourself by taking a free, in-depth personality assessment that can help you discover your unique potential and strengths. Then you will be poised to seek out situations that play to your natural abilities, recognize your defining moments and seize opportunities to succeed on your own terms.

Author Biography

Herb Greenberg, Ph.D., is the president and CEO of Caliper, a world-leading management assessment and consulting firm with thirteen offices worldwide.

Harold Weinstein, is COO of Caliper and an active consultant.

Patrick Sweeney is executive vice president of Caliper.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xiii
Knowing Where You're Going and Defining Success	p. 1
You've Got to Know Where You Are to Know Where You're Going	p. 3
First You Have to Define Success	p. 16
Tapping Into Your Defining Qualities	p. 25
Profiles of Those Who Have Succeeded on Their Own Terms	p. 39
Perseverance	p. 41
Goal-Oriented	p. 56
Self-Awareness	p. 63
Resilience	p. 70
Willingness to Take a Risk	p. 78
Thriving on Pressure	p. 85
Optimism	p. 91
Empathy	p. 99
Competitiveness	p. 105
Patience	p. 110
Persuasiveness	p. 117
Confidence	p. 124
Passion	p. 129
Integrity	p. 135
Trust	p. 143
Having Fun	p. 149
Being Open	p. 154
Creativity	p. 161
Courage	p. 169
Lessons in Success: What They Discovered About Themselves Along the Way	p. 179
Knowing Yourself	p. 181
Focus on What You Have Rather Than What You Don't	p. 181
Always Play Like You're Trying Out for the Team	p. 183
Be Who You Are Right Now	p. 185
Pursue Something That Is Completely and Totally Interesting to You	p. 187
Embrace Your Roots	p. 189
Customize Yourself	p. 191
Respond From the Heart When Disaster Strikes	p. 196
Understand Your Past So That You Can Create Your Future	p. 199
Be True to Your Convictions	p. 202
Look in the Mirror and Be Able to Say, "I Did the Right Thing"	p. 203
Know What You Stand For	p. 205
Sometimes You Just Have to Quit and Start Over	p. 207
Don't Let Others Define You	p. 209
Reinvent Yourself	p. 211
Accept Your Own Challenges	p. 213
When You Get Sick of What You're Doing, Stop Doing It	p. 216
Knowing the World Around You	p. 219
Challenge the Status Quo	p. 219
Admit When You've Made a Mistake, Then Turn the Situation Around	p. 220
Realize When You're Lucky and Grab Your Opportunity	p. 222
Find Something That No One Else Is Doing and Make It Yours	p. 225
Develop the Strength of Your Own Voice	p. 227
Don't Leave Your Past Behind	p. 229
Know How to Retire	p. 233
Assert Yourself	p. 234
Surround Yourself with the Right People	p. 236
Set Your Watch for Now	p. 237
Don't Take It Personally	p. 239
Don't Be Afraid to Be First	p. 241
Defy the Odds	p. 244
Defining Moments, Lessons, and Qualities and What They All Mean	p. 247
Recognizing Your Defining Moment (Before It's in the Rearview Mirror)	p. 249
Having a Lesson for Your Children	p. 266
What Does It All Mean?	p. 270
How to Discover Your Own Defining Qualities	p. 276
Acknowledgments	p. 281
Bibliography	p. 283
Index	p. 285
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