Super Staying Power: What You Need to Become Valuable and Resilient at Work

by Seiden, Jason

• ISBN13: 9780071637169
• ISBN10: 0071637168
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-24
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Super Staying Poweris a must-read for anyone looking.to learn the innovative strategies needed to make.themselves indispensible in a difficult business environment..Readers learn how to stand out and shine at.work by learning self-evaluation, and how to play up.their strengths to make their companies realize their.value. .From writing steller performance reviews to directing.behind-closed-doors management meetings, both the.employed and unemployed learn how to make themselves.indispensable in their careers. Readers study the.key words and phrases to use when talking about their.own skills and ways to enhance their professional presentation.that lead to promotion and job security.

Author Biography

Jason Seiden offers courses on leadership and.negotiations and has appeared on CNN, CNBC, and FOX TV..He also co-owns foundyourcareer.com, an online course for.early-career job seekers.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Seeing Success in a Magic Moment	p. 19
Magic Moments	p. 25
My Perfect Day	p. 25
Your Perfect Day	p. 29
The Explanation	p. 29
The Discovery	p. 30
The Magic Moment	p. 33
Creating Contentment	p. 33
Opening Yourself Up to a Magic Moment	p. 34
A Goal You Can Commit To	p. 35
Understanding Goals	p. 35
Goal Setting: Make an Adaptive Plan	p. 45
Controlling Your Environment	p. 51
Understanding Your Environment	p. 51
Are You Rationalizing Your Environment?	p. 53
Creating An Environment Conducive to Your Success	p. 58
The Relationship Between Goals and Environment	p. 63
The Winner's Attitude	p. 67
	p. 67
Results, Behavior, and Perspective, Meet Focus, Persistence, and Openness	p. 72
Put It All Together	p. 78
Reinforcing the Winner's Attitude Through the Three Perspectives	p. 81
Functional, Social, and Political	p. 89
Let's Rewire Your Brain	p. 89
Understand the Three Perspectives	p. 93
An Example of the Three Levels at Work	p. 95
Magic Moment Recap	p. 97
Functional Excellence: Overused, Yet Never Enough	p. 99
Functional Problems Can Be Solved with More / Better / Faster / Smarter / Harder	p. 100
Looking at the Functional Perspective from the Corner Office	p. 101
Master Functional Competence	p. 104
Use More / Better / Faster / Smarter / Harder to Create Magic Moments	p. 107
Functional Perspective Addiction	p. 111
Social Excellence -Now We're Getting Somewhere	p. 119
Learn to Interpret	p. 120
Broaden Your Focus	p. 122
The Social Perspective: Solving Your Problems with a Handshake	p. 123
Make Sure Your Goals are Mutually Agreed Upon	p. 127
Make the Shift from Functional to Social	p. 129
Find the Balancing Point	p. 133
Use Active Adaptation to Hone Your Goals	p. 134
Concentrate on the How in Addition to the What	p. 140
Five Elements of Communicating "More Perfectly"	p. 141
From Functional to Social: It's a Perspective Thing First, a Behavioral Thing Second	p. 147
Political Excellence: The Price of Self-Determination	p. 151
	p. 152
Controlling the Frame	p. 152
Mastering the Mind-Set	p. 153
Understand the Cost of Engaging	p. 154
Understand the Cost of Opting Out	p. 156
Politics is a Perspective	p. 158
Engage Politically	p. 160
Orchestrate Your Own Success	p. 161
Control the Frame in a Group Setting	p. 162
Resistance to Politics	p. 164
Practical Strategies for Introducing a Political Perspective	p. 167
Summary of the Only Rule About Politics	p. 173
Conclusion	p. 177
Index	p. 191
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