You Already Know How to Be Great A Simple Way to Remove Interference and Unlock Your Greatest Potential

by Fine, Alan; Merrill, Rebecca R.

• ISBN13: 9781591843559
• ISBN10: 1591843553
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-14
• Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover

Summary

A bold new approach to performance by one of the top coaches in the country. In trying to improve-on the playing field, In the office, or even at home-most people seek out new information to get To The next level. They read a book, attend a class, or hire an expert to give them an edge. But Alan Fine, An accomplished tennis, golf, and executive coach and a renowned authority on peak performance, believes that this 'outside-in' method is precisely what's holding you back from doing your best work. He's found the biggest obstacle to improved performance isn't not knowing what to do; it's thinking too hard about what you already know. The tips and tools designed to help you get ahead can actually interfere with your ability to focus. Fine reveals his simple and proven approach to achieving breakthrough performance. it starts with reducing the interference that blocks your potential through an amazing process called G.R.O.W. (Goal, Reality, Options, Way Forward). No matter who you are or what you do, You Already Know How to Be Great will help you eliminate what is standing in the way of your goals.

Author Biography

Alan Fine is president of InsideOut Development, which offers training programs, executive coaching, and organizational consulting. His powerful approach to performance improvement has been adopted by some of the world's most respected organizations in an array of industries including IBM, NASA, Honeywell, Procter & Gamble, GAP, and Coca Cola. Fine lives in Utah.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Up Front	p. xiii
Paradigm and Principle
A Blinding Glimpse of the Obvious	p. 3
Why gaining more knowledge is not necessarily the key to being a better manager, leader, employee, parent, or individual performer
The Nature of Performance	p. 16
The three innate elements of top performance that facilitate the use of knowledge (Faith, Fire, and Focus) and how you can unleash them
Getting Rid of Interference	p. 36
What's getting in the way of breakthrough performance and how to remove it
Process
Creating Focus Through "Grow"	p. 51
A simple process to create focus, improve Decision VelocityÖ, and improve performance in any area of life
Coaching for Breakthrough	p. 68
How to "coach" employees, athletes, children, students, and others for breakthrough performance
Coaching for Engagement	p. 103
How to engage unwilling performers in performance improvement
Inside-out in Teams and Organizations	p. 139
How inside-out can improve performance in all kinds of teams and at every level of the organization
Practice
"How Do I Use This? Let Me Count the Ways..."	p. 163
How others have applied the inside-out approach in a wide variety of situations
What Do You Do When...?	p. 186
Answers to some frequently asked questions
The Faith Behind the Focus and the Fire	p. 202
Why I'm so passionate about the inside-out approach
Appendixes	p. 207
Acknowledgments	p. 221
Notes	p. 223
Index	p. 227
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