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

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Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1 Seeing Success in a Magic Moment; Chapter 1 Magic Moments; My Perfect Day; Your Perfect Day; The Explanation; The Discovery; The Magic Moment; Creating Contentment; Opening Yourself Up to a Magic Moment; Chapter 2 A Goal You Can Commit To; Understanding Goals; Goal Setting: Make an Adaptive Plan; Chapter 3 Controlling Your Environment; Understanding Your Environment; Are You Rationalizing Your Environment?; Creating an Environment Conducive to Your Success; The Relationship Between Goals and Environment; Chapter 4 The Winner's Attitude. Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1 Seeing Success in a Magic Moment Chapter 1 Magic Moments My Perfect Day Your Perfect Day The Explanation The Discovery The Magic Moment Creating Contentment Opening Yourself Up to a Magic Moment Chapter 2 A Goal You Can Commit To Understanding Goals Goal Setting: Make an Adaptive Plan Chapter 3 Controlling Your Environment Understanding Your Environment Are You Rationalizing Your Environment? Creating an Environment Conducive to Your Success The Relationship Between Goals and Environment Chapter 4 The Winner's Attitude. Protect Your MindResults, Behavior, and Perspective, Meet Focus, Persistence, and Openness Put It All Together Part 2 Reinforcing the Winner's Attitude Through the Three Perspectives Chapter 5 Functional, Social, and Political Let's Rewire Your Brain Understand the Three Perspectives An Example of the Three Levels at Work Magic Moment Recap Chapter 6 Functional Excellence: Overused, Yet Never Enough Functional Problems Can Be Solved with More / Better / Faster / Smarter / Harder Looking at the Functional Perspective from the Corner Office Master Functional Competence. Functional Competence Versus Intellectual AbilityUse More / Better / Faster / Smarter / Harder to Create Magic Moments Functional Perspective Addiction Chapter 7 Social Excellence-Now We're Getting Somewhere Learn to Interpret Broaden Your Focus The Social Perspective: Solving Your Problems with a Handshake Make Sure Your Goals Are Mutually Agreed Upon Make the Shift from Functional to Social Find the Balancing Point Use Active Adaptation to Hone Your Goals Concentrate on the How in Addition to the What Five Elements of Communicating "More Perfectly." From Functional to Social: It's a Perspective Thing First, a Behavioral Thing SecondChapter 8 Political Excellence: The Price of Self-Determination The Moral Imperative: Politics Can Never Be a Substitute for Good Work Controlling the Frame Mastering the Mind-Set Understand the Cost of Engaging Understand the Cost of Opting Out Politics Is a Perspective Engage Politically Orchestrate Your Own Success Control the Frame in a Group Setting Resistance to Politics Practical Strategies for Introducing a Political Perspective Summary of the Only Rule About Politics Conclusion Index A. BC D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W.