Why People Fail E-Book

Siimon Reynolds

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 358

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2011

Beschreibung

Silver Medal Winner, Success and Motivation, 2012 Axiom Business Book Awards An essential guide for mastering failure in order to achieve your goals Success is often just a moment--a goal fulfilled, soon to be replaced with new goals. But failure is the ambitious person's constant companion, often dogging us for months, years or even decades before we finally reach our aim. In the groundbreaking book Why People Fail, Siimon Reynolds, one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs, explores the main causes of failure, in any field, and reveals solutions for overcoming them and creating a successful personal and professional life. Why People Fail offers strategies and ideas for defeating the sixteen most common failure habits such as destructive thinking, low productivity, stress, fixed mindset, lack of daily rituals, and more. * Outlines the common habits that lead to failure and shows how to overcome them * Features dozens of tips and exercises to help increase business and personal success * Written by Siimon Reynolds, an internationally recognized expert on high performance and business excellence Many people have changed their lives by mastering just one of the timeless principles in this book. Master five or ten and your life will rocket to a totally new level.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

introduction

IF I CAN, YOU CAN

FAILURE LEADS TO SUCCESS

STRATEGY IS IMPORTANT

POWERFUL PRINCIPLES

HOW TO READ THIS BOOK

1 unclear purpose

LIFE PURPOSE

JOB PURPOSE

WEEKLY PURPOSE

THE REMARKABLE RAS

YOUR BRAIN IS YOUR ALLY

TOUGH DECISIONS

2 destructive thinking

DESTRUCTIVE THINKING AFFECTS YOUR HEALTH

DESTRUCTIVE THINKING MAKES YOU WANT TO GIVE IN

THINKING AFFECTS ACTIONS

THE DAILY MIND RITUALS

AFFIRM YOUR SUCCESS

A SYSTEM THAT WORKS

3 low productivity

FROM DISORGANIZED TO PRODUCTIVE

PLAN BEFORE YOU START

CREATE BLOCKS OF TIME TO DO JOBS

THINK 80/20

RUSH UNIMPORTANT TASKS

DELEGATE WHAT ISN’T VITAL

GETTING HELP

4 fixed mindset

FIXED MINDSET

GROWTH MINDSET

YOU CAN LEARN ANYTHING

GROWTH-MINDSET LEADERS

THE RESULTS ARE CLEAR

OVERCOMING CHALLENGES

CHANGING FOR GOOD

A LIFE-CHANGING CONCEPT

5 weak energy

GOOD-QUALITY SLEEP IS CRUCIAL

EXAMINE YOUR DIET

IMPROVE YOUR ENVIRONMENT

EXERCISE

STRETCH

GET DAILY SUNLIGHT

REGULATE YOUR LIFESTYLE

INCREASE MUSIC

REDUCE COFFEE

POSITIVE SELF-TALK

DRINK GREEN PLANTS

BOOST YOUR ENERGY TO SKY-HIGH LEVELS

6 not asking the right questions

AN IMPORTANT EXERCISE

7 poor presentation skills

THE CLASSIC PRESENTATION

VERBAL PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

COMMUNICATE EYE TO EYE

PAUSE. WHEN. YOU. SPEAK.

VARY YOUR VOICE

GET OBJECTIVE FEEDBACK

SEE YOURSELF AS PERFORMING WELL

PRACTICE USING YOUR HANDS

MEMORIZE YOUR START AND FINISH

INCLUDE STORIES

ARRIVE EARLY

STUDY THE GREAT SPEAKERS

ONE STEP AT A TIME

8 mistaking IQ for EQ

PERSONAL COMPETENCE

SOCIAL COMPETENCE

HOW DO YOU SCORE?

IMPROVING YOUR EQ IS WORTH THE TIME

FOCUS FOR A MONTH

9 poor self-image

SELF-IMAGE RULES

YOU GET WHAT YOU EXPECT

ONE-MINUTE TEST

RUNNING OLD PATTERNS

BOOST YOUR SELF-IMAGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY

ACT THE PART

EMULATE YOUR FRIENDS

PICTURE YOUR FUTURE

APPEARANCE AFFECTS FEELINGS

THE POWER OF THE SELF-IMAGE TOOLKIT

10 not enough thinking

A HIGH PRICE TO PAY

IDEAS ARE GOLD

BRAINSTORM REGULARLY

IDEA CREATION TECHNIQUES THAT WORK

CREATIVITY REWARDS EFFORT

TIME FOR PRACTICE

11 no daily rituals

THE MIRACLE OF RITUALS

A SYSTEM CAN HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS

SEVEN EXCELLENT RITUALS

JUST PICK THREE

12 stress

STRESS AFFECTS PERFORMANCE

STRESS AFFECTS RELATIONSHIPS

STRESS INHIBITS YOUR SEX LIFE

STRESS AFFECTS YOUR PROFITS

STRESS AFFECTS EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE

STRESS RELIEVERS

LOWER YOUR STRESS TODAY

13 few relationships

10 BRAINS ARE BETTER THAN ONE

EVERYONE NEEDS FRIENDS

HUMANS AREN’T ISLANDS

THE INNER CIRCLE

THE OUTER CIRCLE

EXPANDING CIRCLES

WORK ON YOUR WORK COLLEAGUES

LITTLE THINGS, BIG RESULTS

A COMMITMENT TO MASTERY

14 lack of persistence

AVOIDING FAILURE

A TWO-STAGE PROCESS

DO A TINY BIT OF YOUR TASK

GET ASSISTANCE

FOCUS ON WHAT REALLY MATTERS

REST

DON’T FORGET TO EXERCISE

REWARD YOURSELF

IT’S NOT LUCK

15 money obsession

THE FACTS ABOUT MONEY

FILLING A VOID

NOT LOVING YOURSELF

DEPENDENT ON OTHERS

HAPPINESS BOOSTERS

A MATTER OF BALANCE

16 not focusing on strengths

THE SPECIALIST ERA

THE GALLUP FINDINGS

KNOW YOUR STRENGTHS

FURTHER KNOWLEDGE

ENVISION A NEW FUTURE

FOUR HOURS IS ENOUGH

BE FLEXIBLE BUT FIRM

GREAT FOR KIDS

NOT JUST FOR YOU

GENUINE LIFE IMPROVEMENT

conclusion

1. UNCLEAR PURPOSE

2. DESTRUCTIVE THINKING

3. LOW PRODUCTIVITY

4. FIXED MINDSET

5. WEAK ENERGY

6. NOT ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

7. POOR PRESENTATION SKILLS

8. MISTAKING IQ FOR EQ

9. POOR SELF-IMAGE

10. NOT ENOUGH THINKING

11. NO DAILY RITUALS

12. STRESS

13. FEW RELATIONSHIPS

14. LACK OF PERSISTENCE

15. MONEY OBSESSION

16. NOT FOCUSING ON STRENGTHS

A FORMULA FOR CHANGE

COMMIT TO YOUR EVOLUTION

recommended reading

acknowledgments

the author

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Reynolds, Siimon.

 Why people fail : the 16 obstacles to success and how you can overcome them / Siimon Reynolds.

p. cm.

 Includes bibliographical references.

 ISBN 978-1-118-10617-4 (hardback); ISBN 978-1-118-16374-0 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-118-12903-6 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-12904-3 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-12905-0 (ebk)

 1. Failure (Psychology) 2. Success–Psychological aspects. I. Title.

 BF575.F14R49 2012

 158–dc23

2011029151

To my family: Tom, Jennifer, Guy, Hat, and Sam.

Thank you for a lifetime of love and support.

introduction

There are thousands of books on success. But very few on failure.

Yet mastering failure is surely a vital step in achieving your aims, hopes, and dreams.

After all, success is often just a moment—a goal fulfilled, soon to be replaced with new goals. But failure is the ambitious person’s constant companion, often dogging us for months, years, or even decades before we finally reach our aim.

We need to understand and conquer failure if we are ever to master success. You’d never know it from our education system. At school we’re taught geography, history, mathematical formulas, and obscure scientific facts never to be used for the rest of our lives, yet how many of us, in all our years of formal learning, were ever taught how to overcome obstacles to any goal? Surely this is more important than all the other traditional school subjects put together.

Indeed, that is precisely what this book is about. In it I explore all the main causes of failure, in any field, and reveal solutions for overcoming them and creating a successful, happy life.

But who am I to be writing about this?

IF I CAN, YOU CAN

I wish I could say I was born a success, but the truth is vastly different. I performed very poorly at school. So poorly, in fact, that I remember several times my school principal hinted that I had little future there. I recall that at the bottom of one of my end-of-year report cards he even wrote, “If things do not improve, I think that Siimon had better leave the school.” Ouch.