Synopses & Reviews
Finding the courage to embrace change and take chances is the only way to succeed.
Business, culture, and competitive landscapes have fundamentally changed, but basic principles and best practices for succeeding and future-proofing both yourself and your organization havent. With a mix of compelling stories, research from the social sciences and psychology, and real-world insights, Make Change Work for You shows readers how to reignite their career, rekindle their creativity, and fearlessly innovate their way to success by providing the tools needed to master uncertainty and conquer every challenge theyll face in life or business.
Make Change Work for You opens with an overview of the most common factors that lead to self-defeating behaviors, including fear of failure, embarrassment, underperformance, rejection, confrontation, isolation, and change itself.
Using a simple four-part model, Steinberg guides readers to understand and better respond to the challenges that change can bring. He shows readers how to develop the vital personal and professional skills required to triumph in the new normal” by understanding and engaging in the 10 new habits that highly successful people share:
1. Play the Odds
2. Embrace Tomorrow Today
3. Seek Constant Motion
4. Lead, Dont Follow
5. Never Stop Learning
6. Create Competitive Advantage
7. Connect the Dots
8. Pick Your Battles
9. Set and Align Your Priorities
10. Always Create Value
Review
One of the greatest barriers to progress is fear—of failure, rejection, embarrassment, uncertainty, and confrontation. With actionable advice and empowering examples,
Make Change Work for You provides the tools we need to succeed in the face of our fears.”
--Adam Grant, Wharton professor and author of Give and Take
“Practical, hands-on, and powerful, Scott isnt afraid to talk about being afraid and how it keeps us down.”
--Seth Godin, author of The Icarus Deception
“This powerful, practical book is loaded with proven strategies to build your self-confidence, become more innovative, and unlock your creativity.”
--Brian Tracy, bestselling author, The Power of Self-Confidence
“A must-read for any working professional—provides the new formula for finding lasting success in your career.”
--Dan Schawbel,author of Promote Yourself
“An eye-opening read that will change the way you look at business. Start competing for tomorrow . . . today.”
--Brian Solis, digital analyst and anthropologist, author of Whats the Future of Business
“Provides a more personal and practical formula for innovation thats just the prescription for executives looking to break through to the next level.”
--Marty Yudkovitz, retired head of strategic innovation, The Walt Disney Company
“Steinberg provides a one-of-a-kind formula for evolution and growth in an age of constant change. His paradoxical findings, from numerous interviews and research: we deal best with change when we use the tools of both change and constancy, changing ourselves and yet remaining constant in our application of what he calls the F.E.A.R. model—focus, engage, assess, react. Its an eye-opening read.”
--Richard Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute
“Provides powerful new insights into the nature of creativity and personal growth . . .”
--Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and author of Finding the Next Steve Jobs
“Charles Darwin said those who survive are those who adapt. Make Change Work for You is a must-read for those who want to survive in our rapidly changing world. Clear. Concise. Practical.”
--Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association
Synopsis
Read Heidi Grant Halvorson's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. Just in time for New Year's resolutions, learn how to reach your goals-finally-by overcoming the many hurdles that have defeated you before.
Most of us have no idea why we fail to reach our goals. Now Dr. Heidi Grant Halvorson, a rising star in the field of social psychology shows us how to overcome the hurdles that have defeated us before.
Dr. Grant Halvorson offers insights-many surprising-that readers can use immediately, including how to:
• Set a goal so that you will persist even in the face of adversity
• Build willpower, which can be strengthened like a muscle
• Avoid the kind of positive thinking that makes people fail
The strategies outlined in this book will not only help everyone reach their own goals but will also prove invaluable to parents, teachers, coaches, and employers. Dr. Grant Halvorson shows readers a new approach to problem solving that will change the way they approach their entire lives.
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About the Author
Scott Steinberg is among todays leading business strategists and strategic innovation consultants, as seen in 600+ outlets, from CNN to
Time and
The Wall Street Journal. The CEO of management consulting and market research firm TechSavvy Global, he helps clients create value and cultivate competitive advantage on the back of emerging trends. A top-rated keynote speaker, popular author, and futurist, he provides presentations and training workshops at events, meetings and conferences.
Among todays most-quoted industry experts, as seen by more than one billion people worldwide, Scotts more than ten-year track record for accurately predicting business and consumer trends has made him a fixture in mainstream media. He has been a featured guest or contributor to programs on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, ESPN, and MTV, and has been columnist on change and innovation for Fast Company, Rolling Stone, and The Huffington Post.
His recent books include the award-winning Business Experts Guidebook and The Crowdfunding Bible.