Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
A Rice University social scientist teaches you to rethink what you need to succeed, and do more with what you already have, in this counterintuitive, evidence-based guide to changing the way you work and live.
Stretch identifies key ways for people and organizations to work beyond their resources to achieve higher performance. Based on in-depth research in psychology and management, Scott Sonenshein shows how to accomplish goals, find professional and personal success, and live a richer life.
Two different mindsets drive achievement, creativity, and innovation: "stretching" and "chasing."Stretchers embrace what they have, finding unconventional ways to use resources already at hand. A competitor is someone who improves your own work; a floundering brand becomes a trendy; and forgotten workers become star employees.Chasers get trapped in convention. They mindlessly accept other people s definitions of resources and often feel they are missing what they need to succeed. Sonenshein teaches a four-part framework that activates the stretching potential we all have but may not fully recognize:
- Diversify experiences.
- Act immediately without overplanning.
- Expect the positive.
- Build unique combinations.
Sonenshein reveals that while we rarely have all we think we need, we usually have more than we imagine. Whether leading organizations, launching careers, or raising families, Stretch teaches us how to achieve more by acting resourcefully at work and beyond.
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Synopsis
A GROUNDBREAKING APPROACH
TO SUCCEEDING IN BUSINESS
AND LIFE, USING THE SCIENCE
OF RESOURCEFULNESS
Weoften thinkthe key to success and satisfaction
is to get more: more money, time, and
possessions; bigger budgets, job titles, and teams;
and additional resources for our professional and
personal goals. It turns out we re wrong.
Using captivating stories to illustrate research
in psychology and management, Rice University
professor Scott Sonenshein examines why some
people and organizations succeed with so little,
while others fail with so much.
People and organizations approach resources
in two different ways: chasing and stretching.
When chasing, we exhaust ourselves in the pursuit
of more. When stretching, we embrace the resources
we already have. This frees us to find creative and
productive ways to solve problems, innovate, and
engage our work and lives more fully.
Stretch
shows why everyone from executives
to entrepreneurs, professionals to parents, athletes
to artists performs better with constraints; why
seeking too many resources undermines our work
and well-being; and why even those with a lot
benefit from making the most out of a little.
Drawing from examples in business, education,
sports, medicine, and history, Scott Sonenshein
advocates a powerful framework of resourcefulness
that allows anybody to work and live better.
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Synopsis
A groundbreaking approach to succeeding in business and life, using the science of resourcefulness.
Weoften think the key to success and satisfaction is to get more: more money, time, and possessions; bigger budgets, job titles, and teams; and additional resources for our professional and personal goals. It turns out we re wrong.
Using captivating stories to illustrate research in psychology and management, Rice University professor Scott Sonenshein examines why some people and organizations succeed with so little, while others fail with so much.
People and organizations approach resources in two different ways: chasing and stretching. When chasing, we exhaust ourselves in the pursuit of more. When stretching, we embrace the resources we already have. This frees us to find creative and productive ways to solve problems, innovate, and engage our work and lives more fully.
Stretch
shows why everyone from executives to entrepreneurs, professionals to parents, athletes to artists performs better with constraints; why seeking too many resources undermines our work and well-being; and why even those with a lot benefit from making the most out of a little.
Drawing from examples in business, education, sports, medicine, and history, Scott Sonenshein advocates a powerful framework of resourcefulness that allows anybody to work and live better.
"
Synopsis
Wall Street Journal Bestseller
A groundbreaking approach to succeeding in business and life, using the science of resourcefulness.
We often think the key to success and satisfaction is to get more: more money, time, and possessions; bigger budgets, job titles, and teams; and additional resources for our professional and personal goals. It turns out we're wrong.
Using captivating stories to illustrate research in psychology and management, Rice University professor Scott Sonenshein examines why some people and organizations succeed with so little, while others fail with so much.
People and organizations approach resources in two different ways: "chasing" and "stretching." When chasing, we exhaust ourselves in the pursuit of more. When stretching, we embrace the resources we already have. This frees us to find creative and productive ways to solve problems, innovate, and engage our work and lives more fully.
Stretch shows why everyone--from executives to entrepreneurs, professionals to parents, athletes to artists--performs better with constraints; why seeking too many resources undermines our work and well-being; and why even those with a lot benefit from making the most out of a little.
Drawing from examples in business, education, sports, medicine, and history, Scott Sonenshein advocates a powerful framework of resourcefulness that allows anybody to work and live better.