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The power to get things done : (whether you feel like it or not) / Steve Levinson, PhD, and Chris Cooper.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : A Perigee Book, [2015]Edition: First editionDescription: xiv, 191 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780399175848
  • 0399175849
Subject(s):
Contents:
Part One : Why It's So Hard to Follow Through -- Chapter 1 : Why Motivation Isn't Enough -- Chapter 2 : Ugh! The Work You Don't Feel Like Doing -- Chapter 3 : Special Follow-Through Challenges for Business Owners -- Part Two : From Trying Harder to Trying Smarter -- Chapter 4 : Making the Shift -- Chapter 5 : Taking Your Intentions Seriously -- Chapter 6 : How to Give Your Intentions All the Power They Need -- Part Three : Smart Strategies for Getting Things Done -- Chapter 7 : Turn Up the Heat -- Chapter 8 : Detoxify Dreaded Tasks -- Chapter 9 : Buy Follow-Through Help -- Part Four : How to Keep On Keeping On -- Chapter 10 : Keys to Maintaining Follow-Through Mastery.
Summary: "Whether you run your own business or work for someone else, you've probably got a lot on your plate. Along with the portion of your work that you truly feel like doing comes a generous helping of things you'd rather not do. As consultants, Steve Levinson and Chris Cooper have seen countless clients struggle--and often fail--to do the many success-producing things they know they should do but don't feel like doing. The Power to Get Things Done will teach you how to consistently turn your good intentions into action so that you can be as successful as possible in the work you do. Don't feel like filing those pesky tax forms or making the follow-up calls you've been putting off? The Power to Get Things Done will show you how to get yourself--and keep yourself--in gear, "--Amazon.com.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 158.1 L665 Available 33111008365369
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A psychologist and work coach collaborate on a "cheat sheet" of practical ways to turn good intentions into action.

Whether you run your own business or work for someone else, you've probably got a lot on your plate. Unfortunately, much of it may not be all that appetizing. Along with the portion of your work that you truly feel like doing comes a generous helping of things you'd rather not do. As consultants, Steve Levinson and Chris Cooper have seen countless clients struggle--and often fail--to do the many success-producing things they know they should do but don't feel like doing.


The Power to Get Things Done will teach readers how to consistently turn good intentions into action so that they can be as successful as possible in the work they do . . . whether or not they feel like filing tax forms and making follow-up calls. The book offers a host of practical solutions including- the correct way to think about and treat good intentions, the three key principles of following through and simple but powerful principles and strategies that will make it easy for readers to solve big problems quickly.

Part One : Why It's So Hard to Follow Through -- Chapter 1 : Why Motivation Isn't Enough -- Chapter 2 : Ugh! The Work You Don't Feel Like Doing -- Chapter 3 : Special Follow-Through Challenges for Business Owners -- Part Two : From Trying Harder to Trying Smarter -- Chapter 4 : Making the Shift -- Chapter 5 : Taking Your Intentions Seriously -- Chapter 6 : How to Give Your Intentions All the Power They Need -- Part Three : Smart Strategies for Getting Things Done -- Chapter 7 : Turn Up the Heat -- Chapter 8 : Detoxify Dreaded Tasks -- Chapter 9 : Buy Follow-Through Help -- Part Four : How to Keep On Keeping On -- Chapter 10 : Keys to Maintaining Follow-Through Mastery.

"Whether you run your own business or work for someone else, you've probably got a lot on your plate. Along with the portion of your work that you truly feel like doing comes a generous helping of things you'd rather not do. As consultants, Steve Levinson and Chris Cooper have seen countless clients struggle--and often fail--to do the many success-producing things they know they should do but don't feel like doing. The Power to Get Things Done will teach you how to consistently turn your good intentions into action so that you can be as successful as possible in the work you do. Don't feel like filing those pesky tax forms or making the follow-up calls you've been putting off? The Power to Get Things Done will show you how to get yourself--and keep yourself--in gear, "--Amazon.com.

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