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What Works
by Tara McMullin
What Works
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Introduction
1 The Validation Spiral
2 Why Are We So Obsessed with Goals?
3 Who Am I without the Doing?
4 The Satisfaction of Practice in an Achievement-Oriented World
5 Calculating Capacity
6 Growth without Striving
7 Choosing Your Destination
8 Choosing Your Direction
9 Buying In
10 Planning Projects
11 Follow-Through, Self-Sabotage, Margin
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
End User License Agreement
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Introduction
Shoot for the Moon
The Problem with Positive Thinking
Achievement Is My Middle Name
What Works?
Notes
1 The Validation Spiral
The Question of Worthiness
“I'm busy!”
Dejà Vu All Over Again
Undercommitment
How Goals Fuel the Spiral
Reflection:
Notes
2 Why Are We So Obsessed with Goals?
Winners and Losers
We'd Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover
Remember, Time Is Money
You Think You're Better Than Me?
Overcoming
Reflection:
Notes
3 Who Am I without the Doing?
Who Am I?
Without the Doing
On the Internet
Who Am I Becoming?
Reflection:
Notes
4 The Satisfaction of Practice in an Achievement-Oriented World
What Is
Practice
?
Thinking Interdependently
Achievement-Orientation Is Learned
I Can't Get No…
Reflection:
Notes
5 Calculating Capacity
Time
Physical, Mental, and Emotional Energy
Money and Skills
Renewable Resources
Exercise:
Notes
6 Growth without Striving
I'm Not Lost, I'm Exploring…
Goals versus Commitments
Personal Values
Self-Efficacy
Exercise:
Notes
7 Choosing Your Destination
Who Do You Want to Become?
Your Personal Vision
Naming Your Vision
Exercise:
The Growth Edge
Set Your Commitments
Exercise:
Notes
8 Choosing Your Direction
Make Your Map
Wanting to Change Is Only the First Step
Pursuing a Strategy is Practice
Notes
9 Buying In
Buying In
Let Go of Discipline
Accountability and Motivation
Cultivating Buy-In
Reflection:
Notes
10 Planning Projects
Time to Brainstorm
Choose Your Projects
Next Steps
Exercise:
Closed Loop Projects
Open Loop Projects
Routine Projects
Make Your Plan
Notes
11 Follow-Through, Self-Sabotage, Margin
Planning as a Feedback Loop
Following Through
Planner, Know Thyself
Self-Sabotage and Complicit Suffering
Leave Room for Margin
Reflection:
Notes
Conclusion
So What Works?
Note
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
End User License Agreement
Guide
Cover
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Introduction
Begin Reading
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
End User License Agreement
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