100 Simple Secrets of Successful People, The: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It (100 Simple Secrets)

What are the keys to success? Scientists have studied the traits, beliefs, and practices of successful people in all walks of life. But the answers they find wind up in stuffy academic journals aimed at other scientists. The 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People takes the best and most important research results from over a thousand studies and spells out the key findings in ways we can all understand. Each entry contains advice based on those findings, a real life example of what to do or not to do, and a telling statistic based on scientific research. Cover ......Page 1 Contents ......Page 4 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Introduction......Page 11 Competence Starts with Feeling Competent......Page 14 It’s Not How Hard You Try......Page 16 Creativity Comes from Within......Page 18 Take Small Victories......Page 20 You Can’t Force Yourself to Like Broccoli......Page 22 Resist the Urge to Be Average......Page 24 There Is Plenty of Time......Page 26 It’s Never Just One Thing......Page 28 Don’t Keep Fighting Your First Battle......Page 30 Change Is Possible, Not Easy......Page 32 Seek Input from Your Opposites......Page 34 Write Down the Directions......Page 36 Anticipate Irrationality......Page 38 The Best Defense Is to Listen......Page 40 Winners Are Made, Not Born......Page 42 Do Things in Order......Page 44 Get Experience Any Way You Can......Page 46 Self-Motivation Works Once......Page 48 Speak Slowly......Page 50 Where You Stand Depends onWhere You Look......Page 51 Use Your Own Self-Interest......Page 53 Remember Who You Areand Where You Are......Page 55 Negotiate with Confidence, or Don’t......Page 57 Volunteer to Feel Better......Page 59 Remember the Task, Forget the Rankings......Page 61 Avoid the Second-Guess Paralysis......Page 63 Seek a Tall Plateau, Not the Peak......Page 65 Play the Odds......Page 67 The Past Is Not the Future......Page 69 Get a Good Night’s Sleep......Page 71 It Starts and Ends with You......Page 73 Notice Patterns......Page 75 Efficiency in Everything......Page 77 Tomorrow Will Be a Better Day (But How Exactly?)......Page 79 Lessons Can’t Threaten......Page 81 Success Is Formula, Not Fantasy......Page 83 You Need to Know More Than Just How Talented You Are......Page 85 Role Models Are Not One Size Fits All......Page 87 Learn from Losses......Page 89 Embrace Work; It May Have to Last Forever......Page 91 Exercise and Eat Right......Page 93 Boredom Is the Enemy......Page 95 Be Clear About Your Role in the Outcome......Page 97 Make Change Count......Page 99 Listening Is More Than Not Talking......Page 101 Take Off Your Blinders......Page 103 You’ll Get What You’re Afraid Of......Page 105 Think About Who You Ought to Be......Page 107 Leadership Is Contagious......Page 109 Want Support? Deserve It......Page 111 You Will Give Up Faster if You’re Not in Control......Page 113 Life Is Not a Zero-Sum Game......Page 115 You Don’t Have to Get Straight A’s Anymore......Page 117 Whet Your Appetite for Success......Page 119 Remember the Difference Between You and Everybody Else......Page 121 Your Work and Home Lives Must Fit Together......Page 123 Nobody Wins Without a Loser......Page 125 Tell Clean Jokes......Page 127 Don’t Want Everything......Page 129 Look for Value......Page 131 Get Your Motivation Where You Can Find It......Page 133 Be an Expert......Page 135 Failure Is Not Trying......Page 137 You Are Not in This Alone......Page 139 Your Goals Are a Living Thing......Page 141 Avoid Roller-Coaster Emotions......Page 143 Care......Page 145 You Can’t Be Persistent Without Perspective......Page 147 Changing Jobs Doesn’t Change You......Page 149 It Might Get Worse Before It Gets Better......Page 151 If You Don’t Believe, No One Else Will......Page 153 You’ll Work Harder if You Feel Wanted......Page 155 Don’t Talk to Yourself......Page 157 Seek Coherence and Congruence......Page 159 If You Doubt, You’re Out......Page 161 Always Think About What’s Next......Page 163 Value Practical Knowledge......Page 165 See the Risk in Doing Nothing......Page 167 Face Conflict Head-On......Page 169 Money Isn’t Everything......Page 171 Be Realistic About Yourself......Page 173 Find Your Own Path......Page 175 Own What You Do......Page 177 Be Honest for Your Future......Page 179 You Need to Know What You Are Looking For......Page 181 Don’t Forget Packaging......Page 183 Learn to Lead Yourself......Page 185 A Victory at All Costs Is Not a Victory......Page 187 People Who Have It Right Work Harder to Make It Better......Page 189 Don’t Run in the Wrong Direction Just Because You’re Near the Finish Line......Page 191 Hope Springs Internal......Page 193 Think as if Others Can Read Your Mind......Page 195 You’ll Get Knocked Down and Then Get Back Up......Page 197 Keep Your Goals Where You Can See Them......Page 199 Don’t Settle......Page 201 What Is the Point?......Page 203 Win Your Own Respect First......Page 205 Your Goals Must Engage All of You......Page 207 Take Action......Page 209 Only You Can Say if This Is a World You Can Succeed In......Page 211 Bibliography......Page 214 About the Author......Page 226

what Are The Keys To Success? Scientists Have Studied The Traits, Beliefs, And Practices Of Successful People In All Walks Of Life. But The Answers They Find Wind Up In Stuffy Academic Journals Aimed At Other Scientists.

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from Resist The Urge To Be Average To Speak Slowly, Psychologist And Social Scientist David Niven Offers Concise Workplace And Lifestyle Advice In The 100 Simple Secrets Of Successful People: What Scientists Have Learned And How You Can Use It. Niven's Secrets Are Based On Research By Psychologists And Sociologists, Which He Cites In Each Entry. One Study, For Instance, Observed That Six In 10 Managers Lost Friends Who Weren't Promoted As Quickly As They Were, Leading Niven To Reassure Readers That Co-workers' Bitterness Is A Sincere But Unpleasant Form Of Flattery. Each Tip Also Draws On The Real-life Experiences Of Successful Business Owners And Other Professionals. (apr.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.