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| Writer | Mark Goulston, Philip Goldberg |
| Category | Self Development |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Penguin Group |
| Publish Date | 2005 |
| Pages | 233 |
| File Size | 1 MB |
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You or your people have the talent, education, and skills to do much more than you are currently doing. So what’s getting in your way? If it’s people you work with, what’s getting in their way? After my first book, Get Out of Your Own Way, was published, I received hundreds of letters from people whose self-defeating behavior had caused them to be unhappy not just in their personal lives but also in their professional lives.
Get Out of Your Own Way PDF – Mark Goulston, Philip Goldberg
Many of these readers had lost out on pay increases, promotions, and advancement. My clinical practice suddenly filled with men and women who, for a variety of reasons of their own making, had put their reputations, jobs, and careers in jeopardy. One such patient was John. Fifty-five years old and prematurely gray, John was clearly suffering. Get Out of Your Own Way PDF
Worry lines had plowed deeply into his forehead, and he walked with a slump of disappointment. The previous week, John had been fired from his job as an accountant because he refused to adapt to inevitable change. The challenge had been to learn a complex new software platform on which the company had bet its future.
Resenting the “adapt or die” requirement, John ignored the hints, suggestions, warnings, and the ultimatum. Instead, he led a rebellion—trying to convince people in his department that the company was better off staying with the old system. And so he was fired, after devoting fifteen years of his life to the firm.
Get Out of Your Own Way PDF – Mark Goulston, Philip Goldberg
Racked with self-doubt and disappointment, John was also frightened. He was very worried about the welfare of his family. Most of all he was angry. Rather than confronting the unrealistic fear that he couldn’t learn a new program, John lost his job. Rather than open up, he closed down. John’s career at the firm should have been long and proud, with a gold watch, a retirement party, and a fat 401K to greet him at the end. Get Out of Your Own Way PDF
But he lost all this because he couldn’t get out of his own way. John’s self-defeating behavior overran him. He was a man alone and scared. Now, I’m not a Jack Welch–style boss. I’m not an investigative reporter. I’m a doctor—a healer, a listener, a helper—who works with self-sabotagers or the bosses who must manage them.
My job is to help my clients recognize and overcome their obstacles and become better and more successful—or help them to help others do the same— because I believe potential is a terrible thing to waste. You may feel like you just need a little tweaking to reach your pinnacle. But more likely, you feel a bit like John—somewhat alone and scared.
Get Out of Your Own Way PDF – Mark Goulston, Philip Goldberg
You may have hit a wall at your own company, or at least had a close enough call to send you to this book. You might wake up at two-thirty A.M., worrying about that last meeting with the boss, or obsessing over that last cryptic dialogue with a colleague or a direct report. Get Out of Your Own Way PDF
Or perhaps you’re thinking of some of your people who squander their potential as the window of opportunity for terrific careers closes more on them each day. The strong response from working people to Get Out of Your Own Way caused me to extend my clinical practice to consulting in the business world.
For the past several years, I’ve worked with companies ranging from family businesses to Fortune 100 corporate giants. I’ve worked with aggressive CEOs, impulsive senior vice presidents, pushy salespeople, depressed customer service representatives, and hundreds of others.
Get Out of Your Own Way PDF
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