The 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use ItHarper Collins, 2002 - 212 sidor 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. |
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Get Your Motivation Where You Can Find It | 120 |
Be an Expert | 122 |
Failure Is Not Trying | 124 |
You Are Not in This Alone | 126 |
Your Coals Are a Living Thing | 128 |
Avoid RollerCoaster Emotions | 130 |
Care | 132 |
You Cant Be Persistent Without Perspective | 134 |
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Anticipate Irrationality | 25 |
The Best Defense Is to Listen | 27 |
Winners Are Made Not Born | 29 |
Do Things in Order | 31 |
Get Experience Any Way You Can | 33 |
SelfMotivation Works Once | 35 |
Speak Slowly | 37 |
Where You Stand Depends on Where You Look | 38 |
Use Your Own SelfInterest | 40 |
Remember Who You Are and Where You Are | 42 |
Negotiate with Confidence or Dont | 44 |
Avoid the SecondGuess Paralysis | 50 |
The Past Is Not the Future | 56 |
Notice Patterns | 62 |
Lessons Cant Threaten | 68 |
Role Models Are Not One Size Fits | 74 |
Exercise and Eat Right | 80 |
Make Change Count | 86 |
Youll Get What Youre Afraid | 92 |
Want Support? Deserve | 98 |
You Will Give Up Faster if Youre Not in Control | 100 |
Life Is Not a ZeroSum Game | 102 |
You Dont Have to Get Straight As Anymore | 104 |
Whet Your Appetite for Success | 106 |
Remember the Difference Between You and Everybody Else | 108 |
Your Work and Home Lives Must Fit Together | 110 |
Nobody Wins Without a Loser | 112 |
Tell Clean Jokes | 114 |
Dont Want Everything | 116 |
Look for Value | 118 |
Changing Jobs Doesnt Change You | 136 |
It Might Get Worse Before It Gets Better | 138 |
If You Dont Believe No One Else Will | 140 |
Youll Work Harder If You Feel Wanted | 142 |
Dont Talk to Yourself | 144 |
Seek Coherence and Congruence | 146 |
If You Doubt Youre Out | 148 |
Always Think About Whats Next | 150 |
Value Practical Knowledge | 152 |
See the Risk in Doing Nothing | 154 |
Face Conflict HeadOn | 156 |
Money Isnt Everything | 158 |
Be Realistic About Yourself | 160 |
Find Your Own Path | 162 |
Own What You Do | 164 |
Be Honest for Your Future | 166 |
You Need to Know What You Are Looking For | 168 |
Dont Forget Packaging | 170 |
Learn to Lead Yourself | 172 |
A Victory at Ali Costs Is Not a Victory | 174 |
People Who Have It Right Work Harder to Make It Better | 176 |
Dont Run in the Wrong Direction Just Because Youre Near the Finish Line | 178 |
Hope Springs Internal | 180 |
Think as if Others Can Read Your Mind | 182 |
Youll Get Knocked Down and Then Get Back Up | 184 |
Keep Your Goals Where You Can See Them | 186 |
Dont Settle | 188 |
What Is the Point? | 190 |
Win Your Own Respect First | 192 |
Your Goals Must Engage All of You | 194 |
Take Action | 196 |
Only You Can Say if This Is a World You Can Succeed In | 198 |
Bibliography | 201 |
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