Are you at the top of your game—or still trying to get there? Take your cues from the short, powerful Nine Things Successful People Do Differently , where the strategies and goals of the world’s most successful people are on display—backed by research that shows exactly what has the biggest impact on performance. Here’s a hint: accomplished people reach their goals because of what they do, not just who they are. Readers have called this “a gem of a book.” Get ready to accomplish your goals at last.
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Heidi Grant Halvorson. Nine Things Successful People Do Differently
Nine Things Successful People Do Differently. by. Heidi Grant Halvorson
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Get Specific
Putting It into Practice: Get Specific
2. Seize the Moment to Act on Your Goals
Putting It into Practice: Making If-Then Plans
3. Know Exactly How Far You Have Left to Go
Putting It into Practice: Monitoring Your Progress
4. Be a Realistic Optimist
Putting It into Practice: Be a Realistic Optimist
5.Focus on Getting Better, Rather Than Being Good
Putting It into Practice: Focus on Getting Better, Instead of Being Good
6. Have Grit
Putting It into Practice: Get Grit
7. Build Your Willpower Muscle
Putting It into Practice: Pump Up Your Self-Control Muscle
8. Don’t Tempt Fate
Putting It into Practice: Stop Before You Start
9. Focus on What You Will Do, Not What You Won’t Do
Putting It into Practice: Focus on What You Will Do
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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These are the nine things that successful people do—the strategies they use to set and pursue goals (sometimes without consciously realizing it) that, according to decades of research, have the biggest impact on performance. Scientific psychologists who study motivation, like myself, have conducted thousands of studies to identify and test the effectiveness (and limits) of these strategies. The good news is that the strategies are remarkably straightforward and easy to use. Reading this book, you will have lots of “Of course!” moments. Also some “Oh, I see, that makes sense,” and a few “Wow, I had no idea” ones, too. In the end, not only will you have gained some insight into all the things you have been doing right all along, but you’ll be able to identify the mistakes that have derailed you. More importantly, you’ll be able to use that knowledge to your advantage from now on.
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Being specific about what you want is just the first step. Next, you need to get specific about the obstacles that lie in the way of getting what you want. In fact, what you really need to do is go back and forth, thinking about the success you want to achieve and the steps it will take to get there. This strategy is called mental contrasting, and it is a remarkably effective way to set goals and strengthen your commitment.
To use the mental contrasting technique, first imagine how you will feel attaining your goal. Picture it as vividly as you can in your mind—really think about the details. Next, think about the obstacles that stand in your way. For instance, if you wanted to get a better, higher paying job, you would start by imagining the sense of pride and excitement you would feel accepting a lucrative offer at a top firm. Then, you would think about what stands between you and that offer—namely, all the other really outstanding candidates that will be applying for the same job. Kind of makes you want to polish up your résumé a bit, doesn’t it?
