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Master Powerful Ways to Find Purpose, Fulfillment, and Greatness at Work!
Four great books show you how to find purpose, fulfillment, and greatness at work--no matter where you work or how fast your workplace is changing! Imagine the leaders of one of New York’s top real-estate firms coming together every Monday morning to hear…the moral and spiritual thoughts of a Rabbi. Wouldn’t you like to hear the paths Alan Lurie traced for his listeners, how he helped them bring together their spiritual and business lives, the sacred and the profane? Five Minutes on Mondays compiles these talks for the first time, sharing Lurie’s deep and profound inspiration on the challenges we all face--at work and in life. Lurie draws on millennia of philosophy, theology, and science to help us answer our deepest questions, comfort our deepest yearnings, and become better people: more connected to each other and to the Greater Purpose. Next, in Touchdown! Achieving Your Greatness on the Playing Field of Business (and Life), Dr. Kevin Elko shows how to build your success one brick at a time…so when it happens, it happens huge. America’s #1 performance consultant, Elko shares all he’s learned working with legendary athletes such as Emmitt Smith, championship coaches like Nick Saban, and thousands of the world’s top businesspeople. If you’re good, he’ll make you great. If you’re great, he’ll make you the best! Next, Four Secrets to Liking Your Work offers the first practical, start-to-finish program for transforming your work life: all the tools, tricks, ideas, examples, and proven research you need to make your work life more fulfilling and joyful, wherever you work--starting right now. Finally, in Your Job Survival Guide: A Manual for Thriving in Change, Gregory Shea, Ph.D., and Robert Gunther help you thrive amidst the challenges of your permanent “whitewater world” of change at work. Drawing on extensive research, they show how to protect your career, improve your resilience, and rediscover play and adventure as you “ride the workplace rapids.”
From inspirational business leaders, trainers, and authors, including Alan Lurie, Kevin Elko, Edward Muzio, Deborah Fisher, Erv Thomas, Gregory Shea, and Robert Gunther
Five Minutes on Mondays
Introduction xv
Donkey for Sale: Ethical Wealth 1
Justice on the Train: Offering Criticism 9
Try Them, Try Them: Developing Persistence 17
Door Openers: Spiritual Leadership 25
Who Needs You?: Working Together 33
Listen Up: Effective Listening 41
I Don’t Know: Respectful Conversation 49
In the Beginning: Keeping Resolutions 59
Prelude to Disaster: Building Confidence 65
Eureka!: Using Intuition 73
Something Creative: Accessing Creativity 81
Do You Mean It?: Discovering Meaning 91
You’re Finished!: Embracing Change 99
Alone on the Sofa: Finding Truth 107
The Superior Object: Resolving Conflicts of Interest 115
Hey, You Screwed Up Again!: Transforming Mistakes 121
Making Stuff Up: Reacting Objectively 129
Waiting for Nobel: Overcoming Feelings of Inadequacy 137
Self, Actually: Being Authentic 145
Return That Call: Enlightened Self-Interest 153
So, a Horse Walks into a Bar... Taking Time for Laughter 161
What If?: Facing Fear 169
The Aim of Existence: Cultivating Happiness 177
The No Negativity Event: Living with Optimism 185
A Thankfully Short Message: Living with Gratitude 195
The Power of Three: Living with Balance 201
Take a Breath: Directed Meditation 209
Go Forth: Starting on the Spiritual Journey 217
The Lonely Man: Balancing Faith and Ambition 223
What’s in Your Pocket: Integrating Opposites 233
Index 243
Touchdown!About the Author xi
Foreword by Butch Davis xiii
Foreword by Jon Dorenbos xviii
Preface by Stewart Emery xxvii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Growing Up 7
Chapter 2: You Do Not Have to Carry More Than You Can Hold 21
Chapter 3: Cutting the Internal Mental Clutter 35
Chapter 4: Just One Last Play 51
Chapter 5: Seasons of Life 63
Chapter 6: The Preseason: It Happens Before It Happens 77
Chapter 7: The Action Season: You Do Not Get What You Want: You Get What You Deserve 97
Chapter 8: The Playoffs 115
Chapter 9: The Off-Season 123
Chapter 10: Speaking Out: Heart Song Catalogue of Catch Phrases 131
Index 149
Four Secrets to Liking Your Work
Acknowledgments xvii
About the Authors xviii
Prologue: Monday Morning Dread xix
Chapter 1: The Trouble with Work 1
Chapter 2: How People Act 17
Chapter 3: Watching the Action 33
Chapter 4: Why People Act 45
Chapter 5: Figuring Out Why 65
Chapter 6: What People Do 77
Chapter 7: Do What You Like 91
Chapter 8: Got Skills? 105
Chapter 9: A Bird’s Eye View 123
Appendix 139
Notes 141
Index 147
Your Job Survival GuidePreface: We Surely All Will Die xix
Chapter 1: An Eskimo on the Titanic 1
Chapter 2: Working the Eddies: Pace Yourself to Preserve Your Sanity 13
Chapter 3: Mastering the Roll: Prepare to Fail Gracefully and Recover Quickly 45
Chapter 4: The Power of Play: Optimism and Resilience 65
Chapter 5: Personal Flotation: You Are Responsible for Your Own Security 85
Chapter 6: Scouting and Portaging: Set Your Own Course 103
Chapter 7: Rising above the Roar: Communicate Through Symbols 137
Chapter 8: Building Flocks: Teaming for Today’s Run 163
Chapter 9: Leading Trips: Guiding Through Permanent Whitewater 187
Conclusion, What Conclusion? 205
Endnotes 219
Index 231