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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How do you create your own definition of success-and reach your unique potential Building a fulfilling life and career can be a daunting challenge. It takes courage and hard work. Too often, we charge down a path leading to 'success' as defined by those around us-and ultimately, are left feeling dissatisfied.Each of us is unique and brings distinctive skills and qualities to any situation. So why is it that most of us fail to spend sufficient time learning to understand ourselves and creating our own definition of success The truth is, it can seem so natural and so much easier to just do what everyone else is doing-for now-leaving it for later to develop our best selves and figure out our own unique path. Is there a road map that will enable you to defy conventional wisdom, resist peer pressure, and carve out a path that fits your unique skills and passions Robert Steven Kaplan, leadership expert and author of the highly successful book What to Ask the Person in the Mirror, regularly advises executives and students on how to tackle these questions. In this indispensable new book, Kaplan shares a specific and actionable approach to defining your own success and reaching your potential. Drawing on his years of experience, Kaplan proposes an integrated plan for identifying and achieving your goals. He outlines specific steps and exercises to help you understand yourself more deeply, take control of your career, and build your capabilities in a way that fits your passions and aspirations.Are you doing what you're really meant to do If you're ready to face this question, this book can help you change your life.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How do you gain influence for an idea In Breaking Out, idea developer and adviser John Butman shows how the methods of today's most popular ?idea entrepreneurs'?including dog psychologist Cesar Millan, French lifestyle guru Mireille Guiliano (French Women Don't Get Fat), TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie, and many others?can help you take an idea public and build influence for it.It isn't easy. Butman argues that the rise of the ?ideaplex' (TED, Twitter, NPR, YouTube, online learning, and all the rest) has caused such an explosion in the creation and sharing of ideas that it has become much easier to go public?yet much harder to gain influence. But it can be done.Based on his own experience in advising content experts worldwide, Butman shows how the idea entrepreneur breaks out?by combining personal narrative with rich content, creating many forms of expression (from books to live events), developing real-world practices, and creating ?respiration' around the idea such that other people can breathe it in and make it their own. The resulting idea platform can reach many different audience groups and continue to build influence for many years and even decades.If you have an idea and want to make a difference in your organization, build a change movement in your community, or improve the world in some way?this book will get you started on the journey to idea entrepreneurship.