Joe Sweeney, Mike Yorkey

Moving the Needle

Get Clear, Get Free, and Get Going in Your Career, Business, and Life!

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A detailed system that will help you achieve your professional and personal goals
Moving the Needle provides both the "kick in the pants" and the game plan many of us need to break out of the rut and get moving to achieve our goals. CEOs, vice presidents, professionals, military personnel, and even college students frequently express frustration at the entrenched status quo, in which initiating progress feels like moving mountains. This book lights a path toward continual improvement, helping readers first find a direction, then make the key transitions that jumpstart forward progress. This highly practical guide outlines a change process that can be applied to professional or personal goals, giving readers a concrete plan for making big things happen. Rather than blindly shooting for the moon, readers will formulate a solid, systematic, actionable plan that can only result in progress.

In today s tenuous business climate, employers and employees alike can be glued to the ground, unsure of the path they should take, or whether they have the freedom to move forward. Moving the Needle helps readers clarify their current position, identify their optimum position, and formulate a workable strategy for getting from here to there.

Find what "moving forward" means for your career and life
Shake off the doldrums of routine and establish a culture of innovation
Improve performance on a consistent basis, at every level
Break the inertia and get moving in the right direction
Stagnation is diametrically opposed to progress. Moving forward requires a vision, a plan, and the impetus to get things done. Those who sense that big things can happen need to get clear, get free, and start Moving the Needle.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 164mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781118944080
• ISBN-10: 1118944089
• Artikelnr.: 40905151

Autorenporträt

JOE SWEENEY is the New York Times bestselling author of Networking Is a Contact Sport. Over the course of his 30-year career, Joe has built successful businesses by combining his love of business and his passion for sports. MIKE YORKEY collaborated with Joe Sweeney on Networking Is a Contact Sport . In addition, he is the author or coauthor of more than 85 books with over 2 million total copies in print. A portion of the proceeds of this book will be donated to the Navy SEAL Foundation and the transitional programs they support.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Dave Winfield xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction Why This Book?
xvii SECTION I Get Clear 1 When It Comes to Getting Clear, First Get Quiet
3 Our Obsession with Busyness 6 The Sound of Silence 7 Have an End Goal in
Mind 8 1. Set Concise and Realistic Goals 8 2. Ask Why--Of Yourself and of
Others 9 3. Don't Wait around for Something to Happen--Take Action 11 4.
Manage Momentum 12 5. Secure Support by Building an Army around You 13 6.
Last, Be Thinking about Game Changers 13 See All Obstacles in Your Way 13 2
Life Balance and the Life Decision Wheels 17 Another Way to Look at Life
Balance 25 Balance or Fulfillment and Satisfaction 26 3 Get Clear with Your
Life Mission 31 A Winning Formula 34 Passions 34 Strengths 35 Service to
Others 37 The Big Eight Questions 39 1. Why Are You Here? 39 2. Who Do You
Want to Be When You Grow Up? 40 3. What Is Your Life Mission? 40 4. Do You
Take Full Responsibility for What Happens in Your Life? 40 5. How Do You
Differentiate Yourself from Others? 41 6. How Can You Do a Better Job of
Building and Serving the Community You Are a Part Of? 41 7. Will You Take
Action to Make Any Necessary Changes? 43 8. Are You Ready to Make Mistakes?
43 Getting There? 43 4 Understanding People's Needs 47 The Need to Belong
48 The Need for Love 50 Taking Care of Those Closest to You 51 5 Clarity in
Differentiating Yourself 55 The Four-Step Process to Differentiating
Yourself 58 6 Getting Clear by Creating Your Ideal Day and Ideal Life 64
Planning Your Ideal Week 67 Planning Your Ideal Month 67 Planning Your
Ideal Year 69 Planning Your Ideal Life 69 Have, Do, and Be 73 SECTION II
Get Free 7 Get Free by Taking 100 Percent Responsibility 89 A PhD in
Entitlement 91 The 200-Year Rule 92 Every Day Is a Bonus 95 8 Your
Perspective Determines Your Freedom 100 A New Gift of Freedom 101 9 Freedom
and the ZAP Concept: Zones, Alignment, and Paradoxes 107 Getting into the
Zone 108 Alignment and Freedom 112 Managing the Paradox 113 10 Habits and
Getting Free 119 Moving from Unhealthy to Healthy Habits 122 Taking
Inventory 125 Staying on the Straight and Narrow 125 Education versus
Entertainment Habits 127 Habits of Attitude 129 Habits to Begin and End the
Day 130 11 Get Free with Energizing People and Activities 137 The Rule of
Three 140 Taking a Look Around 141 12 Get Free with Your Money 147 Dealing
with Debt 151 Credit Cards: A Form of Modern-Day Slavery 152 A New Way of
Looking at Money 153 SECTION III Get Going 13 The 5/10/15 Plan 159 The
Value of a Great System 161 Making the Right Connections 162 The Plan 163
Get Going on Building Your Client Base 165 The Personal Touch Never Goes
out of Style 166 14 Wingmen and Bird Dogs 170 Your Circle of Friends 174
Round Up Your Bird Dogs 177 The Value of Mentors 178 15 Mindstorming Ideas
183 Seeing Results 186 Lawyers, Accountants, and Bankers (LAB) Nights 187
Final Thought 189 16 Differentiating Yourself with the Sweeney 22 193 The
Sweeney 22 199 The Wow Factor 200 17 Putting It All Together 204 Conclusion
25 Key Takeaways 213 Notes 219 About the Author 223 Invite Joe Sweeney to
Speak to Your Company or Organization 224 The Winning Game Plan 227 Index
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