Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back if You Lose It
In his follow-up to the New York Times bestseller What Got You Here Won't Get You There, #1 executive coach Marshall Goldsmith shares the ways in which to get--and keep--our Mojo. Our professional and personal Mojo is impacted by four key factors: identity (who do you think you are?), achievement (what have you done lately?), reputation (who do other people think you are--and what have you've done lately?), and acceptance (what can you change--and when do you need to just "let it go"?).
Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting: The Power of Positive Feelings
We all know how strong our emotions can be - but do we really appreciate that they can actually help us to achieve what we want? We sometimes disregard our feelings and carry on living life the way we have always lived it - but our emotions are in fact the key to finding a life that is the way we always dreamt it would be.
At times, everyone feels angry or frustrated. When used as positive tools, these emotions can spur us to action to try to make our lives or the world better. These feelings can also be destructive to one's health if a person gets upset too often or too strongly, and to the larger community if he or she lashes out with angry words or actions against others. "Dealing with Frustration and Anger" explores both the positive and negative sides of these emotions and looks at the many techniques that anger management experts suggest for handling these feelings in healthy ways.
Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your LifeKnown as the father of the new science of positive psychology, Martin E.P. Seligman draws on more than twenty years of clinical research to demonstrate how optimism enchances the quality of life, and how anyone can learn to practice it. Offering many simple techniques, Dr. Seligman explains how to break an "I-give-up" habit, develop a more constructive explanatory style for interpreting your behavior, and experience the benefits of a more positive interior dialogue.
Turn Setbacks into Greenbacks: 7 Secrets for Going Up in Down Times
Tough times create new opportunities. Are you ready to make them happen for you? Willie Jolley is ready to help you take your first steps on the road to success, empowering you to make the positive changes in your life that will not only change the way you work, but the way you think. A master of positive motivation, organization, and inspiration, Jolley has the tools you can use to triumph in tough times, to see your setbacks as new opportunities, and to invest confidence in your ideas.
