Stairway to Success: The Complete Blueprint for Personal and Professional Achievement

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

STEP ONE: DECISION

Prelude to Step One: What Do You Want to Do?

1  WHAT ARE YOU GOOD AT?

The Seven Intelligences • You Don’t Need to Be Brilliant

2  WHAT DO YOU ENJOY DOING?

Identifying Your Congenial Competencies • Identifying Your Compatible Careers • Identifying Your Congenial Roles • Identifying Your Preferred Behavioral Mode • Which Is Your Preferred Mode? • Pinpointing Your Best Role

3  WHAT VALUES ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU?

The Importance of Values and Principles • What’s Important to You? • Conscious and Unconscious Choices • Identifying and Applying Your Guiding Principles

4  THE ARTOF THE POSSIBLE

Pick Your Battles • Situational Triage • Don’t Mistake the Difficult for the Impossible

STEP TWO: COMMITMENT

Prelude to Step Two: Make a Commitment

5  SAY GOOD-BYE TO THE PAST

Welcome Change • Preparing for Change • Making Change the Norm

6  CREATE YOUR FUTURE

The Visioning Process • Bypass Your Circumstances

7  CROSS YOUR RUBICON

Reengineer Your Life • Transforming Yourself • Make a Clean Break

STEP THREE: PLANNING

Prelude to Step Three: Getting from Here to There

8  SET GOALS

One Step at a Time • Plan Backward from the Vision

9  SET PRIORITIES

Proactive versus Reactive Approaches • Important versus Urgent • Handling the Routine

10  DEVELOP STRATEGIES

What Has to Happen? • List Alternatives and Action Steps

STEP FOUR: PREPARATION

Prelude to Step Four: Ready, Set, Go!

11  GET READY PHYSICALLY

Balance in Eating Habits • Balance in Physical Exercise ...