The achievement habit : stop wishing, start doing, and take command of your life

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The co-founder of the Stanford d.School introduces the power of design thinking to help you achieve goals you never thought possible. Achievement can be learned. It's a muscle, and once you learn how to flex it, you'll be able to meet life's challenges and fulfill your goals, Bernard Roth, Academic Director at the Stanford d.school contends. In The Achievement Habit, Roth applies the remarkable insights that stem from design thinking-previously used to solve large scale projects-to help us realize the power for positive change we all have within us.

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First edition.

Contents:

Introduction: Yellow-eyed cats -- Nothing is what you think it is -- Reasons are bullshit -- Getting unstuck -- Finding assistance -- Doing is everything -- Watch your language -- Group habits -- Self-image by design -- The big picture -- Make achievement your habit.

Physical Description:

273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject Term:

Employee motivation.

Achievement motivation.

Conduct of life.

Success.

Self-actualization (Psychology)

Motivation (Psychology)

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HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

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Contributor biographical information

Publication Date:

2015

ISBN:

9780062356109

Publication Information:

New York, NY : HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]

Call Number:

158.1 ROTH

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The co-founder of the Stanford d.School introduces the power of design thinking to help you achieve goals you never thought possible.

Achievement can be learned. It's a muscle, and once you learn how to flex it, you'll be able to meet life's challenges and fulfill your goals, Bernard Roth, Academic Director at the Stanford d.school contends.

In The Achievement Habit, Roth applies the remarkable insights that stem from design thinking--previously used to solve large scale projects--to help us realize the power for positive change we all have within us. Roth leads us through a series of discussions, stories, recommendations, and exercises designed to help us create a different experience in our lives. He shares invaluable insights we can use to gain confidence to do what we've always wanted and overcome obstacles that hamper us from reaching our potential, including:

Don't try--DO; Excuses are self-defeating; Believe you are a doer and achiever and you'll become one; Build resiliency by reinforcing what you do rather than what you accomplish; Learn to ignore distractions that prevent you from achieving your goals; Become open to learning from your own experience and from those around you; And more.

The brain is complex and is always working with our egos to sabotage our best intentions. But we can be mindful; we can create habits that make our lives better. Thoughtful and powerful The Achievement Habit shows you how.

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Publisher's Weekly Review

Roth, academic director of Stanford's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (known as the D.school), offers an accessible primer to the basic elements of design theory, based on the premise that "achievement can be learned." Tenets include "making the familiar unfamiliar," individual responsibility, and reframing questions in order to find solutions. To illustrate the last principle's importance, Roth describes some D.school success stories, including presenting MRI testing to child patients as an "adventure." He explains designer Rolf Faste's 22 "tools from product design culture" for driving personal development, and celebrates the Stanford Design department's embrace of the cooperative over the hierarchical. Roth also provides exercises to help readers reexamine their beliefs, evaluate their goals and motivations, and get over the habit of making excuses. He also addresses interpersonal skills, including constructive criticism, the importance of remembering names, and the use of improvisation during brainstorming sessions. Roth's overall message is that identity is malleable and based on choices, meaning that anyone can choose to eliminate negative characteristics and embrace a more achievement-oriented course. While this book may not be the final fix for those struggling to achieve, it's certainly a place to start. Agent: Lynn Johnston, Lynn Johnston Literary. (July) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Library Journal Review

Roth (Rodney H. Adams Professor of Engineering & academic director, Hasso Plattner Inst. of Design at Stanford, Stanford Univ.) has written an inspirational and practical guide on how to fulfill goals despite obstacles and challenges. He presents his ideas based on the "design thinking tradition" and has chosen "to focus on personal transformation and empowerment." Design thinking, which was given its name by Stanford University professor David Kelley, features principles based on the needs to empathize (with other people's needs and desires in mind); define the problem; ideate (create possible solutions); prototype (develop plans, build projects in physical form); test; and get feedback. Roth includes plentiful advice and related instructions to achieve goals; for example, trying is not good enough (don't try-do); excuses, even legitimate ones, are self-defeating; language influences people and better communicators can help to accomplish success; ignore distractions; and be open to learning from experience. Case studies throughout focus on how to avoid self-defeating behavior and advance. -VERDICT Roth's excellent advice on how to overcome obstacles and triumph should be of interest to readers college age and up.-Lucy Heckman, St. John's Univ. Lib., Queens, NY © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Introduction: Yellow-Eyed Cats	p. 1
1 Nothing Is What You Think It Is	p. 15
2 Reasons Are Bullshit	p. 39
3 Getting Unstuck	p. 63
4 Finding Assistance	p. 95
5 Doing Is Everything	p. 105
6 Watch Your Language	p. 127
7 Group Habits	p. 149
8 Self-Image by Design	p. 191
9 The Big Picture	p. 219
10 Make Achievement Your Habit	p. 241
Acknowledgments	p. 259
Notes	p. 265
Bibliography	p. 271

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