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Index
Cover Page
Super Staying Power
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1 Seeing Success in a Magic Moment
Chapter 1 Magic Moments
My Perfect Day
Your Perfect Day
The Explanation
The Discovery
The Magic Moment
Creating Contentment
Opening Yourself Up to a Magic Moment
Chapter 2 A Goal You Can Commit To
Understanding Goals
Goal Setting: Make an Adaptive Plan
Chapter 3 Controlling Your Environment
Understanding Your Environment
Are You Rationalizing Your Environment?
Creating an Environment Conducive to Your Success
The Relationship Between Goals and Environment
Chapter 4 The Winner’s Attitude
Protect Your Mind
Results, Behavior, and Perspective, Meet Focus, Persistence, and Openness
Put It All Together
Part 2 Reinforcing the Winner’s Attitude Through the Three Perspectives
Chapter 5 Functional, Social, and Political
Let’s Rewire Your Brain
Understand the Three Perspectives
An Example of the Three Levels at Work
Magic Moment Recap
Chapter 6 Functional Excellence: Overused, Yet Never Enough
Functional Problems Can Be Solved with More / Better / Faster / Smarter / Harder
Looking at the Functional Perspective from the Corner Office
Master Functional Competence
Functional Competence Versus Intellectual Ability
Use More / Better / Faster / Smarter / Harder to Create Magic Moments
Functional Perspective Addiction
Chapter 7 Social Excellence—Now We’re Getting Somewhere
Learn to Interpret
Broaden Your Focus
The Social Perspective: Solving Your Problems with a Handshake
Make Sure Your Goals Are Mutually Agreed Upon
Make the Shift from Functional to Social
Find the Balancing Point
Use Active Adaptation to Hone Your Goals
Concentrate on the How in Addition to the What
Five Elements of Communicating “More Perfectly”
From Functional to Social: It’s a Perspective Thing First, a Behavioral Thing Second
Chapter 8 Political Excellence: The Price of Self-Determination
The Moral Imperative: Politics Can Never Be a Substitute for Good Work
Controlling the Frame
Mastering the Mind-Set
Understand the Cost of Engaging
Understand the Cost of Opting Out
Politics Is a Perspective
Engage Politically
Orchestrate Your Own Success
Control the Frame in a Group Setting
Resistance to Politics
Practical Strategies for Introducing a Political Perspective
Summary of the Only Rule About Politics
Conclusion
Index
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