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What's Stopping You?

What's Stopping You? Why Smart People Don't Always Reach Their Potential and How You Can, 2nd Edition

Author: Robert Kelsey
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780857083074
Published In: August 2012
Format: Paperback , 278 pages
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A practical guide to attacking the most common of phobias: fear of failure

A practical guide to attacking the most common of phobias: fear of failure Since its publication in 2011, What's Stopping You? has offered readers a hard look at the quality of their careers and personal lives. For those who'd give themselves a solid "C+", this brutally honest guide to taking stock also offers the keys to self-improvement. By dismantling the fear inhibiting all achievement—fear of failure—author Robert Kelsey offers a set of seven steps designed to help readers map out their actions, and attain what once seemed elusive milestones.

Written for the frustrated underachiever or anyone who feels like one, this unique book addresses can the real obstacles hindering both professional and personal growth.

Includes a new chapter with tactics for overcoming a fear of failure
Explores methods for dealing with different types of people in a host of situations, such as getting a new job, pitching for new work, making presentations, or communicating clearly in an argument

With a Foreword by one of Britain's most successful businessman, Luke Johnson, this unique handbook to overcoming the most basic of fears is a must for anyone who would like to upgrade the quality of their life.

Preface to the Second Edition ix

Foreword by Luke Johnson xiii

Introduction 1

Part One - What is Stopping You? 9

1 Fear 11

2 External Responses 28

3 Failure as a Positive Experience 43

4 Producing Better Responses 54

Part Two - Goals 61

5 Act 63

6 Visualization 72

7 Language and Behaviour 87