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PublisherPrentice Hall

ISBN-100133392678

ISBN-139780133392678

eBay Product ID (ePID)1579158

Product Key Features

Book TitleI'm the Boss of Me : a Guide to Owning Your Career

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1972

TopicHuman Resources & Personnel Management, Careers / General, Life Sciences / Mycology

IllustratorYes

GenreScience, Business & Economics

AuthorJeanne Beliveau-Dunn

Book SeriesBiological Ser.

FormateBook

Dimensions

Item Weight0 Oz

Additional Product Features

LCCN75-160527

eBook FormatEPUB

Table Of ContentPreface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv Chapter 1 You Are Who You Are Because of Your Choices . . . . .1 A Challenged Beginning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Building Resilience and Strength. . . . . . . . . 3 Empower Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 How Successful People Create Their Success. . . . . . 7 Contrast Shows You What You Want . . . . . . . 8 Contrast Doesn''t Need to Be Big to Work for You. . . . . . . . 9 Push toward Change or Shrink from It, It''s Your Choice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Choose Love When Fear Calls. . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Two Operating Models: Love and Fear . . . . . . 13 Stay Out of the Bubble, Stay Off Autopilot . . . . 15 A Bucket List for Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Build the Self-Empowered Road to Success . . . . . . 17 Happiness First. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Getting Down to Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Chapter 2 You Are a Work in Progress-Challenge Yourself to Get Better . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Give Up the Idea That the Way You Are Now Is the Way You Will Always Be. . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Practice Self-Control Because It Doesn''t Come Naturally. . . . . . . . 26 Use Self-Talk Plus Self-Control to Choose Your Operating Model. . . . . 28 Using Emotional Intelligence Helps You Connect with Yourself and Others . . . . . . . . 29 Don''t Check Your Feelings at the Door . . . . . . . . 33 Build Self-Awareness So You Can See Where You''re Going . . . . . . . . 35 Avoid Artificial Limits So You Don''t Get Lost. . . . . . 39 Courage and Resilience Will Support You When Things Get Tough . . . . . . . 41 Focus and Discipline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Using Discipline to Make Progress . . . . . . . . . . 49 Getting Down to Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Chapter 3 Do You Know What You Want from Your Career and Life? . . . . . . . .53 Let Curiosity Lead You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Discovering Your Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 If You Don''t Know, Experiment! . . . . . . . . 57 Exposure Is the Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 How Parents Can Help Their Kids and Students Can Help Themselves . . . . . . . . . 62 Understanding the Work Environment . . . . . . . . 65 Outside: The World of Work and Where It Is Headed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Inside: Your Strengths and Interests . . . . . . . 74 Finding Your Strengths. . . . . . . . . . . . 77 There Are a Few Archetypal Jobs . . . . . . . . 83 The Need for Both Soft Skills and Technology Skills. . . . . . . . 84 The Future Is Uncertain, But You Don''t Need to Be. . . 86 Creating a Blue Ocean Career Strategy. . . . . . . . 90 What''s Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Chapter 4 Vision Strategy Execution . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Vision, Strategy, Execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Map Your Career to Make the Most of Your Desires . . 122 How Do You Keep Momentum in a Career? . . . . . 124 Build Next-Generation Skills . . . . . . . . . 126 Driving Awareness and Your Personal Brand . . . 129 Chapter 5 Becoming Your Vision: Aligning Your Behavior . . . .131 Use Contrast to Drive Learning. . . . . . . . . . . 134 The Learner''s Mindset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Learner''s Mindset and Growth Mindset . . . . . 139 Be a Learner to Stay Engaged in Your Work. . . 142 Many Ways to Learn and Work . . . . . . . . . . . 143 How You Hold Yourself Back . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Blind Spots: Overconfident and Under Sighted . . 148 Blind Spots: Under Confident and Over Sighted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Blind Spots: Ego Nurturer . . . . . . . . . . 150 <p s

SynopsisIf you're like most people, you've had good bosses and bad bosses. Some bosses have inspired you. Others have caused you to scratch your head and think, "How did this person get to be in charge?" But you might not realize that you have one amazing boss, someone who's capable of incredible accomplishment and legendary leadership, probably the best boss you'll ever have...YOU Yes, you. There will always be bosses, teachers, parents, and others to whom you are accountable. All those people will influence and guide you. But only you can choose your ultimate course--and I'm the Boss of Me will show you how. Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn left childhood behind when she became fatherless at age 12. From this financially unstable starting point, which she calls contrast, Jeanne developed a philosophy of life based on love and meeting life's challenges with resilience and a deep willingness to learn. Now with more than 20 years of executive-level experience in the technology industry and having founded the Internet of Things Talent Consortium, Jeanne shares career-building lessons, strategies, and tactics, interspersed with stories about how she and others have used contrast, courage, resilience, and persistence to propel themselves forward into stellar careers in music, sports, real estate, technology, and many other fields. With a passion for mentoring others, Jeanne offers this guide to developing a self-empowered approach to work, career, and life. The book delivers easy-to-follow instruction on how to Build a Vision-Strategy-Execution plan Develop a personal brand statement Use networking to develop a bench of supporters who will help you bring your career dreams to reality Visit Jeanne at jeannedunn.com and https: //www.facebook.com/jbeliveaudunn, If you're like most people, you've had good bosses and bad bosses. Some bosses have inspired you. Others have caused you to scratch your head and think, "How did this person get to be in charge?" But you might not realize that you have one amazing boss, someone who's capable of incredible accomplishment and legendary leadership, probably the best boss you'll ever have...YOU! Yes, you. There will always be bosses, teachers, parents, and others to whom you are accountable. All those people will influence and guide you. But only you can choose your ultimate course--and I'm the Boss of Me will show you how. Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn left childhood behind when she became fatherless at age 12. From this financially unstable starting point, which she calls contrast, Jeanne developed a philosophy of life based on love and meeting life's challenges with resilience and a deep willingness to learn. Now with more than 20 years of executive-level experience in the technology industry and having founded the Internet of Things Talent Consortium, Jeanne shares career-building lessons, strategies, and tactics, interspersed with stories about how she and others have used contrast, courage, resilience, and persistence to propel themselves forward into stellar careers in music, sports, real estate, technology, and many other fields. With a passion for mentoring others, Jeanne offers this guide to developing a self-empowered approach to work, career, and life. The book delivers easy-to-follow instruction on how to Build a Vision-Strategy-Execution plan Develop a personal brand statement Use networking to develop a bench of supporters who will help you bring your career dreams to reality Visit Jeanne at jeannedunn.com and https://www.facebook.com/jbeliveaudunn

LC Classification NumberQK603