Chapter 5: The Twenty-First Habit: Goal Obsession Goal obsession is not a flaw like the rest “comes from misunderstanding what we want in our lives” (99) “misunderstanding what others want us to do” (100) Examples Candace, the marketing executive Colonel Nicholson, from The Bridge on the River Kwai Wall Street Exec who kept getting divorced […]

Chapter 4: The Twenty Habits Knowing What to Stop one difficulty is that we often stress what to do rather than what not to do what not to do is often as important Shifting Into Neutral Rather than attempting to move from negative to positive, which is difficult, try to move from negative to neutral […]

Chapter 3: The Success Delusion or Why We Resist Change We are delusional about our success What happens when someone makes us change? The other party must be confused Denial Attack Four key beliefs of successful people Belief 1: I have succeeded belief in skills and talent self-aggrandizing overvalue our own contributions Belief 2: I […]

Chapter 2: Enough About You Goldsmith began with a single client after instructing groups of leaders Executive coaching is analogous to golf instruction the process 360-feedback from colleagues and family apologize advertise follow up listen without prejudice gratitude feedforward book is aimed at people who want to get better Purchase From Amazon: What Got You […]

Chapter 1: You Are Here inner compass annoying habits can be magnified in leadership roles proprioception examples CEO too much value Editor playing favorites Financial advisor egotistical Purchase From Amazon: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful