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Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals (2010)

by Heidi Grant Halvorson(Favorite Author)

4.23 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1594630739 (ISBN13: 9781594630736)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Hudson Street Press

review 1: Like so many non-fiction books, this was more valuable as a catalyst for thought rather than a prescriptive list to follow. That said, this is no cheap book of self-help tips - this is much more than the average motivational speaker schlock.The book serves more as a lecture - I could imagine the author actually saying these things out loud. Her thoughts on motivation (as well as de-motivation), goal-setting, and how the brain works are very well delivered.
review 2: The tipoff in this book comes in the Forward, where Carol Dweck (who was the author's mentor) compliments Grant Halvorson on the research she selected to shape the book: Dweck's own work. So if you're looking for a book to "extend" Dweck's mindset theory, then beef it up with some reheated studies ... moreon willpower being a muscle, and positive thinking being a trap, this is your book.The tone is chatty, just short of the Exclamation Point!! school of self-help writing. But where I got off the bus was Grant Halvorson's praise for KIPP schools, which, as Everyone Knows, are the psychologically sound answer to Our Failing Public School system, a place where kids are taught that (you guessed it): #1) Willpower is a muscle; #2)"Positive" (read: deluded) thinking is not encouraged, in favor of hard work and #3) Everyone knows that you're not automatically good at math--you have to work at it. less

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