Martin M. Anthony: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2004
Almost everyone feels uncomfortable in social situations from time to time. In fact, feelings of social anxiety and shyness are perfectly normal. However, some people experience anxiety and shyness at a level that disturbs them, or that gets in the way of their day-to-day lives. If you worry excessively about what others think of you, or if you experience high levels of anxiety in situations such as parties, dating, public speaking, being observed, or meeting new people, this book is meant for you. Or, if you have a family member who is very anxious in social situations, this book will help you to better understand what your loved one is going through and what can be done to help.
This book differs from other books on shyness and social anxiety in a number of important ways. First, unlike some books, this one is based on the same types of treatment that have been proven by researchers to be effective for individuals who suffer from extreme social anxiety. The strategies described here are similar to those used by doctors and therapists who are experts in treating social anxiety.
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By Bill George: Harvard Business Review October 26, 2012
Ever since the financial crisis of 2008, I have sensed from many leaders that they want to do a better job of leading in accordance with their personal values. The crisis exposed the fallacies of measuring success in monetary terms and left many leaders with a deep feeling of unease that they were being pulled away from what I call their True North. As markets rose and bonus pools grew, it was all too easy to celebrate the rising tide of wealth without examining the process that created it. Too many leaders placed self-interest ahead of their organizations’ interests, and ended up disappointing the customers, employees, and shareholders who had trusted them. I often advise emerging leaders, “You know you’re in trouble when you start to judge your self-worth by your net worth.” Nevertheless, many leaders get caught up in this game without realizing it.
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Frank Wieber & Peter M. Gollwitzer : Oxford University Press, 2010
Have you ever purposefully delayed or postponed a goal-directed action (for example, writing an essay or filling out tax forms) despite strong intentions to achieve the goal and sufficient opportunities to pursue it. If so, then you are in good company: so has a large percentage of the general (15 to 20 percent) and the academic (80 to 85 percent of American college students) population. In addition to academic examples, procrastination has been studied in the areas of personal health (dieting, exercising), social relationships (contacting friends), work (job seeking behaviour), and financial management (retirement savings). Procrastination is a widespread phenomenon with potentially severe consequences, such as dropping out of school, compromised health, divorce, and job loss. Intuitively, it would seem relatively easy to classify certain behaviours as procrastination. For example, the fact that a student put off reading a book chapter might at first glance be sufficient to label his or her behaviour as procrastination. But after a closer look at the phenomenon, additional criteria that cannot be objectively judged from an outside perspective emerge. Building on the numerous definitions of the commonly used term procrastination that can be found in the scientific literature,4 we suggest four criteria that must be fulfilled in order to classify a behaviour or a lack of behaviour as procrastination. A person has to (1) commit to the goal in question, (2) have the opportunity to act on the goal, (3) expect to be worse off later in the case of a delay, and (4) voluntarily decide to put off the intended action of in action until a later point.
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