Intention The Surprising Psychology of High Performers
"As a society, we are more productive than ever, yet as individuals, we have never felt so powerless and unengaged at work. Our response as employers, spurred by the pandemic, has been to provide greater flexibility and freedom, but these have only increased the lack of connection to our workpl...
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
2024.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Part I Fundamentals
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Why Intention?
- No, These Traits Are Not Innate and Immutable
- What Do We Mean by High Performance?
- Beyond the Individual
- About Us
- Chapter 2 A Languishing World
- As Far as the Eye Can See
- Languishing and Self-Destruction
- The Decline of Workplace Autonomy
- Chapter 3 What Is Intention?
- Intention as a Survival Tool
- What Are Shared Intentions?
- Intention, Passed on as a Flame
- Intention and Self in the Modern Age
- Chapter 4 Becoming Main Characters
- Intentionality 101: Making Choices
- NPCs, Pawns, and Wantons
- Finding Our Pools of Will
- The Power of Responsibility
- Becoming a Main Character in a World of Shared Intentions
- Chapter 5 Intention Is Trainable
- Training Intention as a Key to Sports Performance
- Training Intention as a Key to Academic Performance
- Training Intention as a Key to Healthier Eating
- Part II Willpower
- Chapter 6 The Surprising Impact of Willpower Attitude
- The Birth of Limited Willpower
- Shifting the Willpower Narrative
- How Tired Are You, Really?
- Seeing through the Limited Willpower Illusion
- Chapter 7 High Performers Have Nonlimited Willpower
- Finding Our Real Limits
- Willpower Can Make Anyone a High Performer
- Make Your Next Challenge a Test of Willpower
- Define Your Limits
- Chapter 8 Physical Ingredients to Willpower
- Does Being Hungry Make You Lose Self-Control?
- Re-thinking Drowsy Days at Work
- Is Willpower Even Real?
- Looking for Cues
- Chapter 9 How to Train the Experience of Willpower
- How Seeking Novelty Can Replenish Us
- Start Small
- Small Wins Are Better than Major Losses
- Good Motivation versus Bad Motivation
- Productivity Tools Don't Build Willpower
- Take Pride in Your Achievements
- Exercising Willpower.
- Chapter 10 Willpower as a Team Sport
- Willpower as a Group Superpower
- The Three Keys to Sharing Willpower
- Closer Teams Share Willpower Better
- Training for Team Willpower
- Part III Curiosity
- Chapter 11 High Performers Are Curious
- Knowledge for Its Own Sake
- The Real Superpower: Focused Curiosity
- Living the Atelic Life
- Chapter 12 Don't Stop (Re)believing
- The Art of Changing Your Mind
- How to Get Cognitively Flexible
- The Science of Cognitive Flexibility
- Chapter 13 How to Change Your Mind
- Techniques to Reduce Extreme Beliefs
- Deep Canvassing Inward
- What Do You Get from Your Beliefs?
- Chapter 14 Believing Together
- Two Minds Aren't Always Better than One
- Group Beliefs: A Whole New Ballgame
- Groupthinking Our Way to Disaster
- Psychological Safety 101
- Name It
- Encourage Dissent
- Conduct Post- and Pre-Mortems
- Designate Devil's Advocates
- Part IV Integrity
- Chapter 15 Living Our Values
- Integrity: The Seeds of Intention
- How Do We Identify Our Values?
- Growing into Integrity
- Ashoka's Lasting Legacy
- Chapter 16 How to Uncover Your Values
- The Complexity of Values through AI
- How to Clarify Your Own Values
- Chapter 17 When Values Conflict
- The Benefits of Value Tension
- Reconciling Intentions
- The Power of Diverse Dissent
- Set the North Star
- Pick Alignment over Consensus
- Leading with Integrity
- Chapter 18 Know Thy Team
- How Well Do We Really Know Others?
- The Mistake of Assuming Values
- How to Know Thy Team
- Step 1: Help Team Members Discover Their Own Values
- Step 2: Facilitate Space for Team Members to Share Their Values
- Step 3: Hire for Self-Knowledge
- The Benefits of Sharing
- Part V Attention
- Chapter 19 High Performers Are Focused on the Right Things
- Open the Aperture to Focus It
- Attention as a Tool
- The Illusion of Choice.
- Chapter 20 Directing the Spotlight
- Building a World, One Piece at a Time
- Attention as a Magnet
- Magnet #1: Emotions
- Magnet #2: Novelty
- Magnet #3: Goals
- Chapter 21 Spotlights at Work
- Attentional Spotlight: Workplace Edition
- KPIs as Shared Intentions
- The Problem with Most KPIs
- Chapter 22 Intentional Wandering
- The Benefits of a Wandering Mind
- Structuring Your Environment
- Reframing Your Language and Story
- The Stories We Tell
- Open Expectations Lead to Unexpected Paths
- Chapter 23 Not All Flow Is Created Equal
- Is Flow the End-All-Be-All?
- How Does Flow Work?
- Not All Flow Is Created Equal
- The Intentional Flow Spectrum
- Flowing Our Way to Burnout
- Creating Team Flow
- Chapter 24 Focusing Teams
- Nothing Focuses You Like a Fight
- Breaking It Down with the 1-2-3 Model
- Create Open Pathways
- Part VI Habits
- Chapter 25 The Roots of High Performance
- The Basics of Deliberate Habits
- Habits as Tools for Intention
- Chapter 26 Taking Control of Unconscious Actions
- Are Habits a Bad Thing?
- Habits as an Expression of Intentions
- The Natural Ease of Habits
- Building Intentional Habits
- Disrupting Negative Habits
- Stacking Your Habits
- Rewire Your Own Brain
- Chapter 27 Finding the Power Within
- The Behavioral Zeitgeist of the 1970s
- What Drives Us When No One Is Looking?
- The Beginner's Guide to Extrinsic Motivation
- Hijacking the Brain's Reward Systems with Awareness
- The Seven Steps to Rewire Our Habits
- Step 1: Be Aware of Goal-Incongruent Behavior (Behaviors that Don't Line up with Our Goals)
- Step 2: Be Aware of the Results of Goal-Incongruent Behavior
- Step 3: Be Aware of the Triggers of Goal-Incongruent Behavior (Recognize What Seems to Initiate a Behavior that Doesn't Support Our Goal)
- Step 4: Be Aware of Forced or Effortful Restraint of Behavior.
- Step 5: Be Aware of the Results of Force or Effortful Restraint of Behavior
- Step 6: Be Aware of Choice and Explore New, Autonomously Motivated Behaviors
- Step 7: Be Aware of the Results of New, Autonomous Behaviors
- Chapter 28 The Importance of Workplace Rituals
- The Power of Workplace Rituals
- The Need for Workplace Rituals
- The Benefits of Workplace Rituals
- Choosing Workplace Rituals
- Part VII Closing
- Chapter 29 Intention in Our Relationships
- What Makes a Family?
- Bringing Intention into Our Relationships
- Other People Have Intention, Too?
- Helping Others Be More Intentional
- Step 1: Start with Independence
- Step 2: Give Freedom, Not License
- Step 3: Give a Helpful Push
- Step 4: Support Long-Term Thinking
- Giving Up Power for a Good Cause
- Chapter 30 The Garden of Intention
- Planting a Garden
- Becoming a Gardener
- Notes
- Index
- EULA.
