The power of understanding yourself : the key to self-discovery, personal development, and being the best you /: the key to self-discovery, personal development, and being the best you. (2018)
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- Book
- Title:
- The power of understanding yourself : the key to self-discovery, personal development, and being the best you /: the key to self-discovery, personal development, and being the best you. (2018)
- Main Title:
- The power of understanding yourself : the key to self-discovery, personal development, and being the best you
- Further Information:
- Note: Dave Mitchell.
- Authors:
- Mitchell, Dave, 1961-
- Contents:
- Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Part One: The Grape Chapter 1: Metacognition: The Process of Evaluating “The Juice” 3 Metacognition versus Self-Awareness 4 Thinking About Our Thoughts 5 Choosing to Extract Me 8 Your Cognitive Schemas Make You Unique 9 Chapter 2: Locus of Control: You Are the Winemaker 13 Delusions, Control, and Disappointment 14 Finding Your Locus of Control 16 Chapter 3: Alignment: From Vine to Bottle 23 Inputs and Outputs 24 Horizontal Alignment 26 Chapter 4: Core Ideology: The Crush of Juice, Stems, Skins, and Seeds 31 Examining Inputs 34 Assessing Your Desired Outputs 36 Identifying Your Core Ideology 42 Vertical Alignment 47 Part Two: The Style Chapter 5: What’s My Style? Shades of Me 51 Understanding Interactive Style 55 Chapter 6: Experts: It’s About the Process for Me 63 Meeting the Expert 64 The Behavioral Cues (or lack thereof) of Experts 65 An Expert Is a Wine’s Acidity 67 Chapter 7: Romantics: It’s About the People for Me 71 Meeting the Romantic 72 Putting Others’ Happiness before Your Own 73 Reframing Childhood Trials 74 A Romantic Is a Wine’s Sweetness 76 Chapter 8: Masterminds: It’s About the Possibilities for Me 79 Meeting the Mastermind 80 Breaking the Rule in Order to Follow the Rule 82 A Mastermind Is a Wine’s Fruit 86 Chapter 9: Warriors: It’s About the Pace and the Point for Me 89 Meeting the Warrior 90 No Room for Interesting Details 92 A Warrior Is a Wine’s Tannin 94 Part Three: The Balance Chapter 10: Punching Down the Cap: The PursuitPreface xi Acknowledgments xv Part One: The Grape Chapter 1: Metacognition: The Process of Evaluating “The Juice” 3 Metacognition versus Self-Awareness 4 Thinking About Our Thoughts 5 Choosing to Extract Me 8 Your Cognitive Schemas Make You Unique 9 Chapter 2: Locus of Control: You Are the Winemaker 13 Delusions, Control, and Disappointment 14 Finding Your Locus of Control 16 Chapter 3: Alignment: From Vine to Bottle 23 Inputs and Outputs 24 Horizontal Alignment 26 Chapter 4: Core Ideology: The Crush of Juice, Stems, Skins, and Seeds 31 Examining Inputs 34 Assessing Your Desired Outputs 36 Identifying Your Core Ideology 42 Vertical Alignment 47 Part Two: The Style Chapter 5: What’s My Style? Shades of Me 51 Understanding Interactive Style 55 Chapter 6: Experts: It’s About the Process for Me 63 Meeting the Expert 64 The Behavioral Cues (or lack thereof) of Experts 65 An Expert Is a Wine’s Acidity 67 Chapter 7: Romantics: It’s About the People for Me 71 Meeting the Romantic 72 Putting Others’ Happiness before Your Own 73 Reframing Childhood Trials 74 A Romantic Is a Wine’s Sweetness 76 Chapter 8: Masterminds: It’s About the Possibilities for Me 79 Meeting the Mastermind 80 Breaking the Rule in Order to Follow the Rule 82 A Mastermind Is a Wine’s Fruit 86 Chapter 9: Warriors: It’s About the Pace and the Point for Me 89 Meeting the Warrior 90 No Room for Interesting Details 92 A Warrior Is a Wine’s Tannin 94 Part Three: The Balance Chapter 10: Punching Down the Cap: The Pursuit of Balance 99 Finding the Right Balance 100 The Good and Bad of Stress 103 Chapter 11: Punching Down the Expert Style Influence on Me 107 Complementary Versus Contrasting Balance 110 An Expert with a Secondary Romantic (lowest score A column, next-lowest score B column) 111 An Expert with a Secondary Mastermind (lowest score A column, next-lowest score C column) 115 An Expert with a Secondary Warrior (lowest score A column, next-lowest score D column) 119 Extracting Me Worksheet 121 Chapter 12: Punching Down the Romantic Style Influence on Me 123 A Romantic with a Secondary Expert (lowest score B column, second-lowest score A column) 126 A Romantic with a Secondary Mastermind (lowest score B column, second-lowest score C column) 128 A Romantic with a Secondary Warrior (lowest score B column, second-lowest score D column) 131 Extracting Me Worksheet 134 Chapter 13: Punching Down the Mastermind Style Influence on Me 135 A Mastermind with a Secondary Expert (lowest score C column, next-lowest score A column) 138 A Mastermind with a Secondary Romantic (lowest score C column, next-lowest score B column) 142 A Mastermind with a Secondary Warrior (lowest score C column, next-lowest score D column) 143 Extracting Me Worksheet 147 Chapter 14: Punching Down the Warrior Style Influence on Me 149 A Warrior with a Secondary Expert (lowest score D column, next-lowest score A column) 152 A Warrior with a Secondary Romantic (lowest score D column, next-lowest score B column) 154 A Warrior with a Secondary Mastermind (lowest score D column, next-lowest score C column) 157 Extracting Me Worksheet 159 Chapter 15: An Example of Punching Down Your Own Style 161 Analyzing My Assessment 163 Part Four: The Vintage Chapter 16: Veraison: The Evolution of Me 171 A Shift in Perspective 174 Holy &#!* 176 Identifying Your Veraison 180 Chapter 17: Age-Worthy: Maintaining the Best Me 183 Becoming Better with Age 184 An Endless Appetite for Learning 185 Civil Conversations for Understanding Different Perspectives 189 Aging Well Physically 193 A Plan for Greater Achievement 195 Epilogue: Uncorking Me 197 Extracting Me Worksheet 199 About the Author 209 Index 211 … (more)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 155.2
Self-perception
Self-realization - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781119516378
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781119516361
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