Springboard Launching Your Personal Search for Success From the creator of the popular Success Course at the Wharton School of Business Finding your own true measure of success begins with two essential questions Who am I What will I do with my life The a
From the creator of the popular Success Course at the Wharton School of Business Finding your own true measure of success begins with two essential questions Who am I What will I do with my life The answers can t come from the outside You have to search your heart and engage these questions honestly to discover insights that go far beyond conventional notions of fameFrom the creator of the popular Success Course at the Wharton School of Business Finding your own true measure of success begins with two essential questions Who am I What will I do with my life The answers can t come from the outside You have to search your heart and engage these questions honestly to discover insights that go far beyond conventional notions of fame, fortune, and happiness Award winning author and Wharton School professor G Richard Shell challenges readers to set aside the preconceived definitions of success promoted by society, schools, family, and the media Then he helps readers replace these old definitions with aspirations based on their unique values, talents, personalities, and motivations Along the way he shares inspiring stories of others who defined success for themselves Take a chance Do what you were meant to do.
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Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for Success : G. Richard Shell
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Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for Success : G. Richard Shell
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G Richard Shell is the Thomas Gerrity Professor of Legal Studies, Business Ethics, and Management at the Wharton School of Business His latest book, Springboard Launching Your Personal Search for Success Penguin Portfolio 2013 , was named Business Book of Year for 2013 by the largest business bookseller in the United Sates, 800CEOREAD He is the Director of Wharton s Executive Negotiation Workshop and its Strategic Persuasion Workshop and has taught everyone from Navy SEALs, UN diplomats, and Fortune 500 CEOs to FBI hostage negotiators, emergency room nurses, and front line public school teachers His earlier works include the award winning Bargaining for Advantage Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People 2nd Edition, Penguin 2006 and with co author Mario Moussa The Art of Woo Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas Portfolio Penguin 2007 His works are available in over fifteen languages.
849 Replys to “Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for Success”
The whole genre of career success literature and trendy business books usually leaves me rushing back to fiction, but I found Springboard to be a very thoughtful, common sense guide to defining success, assessing your unique skills, and getting on a path to finding meaningful work. Perhaps because the author did not start his academic career until he was 37 and spent most of his 20s unemployed, the book has a refreshing honesty and credibility that most "business books" lack. I'd highly recommen [...]
Shell's 'Springboard' successfully gives you a foundation to understand what is important to you and how to move toward being more happy.Please don't shy away from it in fear that it might be just a trite self-help book. Far from it. In fact, if anything, it leans in the opposite direction -- challenging and academically thorough, it at times seems an erudite taxonomy -- but it consistently sets you down a path of thinking promising for insights on how to get your life together.I recommend it - [...]
I am a firm believer that "begun is half done." This book provides the 'begun.' It is like every other self-help, self-motivation book in terms of speaking to wants and desires. But it is superior to many in that it offers workable and concise outlines of how to get organized, how to refine goals, and how to keep going when you "donwanna." The time it takes to get ready will not exhaust all the available time to devote to the goals. A perfect book for the new year.
I appreciated this book a lot, but I think a lot of the perspective the author offers comes from a place of incredible privilege, and I would have appreciated a wider variety of voices when referencing human examplesor examples of literature. read as: there were a lot of white dudes in this book.
my faves part of this book are topics about momentary happiness and meaningful work. a complete review hopefully will be posted on my Tumblr site soon.
Richard Shell literally teaches the course on success at Wharton, so who better than he to write the book? His 2013 effort, "Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for Success," is an even-handed, well-researched, and thoroughly humanistic book about defining and finding success…on your own terms. “If you allow others to define your goals for you,” Shell warns, “then there is a pretty good chance you will end up holding a prize you did not choose and do not want.”"Springboard" is [...]
Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for Success by G. Richard Shell was chosen by Soundview Executive Book Summaries as one of the Top 30 Business Books of 2014E SOUNDVIEW REVIEW:There are far too many business books in today’s market that encourage (or even order) you to abandon your current position and follow your dream. The majority of these books are high on philosophy and low on practicality. As Wharton School professor G. Richard Shell suggests in his book Springboard: Launching [...]
Shell provides an insightful look into the drivers of success. He suggests that readers look inward, channel their passions and competencies into meaningful work, and seek sources of confidence to inspire them toward a holistic, successful life. I read this book with interest as Shell referenced work from psychology, sociology, and the classics to augment his arguments. The book also highlights the importance of goal-setting and following up with successful implementation. Overall, I recommend t [...]
This book is the product of many years of carful thought and teaching on the subject of success. It is well worth the read. The bood addresses two questions: (1) What is success? (2) How do you achieve success? It truely provides a springboard toward success for younger people who have not yet learned the foundational lessons in this book, and it provides a reminder and encouragement to older people to live life with purpose and energy.
This was a very thought-provoking and inspirational book. I'm not big on self-help type books, and prefer that they be filled with lots of stories that both elucidate and inspire, and this did not disappoint. I'm sure it's no substitute for the course, but it certainly got me thinking!
May have opened more doors than I realize right at this moment. EXTENSIVE research and experience placed in the book, if you want to take advantage of time you feel you've been wasting, read this book! Thank you Richard Shell
Perhaps I just didn't come across this one at the right time. Too many words for what the author had to say.
Thoughtful, common sense guide to defining success, understand your unique skills, and getting on a path to finding meaningful work/life. A good candidate to read again.
like What Color is Your Parachute with a bit more philosophy
The book has a lot of valuable advice Of course, it would be more valuable to take his success course.
Repetitive, but good advice and a well presented walkthrough of how to approach success and happiness with references to philosophy and Eastern viewpoints.
Good solid read with more depth than the average success book. Well rounded and researched. Not put in a particularly compelling way but I would recommend it.
Thought-provoking. Slowed down about 3/4 in but finished well. Overall a good read.
Even if you're in a career you like, I would recommend reading this one! It gives you lots to think about in terms of how you view success as well as ways to help you improve. Well worth the time!
Read 1st 1/2 of book. Inspiring the search of purpose instead of job titles etc. Impt to know your own goals and priorities more than chasing a "dream job/vocation".