Summary: Is this the right book for me?If you want to learn how to motivate yourself and be motivating to others, then this is the book for you! Easy to follow and invaluable to have around, each chapter focuses on honing particular skills, improving your insight and increasing your all-round performance. Including sound information from inspirational voices, motivational trainers and entrepreneurs, it explains what motivation is, how to define your goals, how to boost your creativity, sharpen your motivational skills, challenge limiting beliefs, create the circumstances for success and much, much more! By the end of the book, its simple but effective techniques will help you overcome the challenges of any situation effectively and imaginatively and to set and exceed your goals. It also gives you further reading and details of training and learning groups to build on what you have already learnt.Motivate Yourself and Reach Your Goals includes:Chapter 1: What is motivation?Chapter 2: Create the life you wantChapter 3: Motivation at workChapter 4: Create a compelling futureChapter 5: Incentives to produce good ideasChapter 6: Discover your life's purposeChapter 7: Sharpen your thinkingChapter 8: The power of setting goalsChapter 9: Step to the edge of your boundariesChapter 10: Create circumstances for successChapter 11: Recognize people's thinking stylesChapter 12: Take control of how you thinkChapter 13: Model success strategiesChapter 14: Pick a skill you want to acquireChapter 15: Strengthen your completion driveChapter 16: Listening and questioning skillsChapter 17: Coaching your inner teamChapter 18: Tips for staying motivatedChapter 19: Model success to master changeChapter 20: Pulling it all togetherLearn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and add feature:Not got much time?One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.Author insightsLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.Test yourselfTests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.Extend your knowledgeExtra online articles to give you a richer understanding of self-motivation.Five things to rememberQuick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.Try thisInnovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.
Written by an established coach and tutor with wide experience of motivation and performance coachingWritten in an accessible, inspirational styleIncludes practical exercises to help achieve concrete results
Table of Contents: What is motivation?Being motivated gives you powerImagine - Rehearsing your DreamsBeing on PurposeSharpening your Motivational SkillsSelling Yourself on Your GoalsChallenging Limiting BeliefsCreating Circumstances for SuccessRecognising People's Thinking StylesProblem Solve using Thinking StylesShortcuts to SuccessWhat Sort of Skills Do You Want?Getting Time on Your SideSorting out Your Completion DriveImproving Your Listening SkillsImproving Your Questioning SkillsPulling it All TogetherThe Motivational Skills WheelWhere Do I Go from Here?Index
About the Author(s): Frances Coombes is an NLP Master Practitioner, Performance Enhancement Coach and expert journalist in the fields of motivation and employment.
Readership: Anyone wishing to create their own success