What works : a comprehensive framework to change the way we approach goal setting / Tara McMullin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McMullin, Tara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Goal (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, [2023]

Summary:

"My second-grade teacher noticed. She guided me out of the classroom and into the hall. She gently asked why on earth I was crying over a game of bingo. As only a precocious 8-year-old could, I tried to explain that I hated bingo because it required no skill. It was pure luck. There was no strategy to employ, no natural talent to rely on to win. Either your numbers were called, or they weren't. I couldn't extract value out of a win. There was no meaning to victory-although loss still hurt. My teacher gently explained that it was "just a game" and encouraged me to enjoy it. But that's the thing. There has been nothing in my life that has been "just a game." Every win was a small indication that things would work out, that I'd be okay. Every loss was a devastating reminder that I could lose everything-and probably would."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction

Shoot for the Moon

The Problem with Positive Thinking

Achievement Is My Middle Name

What Works?

Chapter 1 The Validation Spiral

The Question of Worthiness

"I'm busy!"

Dejà Vu All Over Again

Undercommitment

How Goals Fuel the Spiral

Reflection

Chapter 2 Why Are We So Obsessed with Goals?

Winners and Losers

We'd Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover

Remember, Time Is Money

You Think You're Better Than Me?

Overcoming

Chapter 3 Who Am I without the Doing?

Who Am I?

Without the Doing

On the Internet

Who Am I Becoming?

Chapter 4 The Satisfaction of Practice in an Achievement-Oriented World

What Is Practice?

Thinking Interdependently

Achievement-Orientation Is Learned

I Can't Get No. . .

Chapter 5 Calculating Capacity

Time

Physical, Mental, and Emotional Energy

Internalized Ableism

Precarity

Emotional Labor

Money and Skills

Renewable Resources

Exercise

Energy

Health

Money

Support and Community

Skills and Knowledge

Chapter 6 Growth without Striving

I'm Not Lost, I'm Exploring. . .

Goals versus Commitments

Personal Values

Self-Efficacy

Chapter 7 Choosing Your Destination

Who Do You Want to Become?

Your Personal Vision

Naming Your Vision

The Growth Edge

Set Your Commitments

Chapter 8 Choosing Your Direction

Make Your Map

Wanting to Change Is Only the First Step

Pursuing a Strategy is Practice

Chapter 9 Buying In

Buying In

Let Go of Discipline

Accountability and Motivation

Cultivating Buy-In

Chapter 10 Planning Projects

Time to Brainstorm

Choose Your Projects

Next Steps

Exercise:

Closed Loop Projects.

Open Loop Projects

Routine Projects

Make Your Plan

Chapter 11 Follow-Through, Self-Sabotage, Margin

Planning as a Feedback Loop

Following Through

Planner, Know Thyself

Self-Sabotage and Complicit Suffering

Leave Room for Margin

Conclusion

Notes

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: McMullin, Tara What Works

ISBN:

9781119906087

1119906083

OCLC:

1334947799