The First Rule of Mastery : Stop Worrying about What People Think of You / Michael Gervais and Kevin Lake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gervais, Michael (Psychologist), author.

Lake, Kevin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Success--Psychological aspects.

Success.

Performance--Psychological aspects.

Performance.

Cognitive psychology.

Other (Philosophy)--Psychological aspects.

Other (Philosophy).

Fear.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press, [2023]

Summary:

"With the proliferation of social media, the intense pressure to succeed, and our overreliance on external rewards, metrics, and validation, FOPO is running rampant. Our concern with what other people think about us has become an irrational, unproductive, and unhealthy obsession in the modern world. And its negative effects reach into all aspects of our lives. In The First Rule of Mastery, Michael Gervais shows us the key to leading a high-performance life is to redirect our attention from the world outside us to the world inside us. As one of the world's leading experts on the relationship between the mind and human performance, Gervais takes an in-depth look at the noxious effects of FOPO while laying out the mental skills and practices we need to achieve personal excellence-the same skills he's taught to the top performers in the world including sports MVPs and Fortune 100 leaders and teams. Filled with fascinating stories from the worlds of sports and business, leading-edge science, and insights from the popular Finding Mastery podcast, The First Rule of Mastery is a much-needed wake-up call that when we give more value to other people's opinions than our own, we live life on their terms, not ours"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

1. Beethoven's Secret

Part One: Unmask

2. The Mechanics of FOPO

3. Fear Factors

4. Identity: A Breeding Ground for FOPO

5. Outsourcing Self-Worth

6. The Neurobiology of FOPO

Part Two: Assess

7. Barry Manilow and the Spotlight Effect

8. Do We Really Know What Someone Else Is Thinking?

9. We See Things as We Are

10. Social Beings Masquerading as Separate Selves

Part Three: Redefine

11. Challenges to Our Closely Held Beliefs

12. Look Who's Talking

13. The Litmus Test

Notes

Index

Acknowledgments

About the Authors.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-64782-325-0

OCLC:

1399169596

Publisher Number:

MWT16290872