Put It Behind You: How to Let Go of Your Past and Free Yourself to Pursue Your Goals
By:
Sign Up Now!
Already a Member? Log In
You must be logged into Bookshare to access this title.
Learn about membership options,
or view our freely available titles.
- Synopsis
- Do you have painful memories from your career that still haunt you? Maybe your first boss denied you a promotion you felt you deserved, or you were seduced by a persuasive manager into staying in an unrewarding job, or your organization never came through on promises made to you. Especially for successful, high-need-for-achievement professionals, unpleasant memories can exert a stranglehold on future growth. In this chapter, organizational behavior expert Thomas DeLong shows that speaking the truth about these experiences to a trusted confidant is a highly productive reality check. He uses striking personal and business examples--including a technique one management trainer used, in which groups of professionals literally raised their arms and "threw" their past experiences behind them--to drive home the importance of freeing yourself from the negative impact of remembered failures. The chapter not only gives you new ways to interpret beliefs or events from your past--it inspires you to embrace your own success in a new and more rewarding future. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 10 of "Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success."
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Publisher:
- Harvard Business Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 08/03/16
- Copyrighted By:
- HBS Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Business and Finance
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.