Succeed
How We Can Reach Our Goals
$36.62
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
3 February 2012
Summary
Do you ever wonder how some people make success look so simple?
In Succeed, award-winning social psychologist Heidi Grant Halvorson offers counterintuitive insights, illuminating stories, and science-based information that can help anyone:
- Set a goal to pursue even in the face of adversity.
- Build willpower, which can be strengthened like a muscle.
- Avoid the kind of positive thinking that makes people fail.
Whether you wan…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780452297715 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0452297710 |
| Author: | Heidi Grant Halvorson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Plume |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 3 February 2012 |
| Weight: | 231g |
| Dimensions: | 133mm x 210mm |
Critics Review
“Both brilliant and practical, entertaining and rigorous.” - Edward Hallowell, M.D., author of Married to Distraction
“A must-read.”—Matthew Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of The Rhythm of Life
“Both brilliant and practical, entertaining and rigorous.”—Edward Hallowell, M.D., author of Married to Distraction
“If you have goals, then you should read this book. If you manage others or are in a position to help others achieve their goals, then you have to read this book! It’s filled with fascinating studies revealing the secrets of success.”—Peter Bregman, CEO of Bregman Partners, Harvard Business Review blogger, and author of 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done
“Strategies people can utilize to help themselves achieve success.”—CareerBuilder
“Halvorson makes academic studies palatable by writing with clarity and interspersing personal anecdotes along the way.”—Publishers Weekly
Heidi Grant Halvorson
About Heidi Grant Halvorson
Heidi Grant Halvorson is a social psychologist and educational consultant. She has served as an assistant professor of psychology at Lehigh University and has received grants from the National Science Foundation.
Dr. Grant Halvorson is the author and co-editor of the academic book The Psychology of Goals and has published papers in leading journals in her field.
She holds a PhD from Columbia University, where she worked with Carol Dweck, and a BA in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Grant Halvorson is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. She has also been elected to the Society for Experimental Social Psychology.
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