What got you here won't get you there by Marshall Goldsmith: squashing the superstitions of your success
About the Author
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\nWorld-renowned business educator and coach, Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is the leading expert\xa0in his field. His singular ability to get results for top leaders has drawn over 150 CEOs and\xa0their management teams to address change in the workplace. They want what Dr.\xa0Goldsmith offers: practical and proven methods.
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\nMarshall has written three New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers \u2013 Triggers,\xa0MOJO and What Got You Here Won\u2019t Get You There.\xa0
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\nThinkers50 has recognized Marshall Goldsmith as one of the World\u2019s Most-Influential\xa0Business Thinkers for the past ten years.
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\nSource: http://www.marshallgoldsmith.com
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\nIn this book, Marshall shows you how to climb those last few rungs on the corporate ladder.
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\nThe corporate world is filled with executives, men and women who have worked hard for\xa0years to reach the upper levels of management. They\u2019re intelligent, skilled, and even\xa0charismatic. But only a handful of them will ever reach the pinnacle \u2014 and as executive\xa0coach Marshall Goldsmith shows in this book, subtle nuances make all the difference.
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\nThese are small \u201ctransactional flaws\u201d performed by one person against another (as simple as not saying thank you enough), which lead to negative perceptions that can hold any executive\xa0back. Using Goldsmith\u2019s straightforward, jargon-free advice, it\u2019s amazingly easy behaviour to\xa0change.
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\nhttps://www.marshallgoldsmith.com/library/
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\nBIG IDEA 1 (3:06) - What got you here, won\u2019t get you there. The more senior and more experienced we become, the more delusional we get. \xa0We think that because we behave like this, we have achieved that. Therefore our behaviour must equal our success. Marshall argues that this is superstitious belief. He said that correlation does not equal causation and that our results are sometimes IN SPITE of our behaviour, not because of.
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\nThis kind of delusion or superstition means that when we are challenged by others we get confused, we overestimate our contributions and underestimate our flaws. The cleverer we are, the better we are at backward rationalisation. Fundamentally, just because you have reached a certain level of seniority doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s going to be the same behaviour or actions that will get you to the next level.
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\nBIG IDEA 2 (5:00) Be selfish to be selfless. The book is about doing more for others and putting yourself aside. It is about how as you get more senior you need to be focusing less about your own ambitions and success, and more about helping create success for others.
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\nMarshall pointed out though that for leaders to start doing things for others, they first need to tap into their own motivations - what\u2019s in it for them? People are motivated by power, money, popularity and status. Only if one of these is threatened, does one consider changing something.
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\nBeing selfish first, before selfless can be a catalyst for change.
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\nBIG IDEA 3 (7:15) - Knowing what to stop. Stopping can be one of the most effective strategies to move things forward and change behaviours. \xa0This is compared to strength based approach which involves using your strengths more (usually adding more things to do). \xa0There are twenty common flaws that Marshall identified in the book which he called \u2018interpersonal annoyances\u2019 which can be overcome by stopping something.
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\nThe examples mentioned in the book are adding to much value, telling the world how smart you are, starting sentences with no or but, speaking when angry, an excessive need to be yourself, failing to express gratitude, not listening, claiming credit that you don\u2019t deserve, withholding information and failing to give proper recognition. \xa0
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\nHere\u2019s the link to the full list of 20: The 20 Bad Habits That Hold You Back
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