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The art of
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self-coachingEd BatistaCLASS 8: SUCCESS
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Strengths + a conversation 30 minsValues + a group discussion35 minsConditions + a conversation 25 minsFor next time… 5 mins
Agenda
Today’s guiding spirit
StrengthsIt takes far more energy and work to improve from incompetence to mediocrity than it takes to improve from first-rate performance to excellence.
~Peter Drucker
Growth mindset?Change is always possible…
What’s the opportunity cost?
With yourpartnerWhat have you learned about your strengths?Where are you capable of excellence?
Myths
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I’ll be happy
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when…
I’ll be happy
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when…
I’ll be happyApplicants rejected by the GSB this year: 7,383
when…
I’ll be happySonja LyubomirskyWhy doesn’t success make us happier?
when…
Hedonic treadmill
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Hedonic treadmillThe more we attain, the happier we
become. But the more we attain, the more we want.
~Sonja Lyubomirsky
Hedonic treadmillTwo chief explanations: We experience
less & less pleasure over time & our aspirations rise.
~Sonja Lyubomirsky
SocialThose of us who typically rely on our own internal, objective standards are happiest.
~Sonja Lyubomirsky
comparison
SocialThose of us who base our self-evaluations on comparisons with others are the unhappy ones.
~Sonja Lyubomirsky
comparison
Goal
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pursuit
GoalThe critical factor in whether goal pursuit makes us happy lies in enjoying the journey & not in realizing the end-goal.
~Sonja Lyubomirsky
pursuit
So whatcan we do?
AspirationConcrete experiences & observationsGratitude & appreciationGoal selection & framingValues
management
ValuesTo work in an organization whose value system is incompatible with one’s own condemns a person to frustration.
~Peter Drucker
A value systemIf you worship money & things, you will never have enough. Worship your own body & beauty, you will always feel ugly. Worship power, you will end up feeling weak & afraid.
~David Foster Wallace
A value systemThe really important kind of freedom involves attention & awareness & discipline & effort & being able truly to care about other people & to sacrifice for them, over & over.
~David Foster Wallace
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In your groupsof 6How might I manage my aspirations?How might values play a role?
Find your Profl.
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Partner
ConditionsToo many people work in ways that are not their ways... For knowledge workers, How do I perform? may be an even more important question than What are my strengths?
~Peter Drucker
Another
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conversation
Anotherconversation What have you learned about the conditions
under which you do your best work?
To sum upSuccess may entail focusing on strengthsManaging aspirations will be keyClarity on our values can help
Class 9EndingsWilliam Bridges on transitionsChristopher Peterson on life & habits& an assignment
