This book was previously titled, "The Way We're Working Isn't
Working."
"Be Excellent at Anything "is one of those rare books with the
power to profoundly transform the way we work and live.
Demand is exceeding our capacity. The ethic of "more, bigger,
faster" exacts a series of silent but pernicious costs at work,
undermining our energy, focus, creativity, and passion. Nearly 75
percent of employees around the world feel disengaged at work every
day. "Be Excellent at Anything "offers a groundbreaking approach to
reenergizing our lives so we're both more satisfied and more
productive--on the job and off.
By integrating multidisciplinary findings from the science of high
performance, Tony Schwartz, coauthor of the #1 bestselling "The
Power of Full Engagement, "makes a persuasive case that we're
neglecting the four core needs that energize great performance:
sustainability (physical); security (emotional); self-expression
(mental); and significance (spiritual). Rather than running like
computers at high speeds for long periods, we're at our best when
we pulse rhythmically between expending and regularly renewing
energy across each of our four needs.
Organizations undermine sustainable high performance by forever
seeking to get more out of their people. Instead they should seek
systematically to meet their four core needs so they're freed,
fueled, and inspired to bring the best of themselves to work every
day.
Drawing on extensive work with an extra-ordinary range of
organizations, among them Google, Ford, Sony, Ernst & Young,
Shell, IBM, the Los Angeles Police Department, and the Cleveland
Clinic, Schwartz creates a road map for a new way of working. At
the individual level, he explains how we can build specific rituals
into our daily schedules to balance intense effort with regular
renewal; offset emotionally draining experiences with practices
that fuel resilience; move between a narrow focus on urgent demands
and more strategic, creative thinking; and balance a short-term
focus on immediate results with a values-driven commitment to
serving the greater good. At the organizational level, he outlines
new policies, practices, and cultural messages that Schwartz's
client companies have adopted.
" Be Excellent at Anything "offers individuals, leaders, and
organizations a highly practical, proven set of strategies to
better manage the relentlessly rising demands we all face in an
increasingly complex world.
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