Getting unstuck : break free of the plateau effect
Title:
Getting unstuck : break free of the plateau effect
Author:
Sullivan, Bob, 1968-
Thompson, Herbert H.
ISBN:
9780142180945
Publication Information:
New York, New York : Plume, Penguin Group, [2014]
Physical Description:
xxi, 298 p. : ill. ;
General Note:
"A Plume Book."
Previously published as "The plateau effect."
Abstract:
The authors show the different kinds of plateaus that can hold you back and how they can be overcome. Using case studies of both success and failure -- including Derek Jeter, Blockbuster, and Google -- they identify how to avoid pitfalls and to incorporate the peak behaviors that place breakthroughs within anyone's grasp. If you've ever given more and more to a broken relationship, a weight-loss regimen, or a stalled career -- only to get less and less in return -- Getting Unstuck will change your life.
Part One. The science: -- Three Forces -- 1.Do the Math -- Uncovering the Forces That Drive the Plateau Effect -- 2.Going Flat -- The First Plateau Force -- 3.The Greedy Algorithm -- The Second Plateau Force -- 4.Bad Timing -- The Third Plateau Force -- Part two. The engine: -- Building Your Approach -- 5.Flow Mechanisms -- Step Functions, Choke Points, and Mystery Ingredients -- 6.Distortion Mechanisms -- Navigating Bad Data and Other Tricks of the Plateau -- Part three. The achievement: -- Peak Behaviors -- 7.Attention -- The First Action -- 8.Agility -- The Second Action -- 9.Application -- The Third Action.
Subject:
| Self-actualization (Psychology) |
| Success -- Psychological aspects. |
| Achievement motivation. |
| Learning, Psychology of. |
| Performance. |
Summary:
The authors show the different kinds of plateaus that can hold you back and how they can be overcome. Using case studies of both success and failure -- including Derek Jeter, Blockbuster, and Google -- they identify how to avoid pitfalls and to incorporate the peak behaviors that place breakthroughs within anyone's grasp. If you've ever given more and more to a broken relationship, a weight-loss regimen, or a stalled career -- only to get less and less in return -- Getting Unstuck will change your life.
Part One. The science: -- Three Forces -- 1.Do the Math -- Uncovering the Forces That Drive the Plateau Effect -- 2.Going Flat -- The First Plateau Force -- 3.The Greedy Algorithm -- The Second Plateau Force -- 4.Bad Timing -- The Third Plateau Force -- Part two. The engine: -- Building Your Approach -- 5.Flow Mechanisms -- Step Functions, Choke Points, and Mystery Ingredients -- 6.Distortion Mechanisms -- Navigating Bad Data and Other Tricks of the Plateau -- Part three. The achievement: -- Peak Behaviors -- 7.Attention -- The First Action -- 8.Agility -- The Second Action -- 9.Application -- The Third Action.