Simple Is the New Smart: 26 Success Strategies to Build Confidence, Inspire Yourself, and Reach Your Ultimate Potential

  • 2h 46m
  • Rob Fazio
  • Career Press, Inc.
  • 2016

Whether you are at work or at home, you are probably being asked to do more with less. We often become consumed with what doesn't really matter, and spend far too much of our precious time on what doesn't even count. In Simple Is the New Smart, Dr. Rob Fazio shows you how to block out the static so you can turn up the volume on the right information and accelerate your path to success.

In an engaging, conversational style, Dr. Fazio offers success strategies that can be used the moment you stop reading. The focus is on helping you help yourself by learning easy-to-read and easy-to-apply techniques that will help you get the edge in business and in life. You will:

  • Learn what is holding you back and how to propel yourself forward.
  • Realize that listening can be bad for your health and learn how to break free from the messages that have been holding you down.
  • Discover the art of reading before leading so you can be intentional with your time.
  • Master the secrets of psychological swagger that allow you to grow without pain.

About the Author

Rob Fazio, PhD, simplifies success so you can move forward quickly. An executive advisor, sport psychologist, crisis consultant, keynote speaker, and nonprofit leader, Dr. Fazio partners with senior executives, athletes, and individuals to remove roadblocks and be more successful. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies around the globe for more than 15 years and is the Managing Partner of OnPoint Advising and President of the nonprofit Hold the Door for Others. He is often sought out to share his point of view on CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC. His straightforward approach, balanced with wisdom and humor, is what his clients find useful and refreshing.

In this Book

  • Simple Is the New Smart─26 Success Strategies to Build Confidence, Inspire Yourself, and Reach your Ultimate Potential
  • Like Father, Like Son─From Opening Doors to Opening Minds─Lessons from Rob Fazio
  • Introduction
  • Insecurity─Install a Security System
  • Doubt─Put Doubts in Your Doubts
  • Stubbornness─Releasing Control to Gain Control
  • Helplessness─Become an Owner
  • Thinking Errors─Mind Muscle Memory
  • Getting Stuck in Reverse─Shifting Gears
  • Listening Is Bad for Your Health─Selective Listening and Talking Back
  • The Blind Side─Mind Your Blind Side
  • Bad Advice─Create a Constellation of Competence
  • Thinking Too Much or Too Little About What People Think─Intentional Impressions
  • The Culture Culprit─Intentional Action
  • Political Denial─Be Savvy Not Slimy
  • Ignoring Your Intuition─Judge a Book by its Cover
  • Innovation Evaporation─Innovation Creation
  • Motivation Complication─Paying People with Their Motivational Currency
  • Passive Persuasion─The Persuasion Pyramid
  • Analysis Paralysis─Decision Precision
  • The Lone Ranger─Embrace the Stranger Danger
  • Firefighting and Emotion Commotion─Emotional Intelligence in Action (EIA)
  • Conversation Hesitation─Conversation Confidence
  • Blurry Vision─Vision with Precision
  • The Complexity of Change─Focus on Facts, Feelings, and the Future
  • Losing Focus and Lack of Follow Through─Practical Prioritization
  • The Stall─Refuel, Repurpose, and Re-energize
  • The Pressure Cooker─Control, Capability, and Connection
  • The Crazy and the Lazy─Eliminate the Noise and Be a Solution Starter
  • Your Next Move
  • Bibliography
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