Career Courage: Discover Your Passion, Step Out of Your Comfort Zone, and Create the Success You Want

256 Pages·2016·1.62 MB·English

by  Katie C. Kelley

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career courage
Discover Your Passion, Step Out of Your Comfort Zone, and
Create the Success You Want
Katie C Kelley
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AmeriCAn mAnAgement AssoCiAtion
New York • Atlanta • Brussels • Chicago • Mexico City • San Francisco
Shanghai • Tokyo • Toronto • Washington, D.C.
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To my mentor and father, Patrick D. Curran,
who inspires and elevates my professional life.
And to my agent and friend, Michael Snell,
without whom I could not have written this book.
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Contents
  Acknowledgments xi
  Introduction:BeginningtheJourney 1
 1.Motivation:ClarifyingWhatReallyMatterstoYou 7
Understanding Your Basic Motivations 8
Designing Your Motivational Game Plan 13
Scripting Your Unique Career 20
Clarifying Your Vision 22
2.Confidence:ConqueringYourWorstFears 29
Discovering Your Discomfort Zones 3 1
Designing Your Confidence-Building Game Plan 35
Fortifying Your Confidence Factors 36
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viii Contents
Keeping Your Eyes on the Prize 40
Adjusting Your Emotional Thermostat 44
3.Risk:ThinkingLikeanEntrepreneur 51
Raising Your Risk Quotient 52
Designing Your Risk-Taking Game Plan 58
Confronting Your Fear Factors 60
Remembering Your Passion Purpose 65
Perfecting Your Entrepreneurial Trifecta 66
4.Character:LinkingWhoYouAreand
WhatYouDotoHowYouRelatetoPeople 71
Playing Well with Others 73
Designing Your Character-Building Game Plan 82
Managing Your Power Bank’s Deposits and Withdrawals 86
5.Harmony:OrchestratingaLifeWhile
PursuingYourLife’sWork 93
Composing Your Unique Harmony 94
Diagnosing ADABS 96
Assembling Team Trinity 108
6.Vision:ConnectingtheDotstoYourFuture 113
Making the Case for Strategic Thinking 114
Going Back to the Drawing Board 118
Adapting to Surprises 125
 7.Community:DesigningYourPowerfulNetwork 133
Networking Your Own Special Way 136
Evolving Your Network 142
Sustaining the Flow 149
Figuring Out What It All Means 150
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