10 Insights for Achieving Success and Influence, from Heidi Grant Halvorson, P.h. D.

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Heidi GrantHalvorson

Motivational psychologist whose research has focused on

understanding why some people give up when their goals give them trouble, while others

can rise to the challenge.

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Change is hard, slow, but completely reliable -

it will happen.

No.1

Have reasonable expectations,and know that persistence is the key.

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The way you explain the challenges you have in life is a powerful predictor of what happens next,

And, it’s hardly about ability.

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Your persistence is the biggest predictor of success,

not your ability

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Increasing your confidence is about changing the story you’re telling yourself.

Look at what you’re doing, rather than what you’re lacking.

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Your willpower is like a muscle; Exercise it and it gets stronger,overwork it and its strength will diminish.

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Influential people intuitively tune what they’re saying

to fit their audience

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Extrinsically motivated goals rarely work.For them to be truly inspirational, make sure they satisfy these three ingredient:

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Extrinsically motivated goals rarely work.For them to be truly inspirational, make sure they satisfy these three ingredient:

relationships -Relatedness and a sense of belonging.

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Extrinsically motivated goals rarely work.For them to be truly inspirational, make sure they satisfy these three ingredient:

Competence – Learning something new.

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Extrinsically motivated goals rarely work.For them to be truly inspirational, make sure they satisfy these three ingredient:

Autonomy – Doing something that reflects who you are as an individual.

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When you ‘play to win,’ you’re driven by gain and advancement.

‘Playing not to lose,’ however, is about security.Let the situation guide your thinking.

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There are two phases of creativity that matter: idea generation and idea evaluation.

Both are equally important and require a different mode of thinking.

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To get the best out of your team,set the expectation that mistakes will be made

and watch them make fewer of them.

Really reflect...

Are you promotion focused or prevention focused?

Really reflect...

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