Publisher's Synopsis
The Mind of Success is a self-help book describing in simple steps how to develop a positive mind-set, maximise individual potential & build a successful career. This book challenges mediocrity but inspires an uncommon determination to maximise one's potential and become a model of true success within a well-defined career path. As a unique individual with exceptional potential, this book will help you to identify and decide on the right career path for you. It will guide you to know where to begin, how to begin and how to achieve consistency as you progressively build a career, a future, and a success story. In this book, the author presents 7 areas that he has discovered are vital for those who desire to attain their full potential and build successful careers. Chapter 1 looks into the meaning of true success and tackles head-on the false culture of success young people are today exposed to. The roles of Mentors and role models are discussed; being essential to successful career building how a person can initiate and manage these is explained. Chapter 2 looks at the important subject of purpose and the author presents two types of purpose - the Salient Purpose & the Crucial Purpose. Every successful person has identified these two and have been driven by them at the right time and in the right way. In Chapter 3 the author makes a distinction between Acquired Skills and Natural Skills. One must drive the other but both are essential to career success. How to identify which type of skills one has and knowing how to gain and perfect key skills and when to deploy them for maximum success are well explained in this chapter. Chapter 4 looks into the importance of gaining relevant knowledge in difference stages of career building. A paradoxical relationship is established between education and qualification. Chapter 5 discusses the subject of opportunity and the author presents 3 kinds of opportunities - Open Opportunity, Semi-Open Opportunity and Closed Opportunity. He explains how to take maximum advantage of all 3 whenever they are presented in the course of one's career, and in the case of the Closed Opportunity, how to CREATE them! In this chapter the author also discussed how to prepare for job opportunities, with particular focus on 'The Interview Winning CV', 'How to Write an Effective Supporting Statement' and 'Interviews'. Finally, chapter 6 is about WORK. 'When Work Cannot be Called Work' explains how to avoid wasted efforts and instead effectively channel energy to produce maximum impact in one's everyday work activities. How to use creative thinking in daily work activities to achieve success where others have failed is discussed, as well as tips to overcome procrastination. The author believes that after reading each chapter you will be inspired and compelled to make commitments to further secure your future and so has included a GOALS page after each chapter so you may write down your future commitments and develop plans for achieving them. If you have purchased the eBook version of 'The Mind of Success' it may be helpful to get a note pad for this purpose. Everything written in this book is either based upon ideas that have worked and still work for the author-his personal experience, or on what has worked well with the many clients he has helped over the years on their journey to building successful careers. "Every day, across our world, individuals miss the opportunity to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. The Mind of Success challenges young people to reassess the definition of success and to redefine, through hard work, the most appropriate way to achieve real success" - Roy O'Shaughnessy (Chief Executive, Shaw Trust, UK) "One of the most useful and enjoyable books ever! I would thoroughly recommend it as compulsory reading for students, it would definitely help find the right pathway for their future and/or career." - Amazon Review
