Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be

　　當代極具影響力企管大師馬歇爾．葛史密斯強調：成功，從保持良好行為開始！

 

　　在商業環境中，良好的行為習慣是致勝關鍵，然而，要保持「良好」其實有其難度，偶爾人們會意識到改變的一刻迫在眉睫，卻礙於生活慣性導致拖延怠惰或半途而廢，即便計劃訂定得如何無懈可擊，最終只能失敗收場。對於這樣的情況，馬歇爾．葛史密斯認為此時就是檢視各類「動機」的最佳時刻，清點所有外部因素，包括對行為負面與正面的影響，以及腦中關於改變的意念、對改變的意願等。



　　全球CEO的偉大導師，馬歇爾．葛史密斯以其豐富的領導閱歷提出的精闢見解，讓讀者明白己身的信念與所處的環境如何造成我們行動上的遲緩或是抗拒改變的可能。另一方面，他也提出許多實用的忠告，指引大家如何扭轉頹勢，反過來掌控身邊消極的因子，將阻力化為助力，持續往更好的願景前進！（文／博客來編譯）

Bestselling author and world-renowned executive coach Marshall Goldsmith examines the environmental and psychological triggers that can derail us at work and in life.

Do you ever find that you are not the patient, compassionate problem solver you believe yourself to be? Are you surprised at how irritated or flustered the normally unflappable you becomes in the presence of a specific colleague at work? Have you ever felt your temper accelerate from zero to sixty when another driver cuts you off in traffic?

Our reactions don't occur in a vacuum. They are usually the result of unappreciated triggers in our environment--the people and situations that lure us into behaving in a manner diametrically opposed to the colleague, partner, parent, or friend we imagine ourselves to be. These triggers are constant and relentless and omnipresent. So often the environment seems to be outside our control. Even if that is true, as Goldsmith points out, we have a choice in how we respond.

In Triggers, his most powerful and insightful book yet, Goldsmith shows how we can overcome the trigger points in our lives, and enact meaningful and lasting change. Goldsmith offers a simple "magic bullet" solution in the form of daily self-monitoring, hinging around what he calls "active" questions. These are questions that measure our effort, not our results. There's a difference between achieving and trying; we can't always achieve a desired result, but anyone can try. In the course of Triggers, Goldsmith details the six "engaging questions" that can help us take responsibility for our efforts to improve and help us recognize when we fall short.

Filled with revealing and illuminating stories from his work with some of the most successful chief executives and power brokers in the business world, Goldsmith offers a personal playbook on how to achieve change in our lives, make it stick, and become the person we want to be.

 

Marshall Goldsmith is the leading executive coach in the world and the author of the New York Times bestsellers What Got You Here Won’t Get You There and Mojo. He received his PhD from UCLA Anderson School of Management. His client list is a who’s who of American CEOs. He and his wife live in San Diego.