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In this second edition of his popular Psychology amp frac 2 , eminent psychologist Robert J. Sternberg updates and extends a trove of wisdom gleaned from decades of experience in various academic settings and leadership positions. In his signature straightforward, intellectually honest, and pragmatic style, he imparts life lessons for building a successful and gratifying career.
This revision features lessons in five basic categories: identity and integrity, interpersonal relationships, institutions and academia, problems and tasks, and job and career. Recent developments in the field are covered, and new questions at the end of each lesson prompt reader self-reflection.
Valuable to academic psychologists at any level, this book will be especially prized by graduate students, post-doctorates, and early-career professors.
Contents
Preface
Part I: Identity and Integrity
Lesson : Don't Believe Things Just Because Other People Do
Lesson 2: When You Make Mistakes, Admit Them, Learn From Them, and Move On
Lesson 3: Decide What Is Important to You, and Then Be True to It
Lesson 4: Delay Gratification
Lesson 5: Do What You Believe Is Right
Lesson : Be Not a Saint, a Sinner, or a Sucker
Lesson 7: Believe in Yourself and Yours
Lesson 8: There Is Always Room To Grow
Lesson 9: Don't Take Yourself too Seriously
Lesson : Learn When It Is Time To Make Gracious Exits
Lesson : It Is More Important, Ultimately, to Be Wise Than Just to Be Smart
Lesson 2: Avoid the Major Pitfalls of the Foolish
Lesson 3: Reinvent Yourself on a Periodic Basis
Lesson 4: Practice What You Preach
Lesson 5: Accept Losses Graciously
Lesson : Create Your Own Style of Work to Distinguish Yourself From the Rest
Lesson 7: Don't Procrastinate
Lesson 8: Capitalize on Strengths Correct or Compensate for Weaknesses
Lesson 9: Compare Yourself With Yourself Rather Than With Others
Lesson 2 : Be Ethical All the Way
Lesson 2 : Learn To Tolerate Ambiguity
Lesson 22: Don't Shoot Your Mouth Off - in Speaking or in Writing
Lesson 23: Control Self-Pity
Lesson 24: Redefine Yourself as Often as You Need to
Lesson 25: Don't Put Off Your Personal Happiness Forever: Enjoy Your Life
Part II: Interpersonal Relationships
Lesson 2 : You Will Not Succeed in Your Relations With Everyone
Lesson 27: Don't Take Things Personally
Lesson 28: Get It in Writing
Lesson 29: Don't Cover Up
Lesson 3 : Actively Seek Out Guidance and Feedback
Lesson 3 : Avoid Defensiveness
Lesson 32: Make Friends in the Field
Lesson 33: Be True to Yourself and Let Others Be True to Themselves
Lesson 34: When You Make a Professional Commitment, Honor It If at All Possible
Lesson 35: Give Students and Colleagues Guidance, but Allow Them the Freedom to Find Themselves
Lesson 3 : Don't Try to Please Everyone
Lesson 37: Don't Bad-Mouth People Behind Their Backs
Lesson 38: Be Generous With Your Time, but Don't Let Others Rob You of It
Lesson 39: Be Open and Be Straight
Lesson 4 : Think Before You Speak
Lesson 4 : Networking Matters - Up to a Point
Lesson 42: Distinguish Between More and Less Important Battles
Lesson 43: Don't Hold Grudges
Lesson 44: Stay Away From Exploiters and Parasites
Lesson 45: Help Each Person Find His or Her Own Niche
Lesson 4 : Give What You Hope to Get
Lesson 47: Understand the Benefits and Limits of Loyalty
Lesson 48: Maintain Your Good Reputation
Lesson 49: Acceptance Is Not Necessarily Good Rejection, Not Necessarily Bad
Lesson 5 : Don't Accept Someone's Views Just Because He or She Is Supposed to Be an Authority
Lesson 5 : Communicate Clearly
Lesson 52: Be a Little Ahead of Others, but Not too Little or too Much
Lesson 53: Let Others Do Your Bragging for You
Lesson 54: Look for Collaborators With Whom the Whole Is More Than the Sum of the Parts
Lesson 55: Be Respectful and Pleasant Toward Others as Much as Possible, but Don't Use Ingratiation
Lesson 5 : Deal With the Impossible Problem of amp quot Assassins amp quot
Part III: Institutions and Academia
Lesson 57: Find Your Mission and Define Success in Terms of Realizing It
Lesson 58: The World Is Not Fair
Lesson 59: The Ivory Tower Is Not Spotless
Lesson : Institutional Cultures Are Slow to Change
Lesson : Fuse Teaching, Research, and Service
Lesson 2: Know What's Expected of You
Lesson 3: Know the Rules and Regulations - Both Formal and Informal - That Affect You
Lesson 4: Love It or Leave It
Lesson 5: Don't Assume That Good Ideas Sell Themselves: Sell Them
Lesson : Invent Your Own amp quot Game amp quot
Lesson 7: Nonthreatening Ideas Pay Off in the Short Run, but Threatening Ideas Often Pay Off in the Long Run
Lesson 8: To Persuade Is as Important as to Inform
Part IV: Problems and Tasks
Lesson 9: Never Get Stuck on Seeing a Problem in Just One Way
Lesson 7 : Surmount Obstacles Flexibly
Lesson 7 : Nip Problems in the Bud
Lesson 72: Pick Important Problems on Which to Work
Lesson 73: Be Guided by Problems, Not Methods or Fields
Lesson 74: When You Can't Start but Have to, Start Small
Lesson 75: Most Things Take Longer Than You Think They Will
Lesson 7 : Seek the Action in the Interactions
Lesson 77: Seek Syntheses of Ideas That on the Surface Seem Incompatible
Lesson 78: Use Converging Operations
Lesson 79: Check Your Work
Lesson 8 : Ask Colleagues for Informal Comments on Your Work
Lesson 8 : Ask About the Best and Worst Possible Outcomes Before You Even Begin
Lesson 82: Sometimes the Reason We Start Doing Things Is Not the Reason We Continue Doing Them
Part V: Job and Career
Lesson 83: Be Proactive, Not Reactive
Lesson 84: Turn Defeats Into Opportunities
Lesson 85: Create Opportunities and Take Advantage of Them When They Arise
Lesson 8 : You Can Go Very Far on Reflective Hard Work
Lesson 87: Balance Long-Term With Short-Term Goals
Lesson 88: Spread Yourself Neither too Thin nor too Thick
Lesson 89: Specialize, but Not to the Point of Losing the Forest for the Trees
Lesson 9 : If You Do It Well, You'll Most Likely Do It Again
Lesson 9 : Don't Sell Out
Lesson 92: Luck Seems To Come in Streaks - Both Bad and Good
Lesson 93: Be Patient About Making a Difference
Lesson 94: What May Seem Like a Crushing Blow Now May Later Seem Like a Little Tap Later
Lesson 95: Be Programmatic in Your Work
Lesson 9 : All Bad Times Come to an End
Lesson 97: Know When To Move On in Your Work and When Not to
Lesson 98: Strive for Impact
Lesson 99: Seek To Be Remembered for Your Positive, Not Negative, Contributions
Lesson : Go Your Own Way and the Rewards Will Follow
Lesson : Knowledge Is a Double-Edged Sword
Lesson amp frac 2 : Don't Just Read It, Do It
References
Index
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