Staying Power. 30 Secrets Invincible Executives Use for Getting to the Top - and Staying There 

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• 1. Table of Contents

• 2. BackCover

• 3. Staying Power - 30 Secrets Invincible Executives Use for Getting to the Top And Staying There

• 4. Introduction - Most Unlikely to Succeed

• 5. Part I: The Invincible Career Path

  Chapter List Part Overview

• 6. Rule 1: Do Not Map Out Your Career

  Overview

• 7. The Problem of Focus

  The Problem of Focus

• 8. Artificial Goals

  Artificial Goals

• 9. Four Reasons Not to Plan Your Career

  Four Reasons Not to Plan Your Career

• 10. Rule 2: Discover Your Talents Early, and Discard Your Fantasies Immediately

  Overview

• 11. Test Your Talents in Many Areas

  Test Your Talents in Many Areas

• 12. Find Your Area of Expertise

  Find Your Area of Expertise

• 13. Divide Your Interests into Three Categories: Fantasy, Avocation, and Talent

  Divide Your Interests into Three Categories: Fantasy Avocation and Talent

• 14. Don t Confuse Academic Success with Professional Potential

  Don t Confuse Academic Success with Professional Potential

• 15. Apply Talents with the Broadest Brush Possible

  Apply Talents with the Broadest Brush Possible

• 16. Rule 3: Maintain Pervasive Professional Flexibility

  Overview

• 17. Geographic Fluidity

  Geographic Fluidity

• 18. Salvador s Clock

  Salvador s Clock

• 19. The Time-Momentum Equation

  The Time-Momentum Equation

• 20. Flex and Flack

  Flex and Flack

• 21. Start as a Specialist, but Become a Leader

  Start as a Specialist but Become a Leader

• 22. Rule 4: Get Lucky

  Overview

• 23. Getting Lucky

  Getting Lucky

• 24. Grind Your Teeth, but Bite Your Tongue

  Grind Your Teeth but Bite Your Tongue

• 25. Forcing Opportunity: The Professional Kiss of Death

  Forcing Opportunity: The Professional Kiss of Death

• 26. Recognizing and Creating Opportunity: An Essential Professional Skill

  Recognizing and Creating Opportunity: An Essential Professional Skill

• 27. Four Ways to Avoid False Opportunity

  Four Ways to Avoid False Opportunity

• 28. Remember That Problems Often Present the Greatest Opportunities

  Remember That Problems Often Present the Greatest Opportunities

• 29. Rule 5: Promote the Organization, Not Yourself

  Overview

• 30. Only Owners and Founders Get Away with Self-Promotion

  Only Owners and Founders Get Away with Self-Promotion

• 31. Becoming the Conduit for the Organization

  Becoming the Conduit for the Organization

• 32. The Community Proxy

  The Community Proxy

• 33. The Hollywood Rule of Self-Promotion

  The Hollywood Rule of Self-Promotion

• 34. Rule 6: Connections Get You a First Chance, but Never a Second One

  Overview

• 35. Connection Defined

  Connection Defined

• 36. Connection Etiquette

  Connection Etiquette

• 37. Make It Their Idea

  Make It Their Idea

• 38. Do Not Waste Too Much Time Networking

  Do Not Waste Too Much Time Networking

• 39. The Payback Connection

  The Payback Connection

• 40. Connections Evaporate the Moment You Walk in the Door

  Connections Evaporate the Moment You Walk in the Door

• 41. Affirmative Action Versus Connection

  Affirmative Action Versus Connection

• 42. Rule 7: When You Suffer a Setback, Come Clean and Bounce Back

  Overview

• 43. The Career Shift

  The Career Shift

• 44. Making the Most of a Layoff

  Making the Most of a Layoff

• 45. How to Make the Shift

  How to Make the Shift

• 46. Knowing When to Shift

  Knowing When to Shift

• 47. A Cover-Up Lasts Forever ... or Until You Get Caught

  A Cover-Up Lasts Forever ... or Until You Get Caught

• 48. Rule 8: Learn to Take a Punch

  Overview

• 49. One-Fifth Are for Fighting

  One-Fifth Are for Fighting

• 50. Two-Fifths Ignore

  Two-Fifths Ignore

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