The plateau effect
Subtitle: getting from stuck to success
By: Bob Sullivan and Hugh Thompson
Contributors: Thompson, Herbert H., author
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780525952800
Subjects: PSYCHOLOGY; Success; SELF-HELP; Applied Psychology; Time Management; Psychological aspects; Performance; Achievement motivation; Self-actualization (Psychology); Psychology of Learning
Description: "The Plateau Effect is a powerful law of nature that affects everyone. Learn to identify plateaus and break through any stagnancy in your life-- from diet and exercise, to work, to relationships. The Plateau Effect shows how athletes, scientists, therapists, companies, and musicians around the world are learning to break through their plateaus--to turn off the forces that cause people to "get used to" things--and turn on human potential and happiness in ways that seemed impossible. The book identifies three key flattening forces that generate plateaus, two principles to guide readers in engineering a plateau's destruction, and three actions to take to achieve peak behavior. It helps us to stop wasting time on things that are no longer of value and to focus on the things that leverage our time and energy in spectacular ways. Anything you want to do better--play guitar, make friends, communicate with your children, run a business--you can accomplish faster by understanding the plateau effect"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE THE SCIENCE; title: Three Forces; title: 1. Do the Math; title: Uncovering the Forces That Drive the Plateau Effect; title: 2. Going Flat; title: The First Plateau Force; title: 3. The Greedy Algorithm; title: The Second Plateau Force; title: 4. Bad Timing; title: The Third Plateau Force; title: pt. TWO THE ENGINE; title: Building Your Approach; title: 5. Flow Mechanisms; title: Step Functions, Choke Points, and Mystery Ingredients; title: 6. Distortion Mechanisms; title: Navigating Bad Data and Other Tricks of the Plateau; title: pt. THREE THE ACHIEVEMENT; title: Peak Behaviors; title: 7. Attention; title: The First Action; title: 8. Agility; title: The Second Action; title: 9. Application; title: The Third Action.