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Powerful Performance
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Powerful Performance

by Mark Eyre
January 2019
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
214 pages
4h 34m
English
Business Expert Press
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Part 1

The Concept of Power

 

 

Chapter 1

Power Scenarios

There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.

—Ray Goforth

The purpose of this chapter is to highlight some lessons about power that might encourage you to examine what happens to you. Outlined below are some cameos of power in modern life; you may want to put yourself in the position of the people in them. You might even recognize some of them from your own experience. All of these are based on my work with coaching clients in the last decade or so—managers, executives, and staff.

Thought for the Day

I turn my mind off, not daring to think about my day as I walk in ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781948580038