2Finding Success and Avoiding Failure

Why Your Strengths and Weaknesses Are the way They Are: The Science Behind Executive Skills

ONCE YOU understand Executive Skills, it becomes quite obvious how they play out in business and work environments. If you’re consistently late, you can pretty accurately surmise you’re weak in Time Management. If you seem to daydream after a few minutes of a colleague or your boss speaking to you, you’re likely weak in Sustained Attention. And if you always seem to get the long-term project done on time no matter what, you’re likely strong in Goal-Directed Persistence.

Over the past few years, in our presentations at large events as well as smaller seminars, we’ve described each of these skills to thousands of business ...

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