Be Your Own Mentor Book

Preface     ix
Introduction     1
Dump the "Gotta Get Me a Coach" Approach and Start Looking Within!     1
Your Self-Transformation Starts Here     3
Take Control-Become the Primary Navigator in Your Life     4
Take Control-You Are the Sole Navigator in Your Life     7
Mentor Yourself toward Courage and Hope     8
Fear-The Great Debilitator     11
Establish Platinum Standards That Reflect the Best in You     16
Be Accountable for Your Choices-Each One Represents Your Intellect and Self-Esteem     17
Your Four-Part Formula for Success Starts Here     21
Free Yourself!
Traditional Career Planning Will Be Gone As We Know It     25
Get Ready to Join the Ranks of Free Agent Globalization!     25
Good-Bye to Traditional Career Planning     28
The Future of Career Planning     31
Career Development Requires Boundaryless Careers and Boundaryless Thinking     32
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 1     38
Designing Your Best Life     39
No, You Can't Be Anything You Want to Be     39
People's Expectations of Us     40
Making Ugly Pretty     41
To Be Your Own Mentor, You Must Nurture Your Nature     44
Design a Do-It-Yourself Career and Personal Success Life Strategy     45
A Guidance System and Compasses to Help You Be Your Own Mentor     46
Activating the System     48
How to Get Started     49
Take Control: Design Your Dream Life     51
Start a Binder or Journal     53
The Million-Dollar Question: Why Am I Doing This, Anyway?     81
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 2     82
So Long, Organizational Worker-Hello, Entrepreneurial Thinker!     83
Make Employees Feel like Partners and Family     84
Three Steps to Mentoring People to Think like Entrepreneurs     85
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 3     92
Think for Yourself!
Mentor Intelligent Risk-Taking     95
Star Managers Mentor Intelligent Risk-Taking and So Do Movie Stars     95
You're Sure to Miss 100 Percent of the Shots You Don't Take     96
Everyone Makes Mistakes and That's a Good Thing!     97
Risk Taking Is Empowerment with a Bow Tie at This World-Class Hotel     99
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 4     100
The Schoolhouse No Longer Rocks     101
Welcome to Free Agent Education and the Rule to Unschool     101
Unschooling Ourselves for Higher Education      102
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 5     105
Ghosts of Life-Coaching Mentors Past and Present     106
Three Ghostly Visitors We All Could Use     106
Appoint Real-Life Mentors and Coaches to Your Life Board of Directors     108
Life Board Members Are Mentors Who Help Us Reinvent Ourselves     109
Cultivate Mentors Who Support Your Dreams and Fill Your Tank     110
The How-To Part of Making It Happen     110
Even Madonna and Al Gore Reinvent Themselves-What Are You Waiting For?     112
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 6     113
Reinvent Yourself!
The Circus That Won't Stop Reinventing Itself     117
Cirque du Soleil-A Paragon of Innovation     117
Cirque du Soleil: Mini Case Study on a Very Successful Business Model     118
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 7     122
Real-World Reinventors     124
We Reinvent Ourselves Crafting Life's Second Acts     124
The Ex-Offender Who Reinvented Himself     126
Don't Talk about It, Be about It!     128
The Doctor Is In     129
A Doctor Starting Over from Scratch     130
The Peace Corps Volunteer Who Would Be Texan and Grande Dame of Dining     132
Indispensable and a Joy to Read      134
Keeping the Faith under Superhuman Stress     135
Reinventing Herself-From Public Assistance Recipient to World-Renowned Author     136
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 8     137
Being Your Own Mentor Is like Doing Stand-Up Comedy-Whose Line Is It, Anyway?     138
Igniting Yourself Is All About Adapting Life's Lessons to Suit Your Individual Needs     139
The Creative Way a Stand-Up Comic Ignites Laughter     140
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 9     145
Ignite Yourself!
Why Your Self-Esteem Is Directly Related to Your Intelligence     149
Intelligence in Action     149
Hundreds of Intelligences to Choose From     154
What Really Predicts Your Success in Life     155
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 10     157
Reignite Yourself with the Power of Karma     158
What Are You Putting Out There? Is It Glorious or Is It Toxic?     158
Being Your Own Mentor Requires Good Karma, Because Your Actions Will Come Back Full Circle     160
Take This Self-Esteem to Good Karma Quiz     164
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 11     167
Conclusion     168
Index     177