
DREAMCRAFTING - THE ART OF DRE
The Art of Dreaming Big, the Science of Making It Happen
Levesque(Author)
Berrett-Koehler (Publisher)
Published on 16. February 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-57675-229-6 (ISBN)
Description
Many people set out to achieve a dream-starting a business or learning to play the piano or publishing a book-but they don't succeed, and the dream fizzles away. In many cases, these people have lots of skills and expertise, such as deep knowledge of the business or career they are interested in, so why don't they succeed? Paul Levesque and Art McNeil have discovered that making a dream come true requires cultivating skills of a higher order-macroskills-that inevitably spell the difference between success and failure no matter what the specifics of a person's dreams are. These are the skills Dreamcrafting outlines in detail.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
327 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57675-229-6 (9781576752296)
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Person
For over ten years Paul Levesque was an executive consultant with the Achieve Group (founded by partner Art McNeil). As lead instructor at Achieve’s Service Quality Academy, he helped guide over 350 international corporate clients through the planning and implementation of their change and improvement efforts. For four years (1997~2000) he served as executive director at Catalyst, a British management consult- ing firm.
Paul is the author of Breakaway Planning: 8 Big Questions to Guide Organizational Change (Amacom, 1998) and The WOW Factory: Creating a Customer Focus Revolution in Your Business (Irwin, 1995). Articles he has written have appeared in publications such as Quality Digest and the business journal Biz.
Art McNeil founded the Achieve Group, a consulting company whose namesake Achieve Global has gone on to become one of the largest training companies in the world. He also served as chairman of Times Mirror Training’s international board of directors.
Art wrote the international best-seller The “I” of the Hurricane: Creating Corporate Energy (Stoddart Publishing, 1987), which has been translated into several languages, and co-authored TheVIP Strategy: Leadership Skills for Exceptional Performance (Key Porter Books, 1989). With partner Paul Levesque, he is the coauthor of a weekly syndicated newspaper column entitled Dreamcrafting.
Paul is the author of Breakaway Planning: 8 Big Questions to Guide Organizational Change (Amacom, 1998) and The WOW Factory: Creating a Customer Focus Revolution in Your Business (Irwin, 1995). Articles he has written have appeared in publications such as Quality Digest and the business journal Biz.
Art McNeil founded the Achieve Group, a consulting company whose namesake Achieve Global has gone on to become one of the largest training companies in the world. He also served as chairman of Times Mirror Training’s international board of directors.
Art wrote the international best-seller The “I” of the Hurricane: Creating Corporate Energy (Stoddart Publishing, 1987), which has been translated into several languages, and co-authored TheVIP Strategy: Leadership Skills for Exceptional Performance (Key Porter Books, 1989). With partner Paul Levesque, he is the coauthor of a weekly syndicated newspaper column entitled Dreamcrafting.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Five Macroskills
Macroskill One: Aspiration—Igniting a Sense of Mission
1. Life in Alignment
2. Defining Your Dream
Macroskill Two: Motivation—Intensifying and Maintaining Resolve
3. An End to Self-Sabotage
4. The “No-Willpower” Myth
5. Time-Release Motivators
Macroskill Three: Projection—Linking Today with Tomorrow
6. Living with One Foot in Tomorrow
7. When Short-Term Needs Clash with Long-Term Goals
Macroskill Four: Inclusion—Getting Others Involved
8. Turning Resistance into Support
9. Turning Support into Participation
Macroskill Five: Application—Cultivating the Dreamcrafting Habit
10. The Power of Little Things to Make a Big Difference
Notes
Index
About the Authors
Introduction: The Five Macroskills
Macroskill One: Aspiration—Igniting a Sense of Mission
1. Life in Alignment
2. Defining Your Dream
Macroskill Two: Motivation—Intensifying and Maintaining Resolve
3. An End to Self-Sabotage
4. The “No-Willpower” Myth
5. Time-Release Motivators
Macroskill Three: Projection—Linking Today with Tomorrow
6. Living with One Foot in Tomorrow
7. When Short-Term Needs Clash with Long-Term Goals
Macroskill Four: Inclusion—Getting Others Involved
8. Turning Resistance into Support
9. Turning Support into Participation
Macroskill Five: Application—Cultivating the Dreamcrafting Habit
10. The Power of Little Things to Make a Big Difference
Notes
Index
About the Authors