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Reaching Your Potential Personal and Professional Development

by: Throop, Robert K.; Castellucci, Marion B.

Reaching Your Potential Personal and Professional Development

by: Throop, Robert K.; Castellucci, Marion B.

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Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 12/08/2003
Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning
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The new edition of this book helps learners of all ages and backgrounds take control of their lives and improve self belief and self-esteem. A blend of concepts and applications help readers discover and develop emotional, intellectual, physical, and social potential.

Preface

Acknowledgments

xxi

To the Lifelong Learner

xxiii

Before You Begin: Self-Assessment

xxvi

UNIT I Developing Your Emotional Potential

(48)

Chapter 1 The Power of Self-Belief

(24)

What Is Success?

(1)

Values

(5)

Your Turn 1-1: Who Are You?

(2)

Your Turn 1-2: What Do You Value?

(1)

Your Turn 1-3: Examine Your Values

(1)

News & Views: Benjamin Franklin's Values

(1)

Beliefs

(8)

Your Turn 1-4: The Power of Other People's Beliefs

(1)

Whatever It Takes: Linda Pauwels, Jet Captain

(2)

Your Turn 1-5: Use Positive Self-Talk

(1)

News & Views: Positive Psychology

(1)

Self-Belief

(10)

Your Turn 1-6: What's Your Self-Belief?

(2)

The Information Highway: Getting Up to Speed

(1)

What's on the Internet?

(1)

Finding Information on the Internet

(6)

Chapter 2 Setting Realistic Goals

(22)

Identifying Your Goals

(4)

Your Turn 2-1: What Are Your Dreams?

(3)

Creating an Action Plan

(4)

Your Turn 2-2: What Are Your Goals?

(1)

News & Views: New Year's Resolutions

(1)

Your Turn 2-3: Prepare an Action Plan

(1)

Reaching Your Goals

(15)

Whatever It Takes: Doug Blevins, Football Coach

(4)

Your Turn 2-4: What Motivates You?

(1)

Your Turn 2-5: Are You a Perfectionist?

(1)

The Information Highway: Getting Up to Speed

(6)

Unit 2 Developing Your Intellectual Potential

(54)

Chapter 3 Improving Your Thinking Skills

(24)

The Brain

(1)

Remembering

(4)

Your Turn 3-1: How Soon We Forget ...

(1)

News & Views: The Nun Study

(1)

Thinking Critically

(3)

Your Turn 3-2: Do You Remember?

(2)

Your Turn 3-3: Draw Your Own Conclusions

(1)

Solving Problems

(4)

Your Turn 3-4: What Do You Think?

(1)

Whatever It Takes: Lonnie G. Johnson, Inventor

(1)

Your Turn 3-5: Approach Problems Proactively

(1)

Thinking Creatively

(11)

Your Turn 3-6: Solve a Problem

(1)

Your Turn 3-7: Test Your Creativity

(2)

Your Turn 3-8: Draw Your Own Mind-Map

(1)

Your Turn 3-9: Have a Brainstorming Session

(1)

The Information Highway: Getting Up to Speed

(5)

Chapter 4 Improving Your Study Skills

(28)

Learning Styles

(3)

Your Turn 4-1: What Is Your Learning Style?

(1)

Preparing to Study

(2)

Reading Books and Articles

(5)

Your Turn 4-2: Early Bird or Night Owl?

(1)

Whatever It Takes: Oseola McCarty, Laundress

(2)

Your Turn 4-3: Reading to Learn

(1)

Taking Notes

(3)

Your Turn 4-4: Take Notes on This Chapter

(1)

Taking Tests

(4)

News & Views Are There Many Types of Intelligence?

(2)

Your Turn 4-5: How Good Are Your Study Habits?

(1)

Using the Library

(12)

Your Turn 4-6: Check Out Your Library

(1)

The Information Highway: Getting Up to Speed

(6)

Unit 3 Developing Your Physical Potential

103

(50)

Chapter 5 Eating Well

105

(24)

Nutrients

106

(7)

Your Turn 5-1: What Are You Eating?

110

(2)

Your Turn 5-2: Fat and Cholesterol Quiz

112

(1)

What Is a Balanced Diet?

113

(3)

Changing Your Eating Habits

116

(1)

Healthy Weights

117

(12)

News & Views: The Other Food Guide Pyramids

118

(3)

Your Turn 5-3: Calculate the Daily Calorie Intake to Maintain Your weight

121

(1)

Whatever It Takes: Michele Hoskins, Food Entrepreneur

122

(2)

The Information Highway: Getting Up to Speed

124

(5)

Chapter 6 Staying Heathy

129

(24)

Exercise

130

(5)

Your Turn 6-1: Rate Your Level of Activity

131

(4)

Your Turn 6-2: Make an Exercise Agreement

135

(1)

Rest

135

(2)

News & Views: Aerobic Exercise and Mood

136

(1)

Your Turn 6-3: What Kind of Sleeper Are You?

137

(1)

Drug Abuse

137

(9)

Whatever It Takes: The Dragon Slayers, Emergency Medical Team

140

(1)

Your Turn 6-4: Are You a Problem Drinker?

141

(5)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

146

(9)

The Information Highway: Getting Up to Speed

147

(6)

Unit 4 Developing Your Social Potential

153

(118)

Chapter 7 Communicating Effectively

155

(26)

What Is Communication?

156

(5)

News & Views: Gestures: One Culture's "Good Luck" Is Another Culture's Insult

159

(2)

Barriers to Communication

161

(3)

Your Turn 7-1: Observing Nonverbal Communication

162

(2)

Communication Styles

164

(4)

Whatever It Takes: Elizabeth Vargas, Broadcast Journalist

165

(1)

News & Views: E-Mail Etiquette

166

(2)

Effective Communication

168

(13)

Your Turn 7-2: What Is Your Communication Style?

169

(3)

Your Turn 7-3: Map Your Communication

172

(1)

Your Turn 7-4: Say It Again

173

(1)

The Information Highway: Getting Up to Speed

174

(7)

Chapter 8 Improving Your Listening Skills

181

(16)

Why Is Listening So Hard?

182

(1)

Listening Effectively

183

(14)

Your Turn 8-1: How Good a Listener Are You?

185

(1)

Your Turn 8-2: Asking Good Questions

186

(2)

News & Views: Listening: A Cornerstone of Psychotherapy

188

(1)

Your Turn 8-3: Fact or Opinion?

189

(1)

The Information Highway: Getting Up to Speed

190

(1)

Whatever It Takes: Chan Ho Yun, Violin Teacher

191

(6)

Chapter 9 Improving Your Speaking Skills

197

(24)

First Impressions

198

(1)

Speech Qualities

199

(3)

Effective Conversations

202

(3)

Your Turn 9-1: Rate Your Speech Qualities

203

(2)

Speaking on the Telephone

205

(6)

News & Views: Wanted: Bilingual Workers

206

(1)

Your Turn 9-2: Can You Improve This Conversation?

207

(3)

Whatever It Takes: Gary Locke, Governor of Washington

210

(1)

Your Turn 9-3: Who Is It?

211

(1)

Speaking to Groups

211

(10)

Your Turn 9-4: Do You Speak Up?

214

(1)

The Information Highway: Getting Up to Speed

215

(6)

Chapter 10 Getting Along with Others

221

(26)

Begin with Yourself

222

(2)

Your Turn 10-1: The Fine Line Between Assertiveness and Aggression

224

(1)

Consider Your Ethical Values

224

(3)

Your Turn 10-2: Do the Right Thing

226

(1)

Reach Out to Others

227

(4)

Your Turn 10-3: Understanding the Needs of Others

229

(2)

Feedback in Relationships

231

(6)

Your Turn 10-4: Diagram Two Relationships

232

(2)

News & Views: Who Do You Think You Are? It Depends

234

(2)

Your Turn 10-5: Defending Yourself

236

(1)

Conflict

237

(10)

Your Turn 10-6: Take an Anger Inventory

239

(1)

Whatever It Takes: Colin Powell, Secretary of State

240

(1)

The Information Highway: Getting Up to Speed

241

(6)

Chapter 11 Functioning in Groups

247

(24)

Group Dynamics

248

(5)

Your Turn 11-1: Your Class as a Group

250

(3)

Your Turn 11-2: Draw a Communication Pattern

253

(1)

How People Behave in Groups

253

(3)

News & Views: Prejudice, Stereotypes, and Discrimination

254

(2)

Participating in Groups

256

(6)

Your Turn 11-3: Conformity in Your Class

257

(1)

Whatever It Takes: Mike Krzyzewski, Basketball Coach

258

(3)

Your Turn 11-4: Rate Yourself as a Member of Your Class

261

(1)

Leading Groups

262

(11)

Your Turn 11-5: Which Leadership Style Works Best?

264

(1)

The Information Highway: Getting Up to Speed

265

(6)

Unit 5 Developing Your Action Plan

271

(122)

Chapter 12 Handling Change and Stress

273

(20)

Causes of Stress

274

(2)

Personality and Stress

276

(4)

Your Turn 12-1: Assess Your Major Life Changes

277

(1)

Your Turn 12-2: Assess the Stress of Daily Life

278

(1)

Whatever It Takes: Roy P. Benavidez, Green Beret

279

(1)

Signs of Stress

280

(2)

Your Turn 12-3: Are You Prone to Stress?

281

(1)

Coping with Stress

282

(11)

Your Turn 12-4: Stress Signals Checklist

283

(1)

News & Views: Drugs to Relieve Stress: A Treatment, Not a Cure

284

(2)

The Information Highway: Getting Up to Speed

286

(1)

Your Turn 12-5: Your Support Group

287

(6)

Chapter 13 Managing Time

293

(24)

The Tyranny of Time

294

(6)

Your Turn 13-1: Do You Procrastinate?

295

(1)

Your Turn 13-2: How Do You Spend Your Time?

296

(3)

Your Turn 13-3: How Well Do You Use Time?

299

(1)

Getting Organized

300

(2)

Your Turn 13-4: Set Your Priorities

302

(1)

Using Time Management Tools

302

(2)

News & Views: Views of Time

303

(1)

Time Management Strategies

304

(13)

Your Turn 13-5: Use a Planner

305

(1)

Your Turn 13-6: Make a "To Do" List

305

(4)

Whatever It Takes: Donna Fujimoto Cole, Chemical Industry Engineer

309

(1)

The Information Highway: Getting Up to Speed

310

(7)

Chapter 14 Managing Money

317

(34)

Attitudes toward Money

318

(1)

The Financial Pyramid

318

(2)

Your Turn 14-1: How Do You Feel About Money?

319

(1)

Budgeting for the Basics

320

(7)

Your Turn 14-2: Review Your Values and Goals

321

(2)

Your Turn 14-3: Track Your Income and Expenses

323

(4)

Your Turn 14-4: Make Up a Monthly Budget

327

(1)

Savings and Debit Cards

327

(2)

Credit

329

(6)

Your Turn 14-5: Banking a Tax Refund

331

(3)

News & Views: Dealing with Debt

334

(1)

Your Turn 14-6: Fill in a Credit Application

335

(1)

Insurance

335

(6)

Owning a Home

338

(2)

Your Turn 14-7: Your Personal Insurance Plan

340

(1)

Your Turn 14-8: Should You Own Your Own Home?

341

(1)

Investing for the Future

341

(10)

Whatever It Takes: Rosario Marín, Secretary of the Treasury

342

(2)

Your Turn 14-9: What Are Your Long-Term Financial Goals?

344

(1)

The Information Highway: Getting Up to Speed

345

(6)

Chapter 15 Preparing for Your Career

351

(42)

What Can You Offer?

352

(4)

Your Turn 15-1: What Are Your Skills and Interests?

355

(1)

What Do You Want?

356

(2)

Your Turn 15-2: Take a Self-Inventory

357

(1)

Matching Yourself to an Occupation

358

(4)

News & Views: Where the Jobs Will Be in the Year 2010

361

(1)

Taking Action on Your Job Search

362

(21)

Your Turn 15-3: Identify Your Occupational Objective

363

(4)

Your Turn 15-4: Gather Information for Your Resume

367

(1)

Your Turn 15-5: Plan a Career Portfolio

368

(1)

Your Turn 15-6 Start Building a Network

369

(4)

Whatever It Takes: Delores Kesler, Temp Agency Entrepreneur

373

(10)

Your Turn 15-7: Role Play an Interview

383

(1)

Your Career: A Lifelong Enterprise

383

(10)

Your Turn 15-8: Your Long-Term Professional Goals

384

(1)

The Information Highway: Getting Up to Speed

385

(8)

After You're Done: Self Assessment

393

(6)

Glossary

399

(6)

References

405

(2)

Index

407

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