Results - Think Less. Achieve More

RESULTS: Think Less. Achieve More

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Your biggest return on investment

Five essential questions

Your results may be closer than you think

The process of transformation

Part One – GROUNDING Your Personal Transformation

Part Two – IMPACT Your Interpersonal Transformation

Part Three – LEVERAGE Your Commercial Transformation

Subtractive psychology: Less is more

We are living in a VUCA world

The ultimate leverage point

Part One GROUNDING Your Personal Transformation

1 Youre Built for Reality; Youre Optimized for Results

You have an innate capacity for realization and insight

Realizations reveal pre-existing facts about the reality youre built for

Realizations give rise to results

Realization is a natural function of your mind

You possess superpowers

2 The One and Only Way Your Mind Always Works

A trick of the mind

Your experience is being generated from within you, right now!

Moving from La-la Land to reality

Is this emotional intelligence?

The power of subtraction

3 Eliminating Worry, Anxiety and Fear of Criticism

The teddy bear factor

Why feelings of worry or anxiety are not the problem

Why feelings are nothing personal

We sometimes believe were in La-la Land

Speak to 100 people like youre speaking to one person

4 The Source of Resourcefulness, Resilience and Results

How often do you say ‘I am’?

Your wellbeing

You are psychologically safe

The presence of sanity

5 Finding Your Place of Meaning, Passion and Purpose

Your inner source of evolutionary purpose

So what gets in the way of realizing your purpose?

You cant find something where it isn't

So what is ‘purpose’?

A paradigm for psychology

Your perception is like a desktop

Purpose can give you a glimpse of the future

6 Leadership: The Inner Key to Confidence and Certainty

You are already a leader

When are you a leader?

The deep drivers are your innate leadership qualities

7 The Liberating Truth About Goals

A goal is a thought

You have an innate capacity for achieving goals

You are already a results-creator

Toxic goals

Authentic desires

The power of commitment

So should I set goals or not?

8 Moving from Resistance to Action

Moods are like weather

The power of passivity

1.The Zone of Resistance (passive)

2.The Zone of Uninspired Action (active)

3.The Zone of Reflection (passive)

4.The Zone of Inspired Action (active)

The art of making things happen

Part Two IMPACT Your Interpersonal Transformation

9 The Principles of Impact

The CLARITY® Impact Model

1.Clarity of connection

2.Clarity of thought

3.Clarity of understanding

The principles of impact

Exceptional productivity

Transformational results

10 The Secret of Powerful Connection

Where does connection come from?

1.The Zone of Conflict

2.The Zone of Connection

3.The Zone of Compassion (1)

4.The Zone of Compassion (2)

11 The Source of Superb Performance

High performance leads to superb results

How your state of mind affects your performance

State control: correlation does not imply causation

The only thing you need for a high-performance state of mind

You have to be able to be ‘swept away’ by the film

You have to be able to ‘wake up’ from the film's illusionary reality

You have to be able to be ‘swept away’ by the principle of Thought

You have to be able to ‘wake up’ from Thought's illusory reality

12 The Catalyst for Transformational Results

Misunderstanding complexifies; understanding simplifies

The fewer assumptions the better

Psychology is currently in its pre-paradigm phase

The ultimate leverage point

What we did with the rest of the three days

13 The Only Two Challenges that Stop People Making Progress

Challenge one: Preoccupation

Challenge two: Underestimation

The unexpected solution

Implication-based Learning

Gravity

Germs

The principles behind clarity

Your mind is a self-correcting system

So whats this got to do with impact?

14 Finding Your Bearings When You Get Knocked Off-track

Your mind is a self-correcting system

How to clear your mind

A dangerous assignment

So what does this have to do with impact?

Think less, achieve more

15 Making Good Decisions: Wisdom, Intuition and Common Sense

When you get out of your own way, the next step is obvious

How to make good decisions

People arent good at predicting emotional responses

Freedom from fear of public speaking

Back to reality

Should I really just follow my wisdom?

16 The Source of Impact, Innovation and Disruption

The strategy equation

We are now living in a VUCA world

Part Three LEVERAGE Your Commercial Transformation

17 Ignite Your Entrepreneurial Instincts

The education system is preparing students for jobs that won't exist in 10 years

So what are your entrepreneurial instincts?

Implications drive instincts

So does this mean everyone can be a high-profile entrepreneur?

Entrepreneurs take responsibility

18 Tribal Marketing: Engaging Your Audience

The search for meaning, purpose and belonging

Tribal leadership

Every audience is another room in your mansion

Whats your story?

19 The Only Things Anyone Ever Pays For

1.Clarity

2.Visibility

3.Value

Separate realities revisited

20 Influence, Motivation and Zero-Pressure Persuasion

Its not about you

The secrets of ethically effective influence

You don't like being influenced by a person who…

You like being influenced by a person who…

The number one influence factor

Are you a good listener?

Activate your influence accelerant

Clarity of connection gets you online

The secret of zero-pressure persuasion

Professionals can deliver the goods

Ask for what you want

21 Turning Ideas into Reality

Theres no such thing as a creative person

Who are some of the creators you admire?

It starts with an idea

How to deal with resistance

The magical monster stick

Developing your creative process

How you turn ideas into reality

22 Leveraging Your Results Exponentially

Innovation gets celebrated; repetition gets automated

The rise of the machines

Staying relevant in a VUCA world

The power of experimenting

23 The Key to Creating Transformational Experiences

The fish rots from the head down

How to turn a one-star circumstance into a five-star experience

24 Prospering in the Transformation Economy

Perceptiveness, creativity and social intelligence

The rise of the transformation professional

Closing the gap

Steam-engine-time

Transforming negative VUCA to positive VUCA

Acknowledgements

Further Explorations

CLARITY for Transformation Professionals

CLARITY for Personal Results

CLARITY for Fast-growing Businesses

CLARITY for Large Organizations

The World Clarity Foundation

About Jamie Smart

Index

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