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Name: The Wisdom of Oz
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Author: Roger Connors and Tom Smith

Roger Connors and Tom Smith

Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do

4.4 (26 Bewertungen)

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The Wisdom of Oz by Roger Connors and Tom Smith is a business leadership book that draws on "The Wizard of Oz" story to teach essential leadership lessons. It offers actionable insights for leaders and teams to promote a culture of accountability and drive better business results.

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What’s in it for me? Take charge of your life and create the change you want to see!

We’d all like to have something better – whether a new job, warmer family relations, closer friendships or improved health.

But all too often, it seems there are obstacles keeping us from our wants at every turn. We might even feel like victims, stuck in a situation that we have no power to change.

What if the solution to our problems was simply a change in thinking? These blinks show you how to live “above the line” and leave behind the victim mentality.

Through a four-step process, you’ll learn how to recognize and achieve your goals and in turn, change your mind and your life. Personal accountability will become a principle that defines not just one, but all aspects of your life, improving yourself and the lives of those you care about.

In the following blinks, you’ll also discover:

how Alexander the Great motivated his greatly outnumbered army to fight;
how a struggling young man from Detroit became one of the world’s top neurosurgeons; and
how the parents of a murder victim are creating positive change in the lives of hundreds.

Only you can unleash the positive power of personal accountability.

Let’s say you work in a job that you really hate. The hours are long, the work is tedious and mind-numbing, and worst of all, the pay is poor.

But instead of seeking a new job, you simply moan and complain, saying that there aren’t enough jobs in the area, that only people with the right connections get the good jobs – that nothing is going right for me!

Many of us have felt this way at some stage. Yet as common as this mind-set may be, it does nothing to improve our lives.

If you really want to make a change for the better, you can’t blame others. Instead, you have to take responsibility for yourself, your job and your happiness: this is personal accountability.

Often, however, being accountable for something feels like a burden. We often seek to shed responsibility as much as possible, by passing it on to our bosses, the government or relatives.

But if you delegate your responsibilities, you become reliant on others. You are giving away the power to change yourself.

The only way you can improve your life is to become accountable for it. This is a truth you must accept; and only then can you find a new job, and gain more qualifications and experience.

It’s true that sometimes, situations can seem too overwhelming. But getting up after you’ve been knocked down is a choice that you make.

With personal accountability, you can achieve your aims and control your circumstances: your choices are yours to make. But what exactly should you choose? Read on to find out.

To accept responsibility and in turn succeed, you can’t see yourself as a victim.

Think back to when you faced a tough challenge – a mountain of overdue work, or bills you couldn’t pay. When searching for a solution, how did you feel when you thought about the problem?

Typically there are two ways to think about a challenge: above the line and below the line.

Don’t let blind spots keep you from seeing what’s really going on around you.

When two people who have witnessed the same event are asked to describe what they saw, you’ll unquestionably get two different versions of the event.

It’s the same with common problems we all face. While one person may see a challenge as life-ending, another may see the situation as an opportunity to change their life for the better.

If you want to fix a problem, you’ve got to “own” it – only then can you improve.

People who rent their homes are more likely to overlook repairs or things that are broken. Yet people who own their homes are more conscientious about the state of their property.

Does this surprise you? Once again, the reason why lies in accountability.

Though you may fail at first, you’ve got to persevere to create the change you want.

You’re well on your way to identifying problems in your life – but what use is this if you don’t know how to solve those problems?

Unfortunately there’s no formula that works like a charm every time. Instead, you’ll need to create your own way to overcome obstacles, and this may require perseverance.

The final step to achieving personal accountability is to take action and make that change.

So far you’ve learned how to recognize obstacles, overcome them and own what you want to achieve. Now, you’re finally ready to take action and realize your desired change.

So how can you do this successfully?

Put accountability into practice! Make following the four steps part of your everyday life.

Personal accountability isn’t just something you should strive for in one aspect of your life. Instead, it should touch everything, from your family life to work life and friendships.

Make personal accountability a habit. The four steps, or seeing the problem, owning the problem, solving the problem and doing what is needed to change it, should be how you live your life, not simply a one-time lucky moment.

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Worum geht es in The Wisdom of Oz?

The Wisdom of Oz helps you unleash your power to make change in your life by following the authors’ four-step path toward personal accountability. The book is based on the authors’ previous bestselling title, The Oz Principle, which was inspired by the 1939 classic musical fantasy film, The Wizard of Oz.

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The solution to most of lifes problems and opportunities is a strong dose of personal accountability.

—Roger Connors and Tom Smith

Wer The Wisdom of Oz lesen sollte

Anyone who feels like the obstacles in their life are impossible to overcome
Anyone who wants to learn how to take control of their situation
Anyone aiming to become a better person at work or at home

Über den Autor

Roger Connors and Tom Smith are the co-founders and CEOs of Partners in Leadership, and together they have produced three The New York Times’ best-selling books. As experts in workplace accountability, Connors and Smith have organized workshops and advised many leading businesses.

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