A Practical Guide to the Psychology of Success: Reach Your Goals & Enjoy the Journey

by Alison Price, David Price

What is it about entrepreneurs or medal-winning athletes that makes them successful? What secrets about their brains could the rest of us benefit from knowing to improve our own careers? This accessible guide explores how successful people think, and how the organizations they work in foster a culture of success.

Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology, Self Help, Business

224 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2011

About the author

Alison Price is a Chartered Psychologist and an Occupational Psychologist, a university lecturer in Business Psychology and specialist in Leadership and Management Development. As a specialist in business psychology, Alison has advised prestigious organizations on behaviors needed for organizational success. She has worked with a wide range of personnel, from team members to Boards of Directors, exploring the mind-set and working practices that underpin success.

Reviews

[Eyrun · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book

I am about to launch a business and this book has given me a further push. I say Yes to challenges and I focus on my big goal knowing that research supports me in my choices to leave fear behind and concentrate on being bold and happy. Thank you to the authors.

[Daniel Simulescu · Rating 5 out of 5]

“It’s only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on Earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.” - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

[B. Henry · Rating 5 out of 5]

If this book is your first self-help book, then you got a jackpot. Otherwise, you may feel that you have read the concepts earlier somewhere, and the book is an another mashup of self help ideas. Rather than arranging the concepts in an alphabetical order, the author should have arranged them in a sequence of relevance. And that is my only complaint about the book.

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was recommended this little book by my sibling and i am glad i got this book. This book is easy to follow and sets some very tasks for you to complete in your spare time, it makes us question was is success to us as an individual and what it means to us. I have read a few books in this series and. would recommend those to for sure.

[Pearl Polymers · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great piece of self help book

Would recommend this book to all who wish to follow self development practice. This Is more like workbook, which help us to follow step by step process.

[chirsty aggas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read

I finished this in just a few days and soaked up every page. Really helpful bite size chunks on how to ahieve more.

[Solongo A · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book gave a good definition of success and the examples and advices were helpful.

[Maddie A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

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Psychology of Success is my first non-fiction read of the year and I think it was a very interesting read. The chapters are divided nicely and none of them were too long or too dense. The tips and advice in the book are accompanied by anecdotes that make it easier to understand the idea the authors are trying to explain. While I didn’t think that any of the tips were terribly inspiring or enlightening, I do think that sometimes you need to read something that you already know because maybe someone can put it in a better way. And plus, it could be the reminder you need to finally take action because that’s what happened to me with this book.

It didn’t take me long to read Psychology of Success, it was a very fast read, though some of the questions do require some time to think about. I really like the exercises they give at the end of each chapter, I think it would make you put more thought into what you’ve just read. I can definitely see myself rereading this book whenever I need some motivation.

[Robert Bogue · Rating 3 out of 5]

While my last book review was my longest, this review will definitely be in the category of the shortest. Why? Well, Introducing Psychology of Success is a broad but not terribly deep book. There are important concepts that are revealed but they are concepts that I consider to be relatively obvious. To be fair, however, having read a great deal of psychology, self-help, and philosophy books what I believe are obvious at this point are probably not obvious to everyone. However, there’s another story with this book that I want to cover quickly before diving into details.

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[Catherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the Little Book that Could - a reference to my childhood favorite the “Little Train that Could.” A small, simple or better said, straightforward book that sits in the nexus of career and selfhood. I read it in bite sized pieces but the overall feeling is a very cheerful positive outlook and pathway forward on achieving one’s goals.

[hemlet kiai · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great tips! Enjoyed every pages.

[Carlos Mestas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy and fast read packed with incredible words of wisdom!

[John Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is just great. No words.

[Darshit Nakrani]

Success never felt so easy to understand. This book is one of its kind, the best in its genre. I would highly recommend this to everyone.