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The IDEA Mindset: Figure Out What You Want from Work, and How to Get It, in 6 Weeks
Want a deeply fulfilling working life? Considering a career change? Going freelance? Pursuing a promotion? Starting your own business? Or do you simply want to bring your best self to work?
With leading executive and mindset coach Dr Gary Crotaz’s award-winning 6-week programme and workbook you will design a working life
With leading executive and mindset coach Dr Gary Crotaz’s award-winning 6-week programme and workbook you will design a working life
304 pages, Paperback
Published January 13, 2022
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January 11, 2022
This book provides a great distillation of tested strategies for making real change, with deceptively simple exercises that, if you lean into them, can help you go quite deep. The six-week structure hits the Goldilocks zone of enough time to transform, not enough to burn out, but I would recommend either cycling back through or building on it with some of the recommended reading afterward. As in starting a physical program, six weeks is enough to see and feel real results, but the greater gains come from getting hooked on the process and engraining habits.
I started working with Gary as a client while he was training as a Strengths Coach, so I was more familiar with that material. However, we had used some of his IDEA program exercises and I can speak to their efficacy. I'm also in Learning and Development myself, so I appreciate the accessibility of this book and the clarity and coherence of the structure. While I went ahead and read and listened to the whole book, I plan to return to the exercises over the next six weeks to allow those more time to sink in.
The audiobook is clearly and cleanly recorded, with sound cues to indicate when you should stop and complete the exercises. Gary has a pleasant voice and Marietta provides an effective counterpoint to highlight some sections. I enjoyed the bonus interview at the end, and I hope Gary goes on to do some more podcasts, as it is fascinating to hear how other people work with the same material.
I started working with Gary as a client while he was training as a Strengths Coach, so I was more familiar with that material. However, we had used some of his IDEA program exercises and I can speak to their efficacy. I'm also in Learning and Development myself, so I appreciate the accessibility of this book and the clarity and coherence of the structure. While I went ahead and read and listened to the whole book, I plan to return to the exercises over the next six weeks to allow those more time to sink in.
The audiobook is clearly and cleanly recorded, with sound cues to indicate when you should stop and complete the exercises. Gary has a pleasant voice and Marietta provides an effective counterpoint to highlight some sections. I enjoyed the bonus interview at the end, and I hope Gary goes on to do some more podcasts, as it is fascinating to hear how other people work with the same material.
January 29, 2022
'The IDEA Mindset' changed my outlook on work/life balance after a long struggle with finding fitting professionally. The book catalogs a robust framework on how to start your self-awareness journey with steps to get there.
Highly recommended!
Highly recommended!
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