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In/Action: Rethinking the Path to Results
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The CEO of a major global medical imaging firm, who, when facing a once-in-a-lifetime business crisis, went for a short walk instead of firing off from a crisis action plan. The off-playbook actions he did take led to unexpected positive financial and goodwill benefits for the business.A proven Silicon Valley founder who shunned the default venture capital route for fundraising and chose the less used (and as it turns out, less stressful) crowd-funding path for his fourth venture, significantly exceeding his fundraising goals.A young millennial who lost her job, rushed into another unfulfilling one, and then took a career break before landing her dream job.They all leveraged the power of strategic pauses and reflective thinking to achieve remarkable results and unexpected wins. So can you!
In our fast paced work, life and businesses, we routinely face a myriad of choices, pressure and deadlines, peppered with well meaning but conflicting advice from experts. Award winning book, IN/ACTION – Rethinking the Path to Results explores the intersection of behavioral science, decision making and leadership principles to identify decisioning and prioritization strategies leading to, oftentimes unexpected, positive results. Best of all, the solutions which emerge from these strategies are uniquely tailored to our situation and originate in our own creativity.
The more ambitious and goal-oriented we are, the more we chase default action to achieve desired outcomes; action which is unnecessary and often counterproductive. This book offers a counter-intuitive but masterful framework to develop clarity in decision-making, leading to remarkable results.
In this book, you
learn from stories and insights from author Jinny Uppal’s extensive business/life experience and interviews with over 30 successful global professionals;develop a framework on how to leverage goal setting, reflective thinking and leadership principles for better results;discover the role that thoughtful inactivity plays in driving creative thinking and progress through established neuroscience research.IN/ACTION provides a way to achieve what we want without paying the price of mindless doing.
Grab your copy and join a growing community of people worldwide looking to get off the hamster wheel and on their way to a successful life!
This book won the 2021-2022 Gold in Business Nonfiction from Reader Views, Silver in Personal Growth from Nautilus and Best Book in Self Help from Book Excellence. It is also a finalist in Page Turner and American Book Fest awards.
The CEO of a major global medical imaging firm, who, when facing a once-in-a-lifetime business crisis, went for a short walk instead of firing off from a crisis action plan. The off-playbook actions he did take led to unexpected positive financial and goodwill benefits for the business.A proven Silicon Valley founder who shunned the default venture capital route for fundraising and chose the less used (and as it turns out, less stressful) crowd-funding path for his fourth venture, significantly exceeding his fundraising goals.A young millennial who lost her job, rushed into another unfulfilling one, and then took a career break before landing her dream job.They all leveraged the power of strategic pauses and reflective thinking to achieve remarkable results and unexpected wins. So can you!
In our fast paced work, life and businesses, we routinely face a myriad of choices, pressure and deadlines, peppered with well meaning but conflicting advice from experts. Award winning book, IN/ACTION – Rethinking the Path to Results explores the intersection of behavioral science, decision making and leadership principles to identify decisioning and prioritization strategies leading to, oftentimes unexpected, positive results. Best of all, the solutions which emerge from these strategies are uniquely tailored to our situation and originate in our own creativity.
The more ambitious and goal-oriented we are, the more we chase default action to achieve desired outcomes; action which is unnecessary and often counterproductive. This book offers a counter-intuitive but masterful framework to develop clarity in decision-making, leading to remarkable results.
In this book, you
learn from stories and insights from author Jinny Uppal’s extensive business/life experience and interviews with over 30 successful global professionals;develop a framework on how to leverage goal setting, reflective thinking and leadership principles for better results;discover the role that thoughtful inactivity plays in driving creative thinking and progress through established neuroscience research.IN/ACTION provides a way to achieve what we want without paying the price of mindless doing.
Grab your copy and join a growing community of people worldwide looking to get off the hamster wheel and on their way to a successful life!
This book won the 2021-2022 Gold in Business Nonfiction from Reader Views, Silver in Personal Growth from Nautilus and Best Book in Self Help from Book Excellence. It is also a finalist in Page Turner and American Book Fest awards.
210 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 17, 2021
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January 28, 2022
“In/Action: Rethinking the Path to Results” is a new take on the old task of problem-solving. Whether in life or business, most people want to solve problems quickly and efficiently, assuming that the faster they deal with a situation, the better off they’ll be. But this book proves another, perhaps better way of tackling issues: pushing the pause button. This isn’t about laziness, procrastination, or uncertainty. It’s about simply taking a breather, looking before you leap, and clearing the mind a little before jumping to conclusions and outcomes that may not always be the best idea. Author Uppal shares experience and expertise, with powerful examples and anecdotes that illustrate the value of using inaction as a strategic tool. If achieving results is your primary goal, keep reading, because this author has answers for you.
Uppal has crafted a well-explained and motivational book to show you a different path to a successful outcome. Strategic inaction can work for you if you understand why and how it works, and why it’s beneficial to you as a person and as someone in a managerial or leadership role. If you’re a result-driven person, you will find a lot of value in the content of this guide, including why jumping the gun isn’t a good thing, and that waiting a while has its proven merits. It may take some time to readjust your thinking, acting and reacting, but the results can be rewarding and surprisingly advantageous.
One immediate reward is less stress. Doing less and achieving more is everyone’s dream strategy. Uppal shows you how this can happen. It’s possible to take a moment before diving into a project, without slowing production or cutting corners. At some point in your life, you may have wondered if there was a better way than just following the daily hectic grind. Well, it turns out there is—and you don’t have to lose business, money, or sleep over it.
My favorite parts of the book are the examples she gives, which are dynamic and will inspire you to apply the principles in your own life and career. In addition to the “In/Action” themes, you’ll find information on meditation and yoga. (I absolutely love “The Godfather” reference, by the way. It made a lot of sense.) For a fresh, original approach to life and leadership, immerse yourself in the pages of “In/Action: Rethinking the Path to Results” today.
Uppal has crafted a well-explained and motivational book to show you a different path to a successful outcome. Strategic inaction can work for you if you understand why and how it works, and why it’s beneficial to you as a person and as someone in a managerial or leadership role. If you’re a result-driven person, you will find a lot of value in the content of this guide, including why jumping the gun isn’t a good thing, and that waiting a while has its proven merits. It may take some time to readjust your thinking, acting and reacting, but the results can be rewarding and surprisingly advantageous.
One immediate reward is less stress. Doing less and achieving more is everyone’s dream strategy. Uppal shows you how this can happen. It’s possible to take a moment before diving into a project, without slowing production or cutting corners. At some point in your life, you may have wondered if there was a better way than just following the daily hectic grind. Well, it turns out there is—and you don’t have to lose business, money, or sleep over it.
My favorite parts of the book are the examples she gives, which are dynamic and will inspire you to apply the principles in your own life and career. In addition to the “In/Action” themes, you’ll find information on meditation and yoga. (I absolutely love “The Godfather” reference, by the way. It made a lot of sense.) For a fresh, original approach to life and leadership, immerse yourself in the pages of “In/Action: Rethinking the Path to Results” today.
January 30, 2022
Very good look at action bias, and its alternatives.
January 29, 2022
In/Action is extremely timely as we are constantly pressured to "stay busy" and "get things done" - often without the adequate time for careful thought. Uppal encourages us to be more strategic in how and when we act by taking appropriate time to analyze, assess, and reflect before moving forward. The examples provided are well researched, diverse, and compelling, ranging from personal experience, first-hand interviews, and business case studies. Through the questions at the end of each chapter, this book made me reflect on various times in my own life and career in which I fell into the trap of wanting to act quickly instead of taking time to understand a situation and find a better path forward. I loved the graphics in each chapter as they wonderfully capture and reinforce the core elements in a playful way. I highly recommend this book to those who want to take a more thoughtful and deliberate approach in their lives!
January 9, 2022
A great read in today's day and age when most of us are in a constant state of motion propelled to act all the time by established and acceptable norms of response and choice. This book is a safety catch for people who are built to be action oriented and can 'act' themselves to exhaustion. In particular, I loved two concepts in the book. One, when Jinny explores the connection between an individual's principles and how principles should guide the action or inaction. Principles provide a framework for an individual to be rid of any confusion, decide what's the right or wrong choice in any given context, and stand strong in their decision. If one looks for direction externally, there is so much conflicting advice and the accepted norms of chasing 'action' rear their head. The second concept I loved is about the power of silence in leading to the right choice, action or inaction. Silence seems to be one of the biggest casualties of the modern world. The environment around us fills up all available blank space to us with some stimuli of some kind using up our energy, be it the unnecessary music at coffee shops or the pervasive ads following us around. Silence creates the space we need to pause, reflect and make the right decision to act or not to act, in any given situation. So if you are tired of the constant pressure (internal or external) to act and want to tell yourself that there is a choice here or are simply curious, I recommend this read.
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January 16, 2022
A beautiful ode to the power of thoughtful pause and inaction in achieving positive results! I love how Jinny Uppal delves into a variety of sources including case studies of business professionals, personal life experiences, ancient Hindu wisdom, and more. Plus the drawings are so on point!! Highly recommend this read
May 20, 2022
It is rare that I get an email from an author asking me to review a book, but when Jinny Uppal reached out to me to review In/Action: Rethinking the Path to Results I agreed. I am an engineer; which means being Type A and goal oriented is in my nature. Reading a book that could get me to think outside of the box is not something that comes so reading a book about it would be helpful.
And I was right. Jinny provides many real life examples of how taking no action could actually be more helpful in situation where you need to take action. I know that I am prone to trying to figure out how to solve the problem as soon as it appears and my brain just starts churning. I never take a second to pause and think for a minute before I just dive right into solver mode.
Taking a minute to pause before solving a problem is the biggest thing that I will take away from this book. In all of the examples that Jinny provided, the outcomes were better when people took a moment to stop and think before acting.
I would recommend this read to anyone that is a doer by nature or anyone in the business field.
And I was right. Jinny provides many real life examples of how taking no action could actually be more helpful in situation where you need to take action. I know that I am prone to trying to figure out how to solve the problem as soon as it appears and my brain just starts churning. I never take a second to pause and think for a minute before I just dive right into solver mode.
Taking a minute to pause before solving a problem is the biggest thing that I will take away from this book. In all of the examples that Jinny provided, the outcomes were better when people took a moment to stop and think before acting.
I would recommend this read to anyone that is a doer by nature or anyone in the business field.
April 3, 2022
This book is about the value of taking a thoughtful pause leading to better and faster results than barreling down the mindless action path. It is a Self Help Book which has divided into four parts - to explore how ambition, aspiration, and even self-awareness create progress, as well as the tendency of chasing action, the major obstacles to mastering action, explore habits we can develop to counter our action bias and to discover a perspective on mastery of action that requires going beyond this apparent dichotomy. The book has questions at the end of each chapter that is worth spending the time. It's an interesting read packed with powerful lessons and a very authentic way to start or improve self-introspection strategically. The narrative is strong with life situations, quotes, imagery and personal experiences that will keep the reader engaged.
January 16, 2022
In/Action helps us understand new ways of viewing success along with more productive and life serving ways of getting there. Through research, stories, and unique hand drawn illustrative comics, we come to understand the downsides of unexplored raw drive, and the benefits of coming to understand what will bring us towards a success that makes sense to and serves us. I highly recommend this book to readers who want to explore their own ambitions and the work they are putting into meeting goals.
August 14, 2022
Loved the concept but the examples were not very good
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