Get over IT and Get on with IT
Using The Ten Principles of Entelechy to Conquer Change and Create Abundance
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PREFACE
We live today in a global economy characterized by rapid change, accelerating scientific and technological breakthroughs, and an unprecedented level of competitiveness. These developments create demands for higher levels of education and training than were required of previous generations. Everyone acquainted with business culture knows this. What is not equally understood is that these developments also create new demands on our psychological resources. Specifically, these developments ask for a greater capacity for innovation, self-management, personal responsibility, and self-direction. This is not just asked at the top. It is asked at every level of a business enterprise, from senior management to first-line supervisors, and even to entry-level personnel.
A modern organization can no longer be run by a few people who think and many people who merely do what they are told. Today, organizations need not only a higher level of knowledge and skill among all those who participate, but also a higher level of independence, self-reliance, self-trust, and the capacity to exercise initiative—operating at a high level of personal responsibility.
It is easy in the high-stress environment of today to imagine that we are controlled by forces over which we have little or no control. It is easy to see ourselves as victims and to explain our disappointments or misfortunes in terms of the malevolence of “the system”—or the universe. For those who feel tempted to view their life that negatively, or some aspect of it—as parents or as CEOs, as spouses or as managers, or as salespersons, or as teachers, or as members of a team—Get over It and Get on with It is a wake-up call.
It tells us that so much more is possible than we had thought possible—but not if we permit our dreams to remain only dreams.
The power of living self-responsibly is the basic theme of this book, and of Jim Madrid’s inspiring and imaginative program, The Ten Principles of Entelechy. “The curriculum we teach,” he writes, “has been shaped by many minds, starting with Aristotle, who coined the word entelechy. It draws heavily from the work of prominent researchers in cognitive, organizational, and behavioral psychology, as well as from a wealth of real-world experience.”
Get over It and Get on with It does not assume that its readers see themselves as losers—on the contrary. It assumes that most have lives that work, personally and/or professionally, at least in some areas. It also assumes that most of us have dreams, aspirations—goals—which we have failed to achieve, and wonder why there is such a gap between performance and fulfillment.
“Our happiness depends on ourselves,” wrote Aristotle, and Jim Madrid, taking this idea and running with it, is a pleasure to behold.
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We all want to simplify our lives and find more meaning. We want to achieve a better balance between work and family. We want experts to teach us how to “empower” ourselves to cope and fight back. Get Over It and Get On With It gives you the tools to defend yourself.
About the Author
Jim Madrid For three decades, Jim Madrid has been helping people and organizations achieve higher levels of success. He began his career with retail giant Nordstrom and later went on to work with an international corporate training institute, where he became a top trainer presenter. Within a decade, he had gained an extensive education in behavioral cognitive psychology and an impressive list of successful clients. Then, working with experts in the field, including Dr. Nathanial Branden, he perfected a system of personal-development training that was far superior to anything he had seen used in the corporate environment. That system became The Ten Principles of Entelechy and the company he built around it is Entelechy Training & Development. Around the U.S. and in Europe, Jim personally delivers Entelechy’s education, helping corporate and community leaders shape and realize a compelling vision for their company’s future. One of the most important results of this work is that it equips people to deal constructively with rapid, unpredictable change. Jim communicates so effectively because he is able to translate complex psychological principles into language everyone understands. He uses examples that come not just from laboratories or textbooks, but from real life. And, perhaps most importantly, he lives what he teaches. Joyce Quick Author of numerous articles and more than 1,000 nationally syndicated radio shows, Joyce Quick is co-author of Personal Coaching for Results: How to Mentor and Inspire Others to Amazing Growth, :60 Second BluesBusters, and the Entelechy Journal. Joyce is also a clinical social worker with a family and individual therapy and personal coaching practice in Seattle, Washington. She and Jim have been friends, collaborators and colleagues for more than a decade.