Willpower: Discover It, Use It and Get What You Want.
By Ros Taylor.
Published by Capstone, February 2017
Paperback original and e-book, £10.99
ISBN: 9780857087195
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“Willpower is a mindset and gaining that mindset is important to get those willpower ducks in a row. If you tell yourself it will never work then…. it won’t.”
2017 has only just begun but for those whose well-intended New Year resolutions are starting to wane already, Willpower: Discover It, Use It and Get What You Want is the handbook they need to get motivation for success in all areas of life.
Researchers have found that willpower is a better predictor of life and work success than IQ. Regardless of what they want to achieve – be it a new habit, a desire to win, a promotion at work and so on – author Ros Taylor helps readers find the strength to persevere, forge ahead and keep going no matter how tough it gets.
In her book, Taylor, an expert psychologist and executive coach, offers proven techniques for everyone who wants to be successful in life and work. Containing questionnaires and checklists to help the reader gauge how much willpower they have, how they utilise goals and whether they are an optimist or a pessimist. It also contains inspirational case studies from people in all walks of life, including:
Judy Murray talking about her sons’ willpower to become winners, and her own to continue to coach women’s tennis with few resources
Jamie Andrew, quadruple amputee, talking about challenges such as the London Marathon and climbing Kilimanjaro
Dame Stella Rimmington, former Director General of MI5, discusses confidence and its place in getting to the top
Abby, a social phobic who had to be schooled at home, talks about how willpower helped her get her life back and what it was that got her out of the house
Divided into five parts, Taylor explores:
The Essence of Willpower – a review of the latest thinking to help the reader achieve willpower
Goals and Visions – to help the reader work on the steps to achieving their goals
New Habits for Old – outlines how habits are established and how bad ones can be changed and replaced with better versions, as well as help in establishing some good generic habits
The Willpower Mindset – This part explores easy steps to achieve a positive mindset, remain cool in a crisis, and achieve the same mental strength of winners like Wimbledon tennis players and Olympic rowers
Willpower and Work – Presenting the three S’s of Willpower at Work: Self-Awareness, Skills and Self-Preservation to help readers cope with the stresses of work caused by more demands and fewer resources.
Based on techniques which are proven to work, Taylor encourages readers to take up their own Willpower Challenge: “Willpower is the very heartbeat of a successful, engaged and fulfilling life,” she says. “It’s not down to an accident of birth but a series of learnable skills you can put into practice immediately with the help of this book. Simply choose which skills relate to you. There is a Three Week rule. Try a new skill every day for three weeks to establish it then repeat for nine to turn it into a habit.”
Willpower: Discover It, Use It and Get What You Want by Ros Taylor is published by Capstone, priced £10.99.
About the author:
Ros Taylor is a leading UK and international clinical psychologist, corporate leadership coach, businesswoman, author, TV and radio presenter and commentator.
Featuring regularly in the national press in her capacity as a psychologist and advisor (BBC1, BBC2, BBC Radio, Scottish Television, GMTV, LWT, ITN News, Sky News, Channel 4 and E4), Ros has been named by The Independent on Sunday as one of the top 10 coaches in Britain.
No stranger to broadcast media, Ros was a presenter for five years on a nightly television news programme. She has written seven books, one of which BBC2’s six-part documentary ‘Confidence Lab’ was based on, for which Ros was a presenter. The book, Confidence in Just Seven Days (Vermillion 2001), topped Amazon’s bestseller list. She was also the psychology consultant in the early days of Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 4.
Ros travels the world developing the leadership potential of employees through Just Leadership®, which she has formulated with other impressive training programmes. A creative academic, Ros is a chartered clinical psychologist, coach, trainer and regular speaker on the conference circuit. She has presented in the USA, Europe and China and completed a lecture tour in Japan.
She is a visiting professor at Strathclyde University focusing on leadership and runs her own successful corporate leadership and coaching business, The Ros Taylor Company.
Willpower is Ros’ seventh book.
