Shifting Sands: A Guidebook for Crossing the Deserts of Change
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Book Description
Unlike the familiar mountain-climbing metaphor, which focuses more narrowly on goal setting and achievement, the desert as a metaphorical place of change does not have final summit or endpoint. Shifting Sands exposes the mountain-climbing myth and its goal-setting metaphor as ineffective, and suggests that the desert is the perfect metaphor to describe the journey of life, especially in times of transition. Deserts require us to pay attention to the journey rather than the destination. Strategic planning and maps don't work in a desert. Instead, travelers must follow their internal compass. Steve Donahue presents the "Six Rules of Desert Travel" to aid all those facing change, whether starting a new career, coping with illness or a midlife crisis, getting married or divorced, or having the kids move out of the house. He helps life travelers face their fears and overcome other obstacles (being too busy, feeling overwhelmed) so they can commit to the journey in front of them.
About the Author
Steve Donahue is a professional speaker, consultant and coach. Steve has addressed hundreds of corporations and tens of thousands of individuals on the subjects of personal and organizational change. His clients include AT&T, IBM, Pillsbury, Procter & Gamble, Bank of America, Ford and Volkswagen. In 1994, Steve was named a "Consummate Speaker of the Year" by Sharing Ideas Magazine (other winners included Margaret Thatcher and Tom Wolfe). Steve was the Executive Director of the Hoffman Institute of British Columbia from 1995-97. He is co-developer of the interactive CD-Rom entitled Shifting Sands.
In 1977, as a young man, Steve successfully crossed the Sahara Desert overland from north to south. Since 1989 he has developed a metaphor of transition based on his desert adventure.
Shifting Sands: A Guidebook for Crossing the Deserts of Change,Steve Donahue,Berrett-Koehler Publishers,Berrett-Koehler Publishers,1576752801,Personal Growth - Success,Employee Training And Development,Organization Theory,Personal Growth - General,Psychology,Self-Help
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