Willpower

Ros is a leading UK and international psychologist, executive coach, successful businesswoman, an accomplished author and a TV and radio presenter.Ros travels the world developing the leadership potential of employees through the Just Leadership programme which she formulated. 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. Newspapers have described her variously as ‘the guru of personal development' and ‘the best motivational speaker heard this year'. Ros has developed a unique style of coaching which achieves major insights and shifts in thinking as well as creating a vision for personal and business success. Ros draws on her background as a psychologist to facilitate creative strategies and move people on to become more than they would ever have believed possible.Ros was named by The Independent on Sunday as one of the top 10 coaches in Britain. She broadcasts regularly on Radio and has presented a Social Science research programme ‘Between Ourselves' for BBC Radio Scotland for two years. She was also a presenter for five years on a nightly television news programme. Other TV and Radio work include BBC radio and television, Scottish Television, GMTV, LWT, ITN News, Sky News, and Channel 4.Ros features regularly in the national press and top magazines in her capacity as psychologist and advisor. She was one of the three key presenters in "Confidence Lab", ?a six part documentary for BBC2. It was her Transform programme which provided the basis for Confidence Lab. The book of the programme is called Confidence in Just Seven Days, (Vermillion 2001) and topped Amazon's bestseller list. Ros filmed "Confidence Zone", a coaching for confidence series for the BBC which is televised regularly on BBC2's Learning Zone. She is the previous author of: Fast Track to the Top, a book about success and how to achieve it, was published by Kogan Page in January 2002. The Ultimate Book of Confidence Tricks was published by Vermillion in 2003 and is now available in many languages.Transform Yourself has been updated and recently re-launched as The Complete Mind Makeover (Kogan Page). Another confidence book published by Penguin is part of their Work/ Life Series and called Developing Confidence. Confidence at Work was published in January 2011 by Kogan Page and deals with leadership and confidence. Her latest book, Creativity at Work, was published in July 2013.Ros now has a team of consultants that she has trained to deliver her Just Leadership courses and One to One Executive Coaching programme. In 2009 she launched Corporate Coach International which is an accredited coaching school for those who want to become executive coaches. She is visiting professor at Strathclyde Business School focusing on leadership.

"We all need this to help in our working and personal lives." (Nursing Times, June 2017) "This book can help you get where you want to be – at home and at work." (PQ Magazine, March 2017)

• Preface ixQuestionnaires xThe Stories xYour Willpower Challenge xiWhat’s Inside xiiFinal Thoughts xivPart One – The Essence of Willpower 1Willpower Ingredients in Abby’s Story 3Directions for Completing the Willpower Scale 4The Willpower Scale 5Willpower Research 8Willpower is a Game of Two Brains 11Willpower is a Limited Resource . . . or is it? 17New Research to Challenge Willpower as a Limited Resource 19Mark Masson on Willpower and Health 21Part Two – Goals and Vision 23Why Goals? 23Goal Planning 28Your Willpower Goals 30How You Learn 34Motivation 43A Theory of Motivation 44Remember Your Goals 46Inspiring You Toward Your Willpower Challenge 51Part Three – New Habits for Old 55Origins of Willpower with Graham Allen 57Ego States 60The Willpower Stage of Habit Formation 62The Extinction Burst 64Mini and Multiple Habits 68Alternatively, Start Big 71Becoming Failure Proof 72Elite Performers and 10 000 Hours of Repetition 74Good Habits Made Easy 77Part Four – The Willpower Mindset 87So How Can We All Acquire a Murray Mindset? 88Reality Thinking 101Externalise Your Thinking 103Useful Thinking 104Achieve a Willpower Mindset 105Part Five – Willpower and Work 113Self-Awareness 115Skills for Business Success 120Create: The Process for Organisational Change 137Pilot 140Launch 140Coach 141Evaluate 141The Willpower of Your Own Business 142How to Stick to Your Willpower Challenge at Work 152Final Thoughts 155Highlights 156Acknowledgements 157About the Author 159