Dancing Naked: Breaking Through the Emotional Limits That Keep You from the Job You Want

by Robert C. Chope

Paperback — 262 pages

(February 2000)

New Harbinger Publications

You’ve been looking for a new job for a while now, but so far, no luck, and you’ve started to doubt your own ability. Or you’ve been thinking about starting over in a new career and don’t know if you really have what it takes. These are the kind of doubts that can cripple your career development, and they’re more often than not actually unfounded. This self-help book, written by a psychologist specializing in career counseling, aims at helping you slough off the self-doubt and incorrect assumptions about yourself and your prospects and get moving toward that job you really want. And — in a surprisingly pleasant contrast to many works of this genre, with their unenviable, faux-witty prose style — it is an easy and pleasant read-through. Employers interested in understanding what incoming employees are thinking might be interested in checking out this book as well.

Maximum Success: Changing the 12 Behavior Patterns That Keep You from Getting Ahead

by James Waldroop,

Timothy Butler

Hardcover — 325 pages

(September 19, 2000)

Doubleday

This book explores the flipside of the question "What helps people get ahead?", that is, "What keeps people from getting ahead?" Why is it that some people seem to keep on undermining their careers over and over? It’s usually not just coincidence — some people exhibit patterns of behavior, often unbeknownst to themselves, that serve to stymie them in their attempts to be the best they can be. The authors of this book — both business psychologists — provide guides to diagnosing such behavior, coming to terms with it and turning your professional life in the direction you want it to go. Replete with real-life examples drawn from the writers’ own experiences working with clients, "Maximum Success" is a comprehensive and compelling look at the ways in which people trip themselves up career-wise — and how you can do something about it and turn your life around.