Think like an entrepreneur: your psychological toolkit for success

Cover......Page 1
Think Like An Entrepreneur......Page 2
Contents......Page 10
Note from Robbie......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
 How to use this book......Page 18
 Three psychological systems......Page 19
 Concept: Your ‘entrepreneurial chip’......Page 22
 Change Yourself: The permission pattern......Page 24
Chapter 01 Getting started......Page 26
 Do a deal as quickly as possible......Page 28
 Learning the entrepreneurial way......Page 32
 Building a consulting base......Page 35
 Concept: The Hero’s Journey......Page 39
 Change Yourself: The Hero’s Journey......Page 43
Chapter 02 A solid platform......Page 50
 The four Capability Sets......Page 53
 Gathering other resources......Page 61
 Quitting your job......Page 64
 Concepts: Rapport, congruence and anchoring......Page 65
 Change Yourself: The I-D-EA-S process......Page 70
Chapter 03 Aligning your mind for success......Page 76
 Entrepreneurial beliefs and values......Page 77
 Concept: The Logical Levels......Page 86
 Change Yourself: The Seven Parallels......Page 94
Chapter 04 Breaks and breakdowns......Page 106
 Lucky breaks......Page 107
 The big disaster......Page 112
 Concept: Sabotage......Page 114
 Change Yourself: Entrepreneurial planning......Page 116
Chapter 05 Building the team......Page 120
 The principles of delegation......Page 121
 Your first employee......Page 125
 The team grows......Page 127
 Putting in cornerstones......Page 132
 Business partners......Page 133
 Concept: Transactional Analysis......Page 134
 Change Yourself: Gamespotting......Page 141
Chapter 06 Entering the jetstream......Page 144
 Staying small......Page 145
 A star is born......Page 148
 The cocoon phase......Page 153
 Hiring a CEO......Page 155
 Leave on a high......Page 156
 Concept: The entrepreneur as systems designer......Page 159
 Change Yourself: Planning for a fresh start......Page 162
Chapter 07 Have a life as well......Page 166
 Healing the adapted child......Page 168
 Know when you’ve won......Page 169
 Change Yourself: The rescripting process......Page 170
Conclusion......Page 176
 Appendix A The Logical Levels, Maslow and Freud......Page 178
 Appendix B Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Values......Page 182
 Appendix C The Seven Parallels in action......Page 184
 Appendix D A Model Staff Assessment Form......Page 188
Recommended reading......Page 190
Index......Page 196