Tipping Sacred Cows: Kick the Bad Work Habits that Masquerade as Virtues

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Dedication
5. Chapter 1: Meet Your Sacred Cows
   1. Unexamined Virtues at Work
   2. The Peril of Sacred Cows
   3. Solving the Virtue Problem
   4. Find Your Hidden Beliefs
   5. Train Your Cow, Train Yourself
   6. Notes
6. Chapter 2: Bold Balance
   1. Avoid the Allure of Unhealthy Balance
   2. The Power of Bold Balance
   3. Seven Steps to Make Your Balance Bold
   4. Conclusion
   5. Notes
7. Chapter 3: Accountable Collaboration
   1. You'd Better Play Well With Others
   2. The Auto-Collaboration Mandate
   3. The Rare, Productive Joy of Working Alone
   4. Seven Steps to Make Your Collaboration Accountable
   5. Conclusion
   6. Notes
8. Chapter 4: Useful Creativity
   1. Scratching the Itch of New
   2. Useful Creativity
   3. Seven Ways to Make Your Creativity Useful
   4. Conclusion
   5. Notes
9. Chapter 5: Outcome Excellence
   1. Inside the Secret Messiness of Excellence
   2. A Second-Rate Path to a First-Rate Destination
   3. Seven Steps to Make Your Excellence Meaningful
   4. Conclusion
   5. Notes
10. Chapter 6: Process Fairness
    1. Fair Minded
    2. Fehr Game
    3. Seven Ways to Train Your Brain to Focus on Process Fairness
    4. Conclusion
    5. Notes
11. Chapter 7: Harmonious Passion
    1. Good Passion, Bad Passion
    2. The Sustaining Strength of Harmonious Passion
    3. Seven Steps to Make Your Passion More Harmonious
    4. Conclusion
    5. Notes
12. Chapter 8: Onstage Preparation
    1. The Inertia of Preparation
    2. All the World's a Stage
    3. Seven Ideas to Take Your Preparation to Center Stage
    4. Conclusion
    5. Notes
13. Chapter 9: Extinguish Your Backfires
    1. Notes
14. Acknowledgments
15. About the Author
16. Index