Get it Done

A great deal of ink has been spilled on the subject of motivating and influencing others, but what happens when the person you most want to influence is you? Setting and achieving goals for yourself – at work, at home, and in relationships – is harder than it seems. Knowing where to start, and carrying on in the face of roadblocks and distractions, can easily become overwhelming. When you face more responsibilities, needs and desires than you can keep track of, how do you prioritize?

In Get it Done, psychologist and behavioural scientist Ayelet Fishbach presents a new theoretical framework for self-motivated action, explaining how to:

– Identify the right goals
– Attack the ‘middle problem’
– Battle temptations
– Use the help of others around you
– And so much more . . .

With fascinating research from the field of motivation science and compelling stories of people who learned to motivate themselves, Get it Done illuminates invaluable strategies for pulling yourself in whatever direction you want to go – so you can achieve your goals while staying healthy, clearheaded and happy.

Review

A leading expert on motivation – her research has consistently produced insights that are both surprising and useful . . . engaging -- Adam Grant, number one New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the TED podcast WorkLife

Smart, delightful and important book, the world’s leading expert on the science of human motivation . . . Just read it! -- Daniel Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Stumbling on Happiness

I don’t know anyone who knows more than Ayelet Fishbach about the psychology of goals . . . I love this book and know you will, too -- Angela Duckworth, author of Grit

Masterfully written and endlessly insightful -- Francesca Gino, bestselling author of Rebel Talent

Compelling -- Carol Dweck, PhD, author of Mindset

Thoughtful, often funny, and always practical . . . A must read -- Wendy Wood, author of Good Habits, Bad Habits

Interesting. Clever. Most of all, extremely useful! -- Nicholas Epley, author of Mindwise

An invaluable resource for anyone seeking to be more productive, focused and motivated -- Itamar Simonson, co-author of Absolute Value

An authoritative figure on the psychology of goals ― The Wall Street Journal

About the Author

Ayelet Fishbach, PhD, is the Jeffrey Breakenridge Keller Professor of Behavioral Science and Marketing at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and the president of the Society for the Study of Motivation. Dr. Fishbach has been published in many psychology and business journals, including Psychological Review and Psychological Science, and served as an associate editor of several journals, including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Psychological Science. Her research is regularly featured in the media, including the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Chicago Tribune, NPR and was selected to be featured in the New York Times’ ‘Annual Year in Ideas’. Dr Fishbach has received several international awards, including the Society of Experimental Social Psychology’s Best Dissertation Award and Career Trajectory Award, and the Fulbright Educational Foundation Award, and in 2006, she received the Provost’s Teaching Award from the University of Chicago. Get it Done is her first non-fiction book.