{"id":1004,"date":"2015-08-30T11:39:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T17:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickduffel.com\/?p=1004"},"modified":"2015-08-30T11:39:30","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T17:39:30","slug":"book-review-triggers-by-marshall-goldsmith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/?p=1004","title":{"rendered":"BOOK REVIEW: Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nickduffel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/51mc7njxhl-_sx343_bo1204203200_-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1005\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nickduffel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/51mc7njxhl-_sx343_bo1204203200_-1.jpg?resize=207%2C300\" alt=\"51+mC7NJxHL._SX343_BO1,204,203,200_\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>We\u2019ve all heard the expression, \u201cYou can\u2019t teach an old dog new tricks.\u201d However, executive coach Marshall Goldsmith makes a living doing that very thing. He specializes in adult behavioral change\u2014no easy task\u2014and he reveals his very successful methods in his latest book, <em>Triggers.<\/em>\n<p>This book is all about recognizing the power of our environment in triggering undesirable behavior, particularly in our interpersonal interactions, and then learning to change our response to these environmental triggers. This isn\u2019t about quitting bad habits, such as smoking or cussing as much as it\u2019s about being a better leader and a better person. Goldsmith\u2019s focus is on our interactions with people. Is there anything more important than our relationships? Is there anything more likely to cause us to be the worst versions of ourselves than our relationships? It is the focus on people that makes this book so helpful\u2014and so important.<\/p>\n<p>The first half of the book is largely dedicated to re-framing our view of our environment. The second half of the book focuses on tried and true methods for altering our response to triggers and even causing our environment to work for us. The methods seem almost too simple, but they are time-tested and proven to work in bringing about real change.<\/p>\n<p>Goldsmith\u2019s focus on the power of the <em>right<\/em> structure in our lives has the potential to be truly life-altering to so many. His considerable experience in helping people change gives him a wealth of real life examples to draw from and his writing style is direct, funny, and encouraging all at once. Here is a man who is good at what he does.<\/p>\n<p>Goldsmith\u2019s goal is to help leaders be more aware of their environment and engaged in their relationships. Who doesn\u2019t need more of that? I have a hard time imagining this book not being at least somewhat helpful to every reader, and it has the potential to bring real, turning-point-level change to many. Grab a copy of this book; I highly recommend it to every leader and every person who has a desire to change for the better.<\/p>\n<p>Please Note: This book was gifted as a part of the <span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><a style=\"color:#0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/nickduffel.com\/www.bloggingforbooks.org\">Blogging for Books<\/a><\/span> Reviewers Program in exchange for my unbiased review of this work. This has in no way influenced my opinion or review of this work.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve all heard the expression, \u201cYou can\u2019t teach an old dog new tricks.\u201d However, executive coach Marshall Goldsmith makes a living doing that very thing. He specializes in adult behavioral change\u2014no easy task\u2014and he reveals his very successful methods in his latest book, Triggers. This book is all about recognizing the power of our environment&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/?p=1004\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BOOK REVIEW: Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,4,7,12],"tags":[15,21,25,32,35,36,47,64,114,152,157],"class_list":["post-1004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging-for-books","category-books-2","category-leadership-2","category-reviews","tag-52-books","tag-anger","tag-attitude","tag-books","tag-business","tag-change","tag-consistency","tag-effectiveness","tag-leadership","tag-relationships","tag-reviews-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EHHr-gc","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}