Uberskills

By Stephen Timperley

We define the three uberskills as focus, integrity and simplicity and the book is build round developing your understanding of these. We show you how to develop skills that you will use time and again - at work, at leisure and with family and friends.

Everyone can benefit immediately from following the program, and of course the more effort you put in the more you will gain. Just try a couple of exercises and we’re sure you will be excited about how quickly you can apply you latent talents!

Uberskills give you the ability to look at complex problems and see the important issues, to understand how other people work, to relax, and understand what you really want from life. This program helps you achieve your goals and ambitions. Realize your potential!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stephen Timperley
• Release date: Feb 7, 2012
• ISBN: 9780473205836

Stephen Timperley

Stephen wrote Uberskills in collaboration with Barry Shepard. Stephen has an MA (Hons) in philosophy and has worked as a consultant and manager of change.

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Uberskills

Stephen Timperley and Barry Shepherd

Copyright © 2012 by Stephen Timperley and Barry Shepherd

ISBN 978-0-473-20583-6

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Table of Contents

1. The Uberskills Program

2. Foundation - Getting Started

3. Focus

4. Integrity

5. Simplicity

6. Focus – Concentration

7. Integrity - Personal Presentation

8. Simplicity – Logic

9. STIR

10. Final Note

1. The Uberskills program

Uberskills! This book will give you the tools to master your talents and achieve your goals in life by guiding you through some exciting and stimulating exercises, scenarios and topics. You’ll be surprised when you find in the first couple of chapters that you already had a lot more latent skills than you realized! Our job is to show you how to apply them to you, personally. We show you how to develop skills that you will use time and again - at work, at leisure and with family and friends.

Everyone can benefit immediately from following the program, and of course the more effort you put in the more you will gain. Just try a couple of exercises and we’re sure you will be excited about how quickly you can apply you latent talents!

We define the three uberskills as focus, integrity and simplicity and the book is build round developing your understanding of these. We’ve given them these handy logos so you can recognize where you are in the book, and hopefully in day to day life these pictures will pop into your mind when you need them.

Ensure success by defining goals and objectives that are well identified, real, honest and realistic.

Gain respect by being consistent, reliable, and honest with ourselves and others.

Reduce the stress of clutter and release creativity by identifying and analyzing what's important.

Uberskills will give you the ability to look at complex problems and see the important issues, to understand how other people work, to relax, and understand what you really want from life. This program helps you achieve your goals and ambitions. Realize your potential!

How this book is organized

There are seven main chapters. There’s Getting Started, followed by a key chapter on each of the uberskills - Focus, Integrity and Simplicity. Then there are a further three chapters to build your skills in each area. Finally we‘ve included an extra - an insight into a special way of setting and attaining your goals.

How does it work?

Each chapter leads you to an understanding of Uberskills concepts by addressesing a topic that relates to a particular uberskill and explaining it in easy to understand but intelligent language. You are free to follow your own path and select the topics you want but we recommend that you do the key chapter for each uberskill before the second in each skill group. Within these chapters we set exercises. They are not difficult but they are demanding. Your commitment will ensure that you get the most out of chapters and understand the topic at your own pace. In addition there are some stand-alone hints and exercises that provide high quality tools to build you skillbase.

Chapters are all laid out in a similar way so that you will become familiar with the sections. We start with an introduction then give you some background, discussion and thoughts on the topic. Exercises are included to aid your understanding and help you to put into practice what you’ve learned.

These exercises will demand your full attention and, like most enterprises, a committed effort brings rewards. As you move through the chapters, you’ll find a common approach to exercises. Some contain scenarios. These describe a set of circumstances to give your exercises a more realistic context, or illustrate the meaning of a previous section.

Please follow the instructions closely. In particular, we often ask you to write something down or carry out an activity every day. Don’t just make lists in your head or promise yourself to start next week. Write things down and start now! These notes will build up into a practical resource that is tailored to yourself, and you will get excellent value in the future by reviewing them. You’ll want to refer back to your notes easily, so find an electronic device, notebook or folder to keep everything together. Jot down any useful thoughts and ideas. If you create a particularly effective exercise or concept, we’d like to hear about it.

We encourage you to build on our suggestions and create your own exercises. There are important concepts necessary to understand the Uberskills process. These will become apparent as you progress.

How do I start?

Start with Getting Started! This will give you plenty to think about and get you into the idea of exercises and scenarios. The book contains plenty of these and they become personal to you and your own experience. Don’t rush for the next chapter but sit back and think about what you’ve learned. Some people do the chapter