What Got You Here Won’T Get You There is a book about the importance of self-awareness and continuous improvement. The book argues that the habits and behaviors that helped you succeed in the past may not be enough to help you succeed in the future.
Goldsmith identifies 20 derailers or habits that can hold you back from success. These derailers include being a know-it-all, defensive, and poor listener.
The book offers advice on how to identify your derailers and how to overcome them. It also provides a framework for continuous improvement called the 4-Ds:
- Discovery: Identify your derailers.
- Desire: Be motivated to change.
- Development: Develop new habits and behaviors.
- Deployment: Put your new habits and behaviors into practice.
Here are some of the key takeaways from the book:
- The habits and behaviors that helped you succeed in the past may not be enough to help you succeed in the future.
- It is important to be self-aware and to identify your derailers.
- Several derailers can hold you back from success.
- The 4-Ds is a framework for continuous improvement.