David Keane - The Art of Deliberate Success: Transform Your Professional and Personal Life

This excellent book reminds us of one of the most important facts in achieving success: that it happens as the result of deliberate choices and actions. If you want to make your approach to genuine achievement more rigorous and reliable, read it.

Tom Butler-Bowdon author of 50 Success Classics
and Never Too Late To Be Great

In The Art of Deliberate Success, David Keane offers a guide for gaining true alignment as one of the few sustainable advantages in a relentlessly competitive environment. I would recommend it highly for the leaders and managers of any ambitious organisation.

Brad Jackson Professor, The University of Auckland Business School

David is an astute observer of what's really going on! A prolific author and, dare I say it, a Thought Leader on the power of intention being deliberate about what you want to create in your professional and personal world. He is a voice of reason in a world of confusion. His message is a calm call to remember what's true and what really matters.

Matt Church founder of Thought Leaders Global and co-author of Thought Leaders

Dr Keane brilliantly tackles the issues of achieving success while at the same time dealing with the struggles of living a balanced life today. He lays out a game plan for success that anyone can understand and adapt to their circumstances, to increase their personal effectiveness, and turn intention into meaningful purpose and action.

Robyn Mackay Manager of Learning and Development, Deloitte

Many development programs fall short as they fail to take into account the complexity of life. David Keane's work and book delivers on all counts. The depth and scope of the book is commendable and will prove to be a powerful and transformational experience for all readers.

Michael Henderson corporate anthropologist

As a people manager I was doubly attracted to attend David's workshop for a better understanding of the work-life balance we all strive to achieve, for our employees and myself. The strategies we learned from David provided each and every one of us with the tools to help achieve our own individual definition of success, in our personal and professional lives. We continuously strive to apply these principles to ingrain them as part of our corporate culture.

Craig Robinson Business Director, MSD Animal Health

It's no secret that everyone who ever achieved success did so by thinking and acting in certain ways. Dr Keane's inspiring book shows you exactly how they did it.

Beverley Main Chief Executive, Human Resource Institute of New Zealand (HRINZ)

Dr Keane is a highly successful researcher and teacher of this very effective model. Even more importantly, I have witnessed firsthand how he lives and breathes deliberate success himself. It works! This book is an opportunity for you to make an immediate impact on your work and personal life and become deliberately successful.

Darren Levy Director of Short Courses, The University of Auckland Business School

I attended the Art of Deliberate Success workshop and it was truly transformational. It helped me to see the bigger picture of my life and gave me powerful tools that I use every day to achieve success both professionally and personally.

Katrina Grant New Zealand netballer

DAVID KEANE

First published in 2013 by Jossey-Bass
an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd

www.josseybass.com

42 McDougall St, Milton Qld 4064

Office also in Melbourne

Reprinted with updates August 2019

The Learning Junction Limited 2013

The moral rights of the author have been asserted.

National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:

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Slow Dance by David L. Weatherford

Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey? by William Oncken Jr., Donald L. Wass and Stephen R., Covey Harvard Business Review, November 1999

Begin by Brendan Kennelly, The Essential Brendan Kennelly: Selected Poems with Live CD

(Bloodaxe Books, 2011)

Limit of liability/Disclaimer of warranty:

While the publisher and author have used their best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this book and specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. No warranty may be created or extended by sales representatives or written sales materials. The advice and strategies contained herein may not be suitable for your situation. You should consult with a professional where appropriate. Neither the publisher nor author shall be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damages, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential, or other damages.

To Carmel and Sinad:

We are all in this one together.

And to the thousands of 10 Behaviours programme participants

who have taught me so much.

David Keane is an internationally renowned authority on human achievement and success. Through his keynote speeches, workshops, mentoring, writing and consulting he has transformed the lives of thousands of people.

His team of accredited facilitators and partners deliver high-impact learning programs to business, government and not-for-profit organisations throughout the world.

Dr Keane believes that all success, be it personal, professional or organisational, begins with individuals first taking 100 per cent responsibility for their own development. This inner-work approach can initially seem daunting, but it is also incredibly empowering.

Clients include Accor Hotels, ASB Bank, Australian Institue of Management, Commonwealth Bank, Deloitte, Irish Life, Kiwibank, PayPal, Saatchi & Saatchi, Red Cross, Visa, Vodafone and Xero.

For more information, please visit the 10 Behaviours of Successful People website www.10behaviours.com.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

SOCRATES

Some years ago, a friend of mine, David Dier, died after a short illness. David was 37 and had a beautiful wife and a young family. At the time, his passing had a profound impact on me. On one level, I felt the obvious sadness of losing a good friend and the tragedy of his loss to his family. On another level, I really began to think about my own life and, in particular, the work I was doing coaching and working with people who wanted to achieve more success in their professional and personal lives.