Playbook for Your Extraordinary Life: A Practical Guide to A Remarkable Life

How do you create a remarkable life?If you intend to live a life that leaves a mark while creating joy and energy, then you are looking to live an Extraordinary Life. Living your Extraordinary Life doesn’t happen by accident and it is not magic. It is a choice. Extraordinary means remarkable, noteworthy, and beyond what was expected. The Extraordinary Life is achieved by the deliberate application of skills for engaging with people and understanding how people work so you can access creativity on-demand.The Plays in the Playbook are how-to’s that can be combined together or used independently to strategically attack problems. The resulting synergies between people and creativity result in extraordinary impact.Free access is provided to an online survey of the Top 20 Dings to start your journey of understanding your skills. The clearly laid out methods for achieving impact are delivered through stories and examples. Whether you are a CEO or that person who intends to make a difference, this book provides a foundation of clear-cut strategies and plays for creating your Extraordinary Life.

Dr. Elaine Seat is on the faculty of the Management Department of the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee. Elaine arrived in the Business School via an unusual path. She began her professional career designing machines as a licensed mechanical engineer and grew into roles as a chief engineer and engineering manager. After learning first-hand about the barriers limiting technical professionals from their best work, she studied Sport Psychology and Counseling Psychology to better understand what it takes for high-performing individuals to reach extraordinary performance. Dr. Seat started her academic career as a National Science Foundation Visiting Professor in the UT College of Engineering where she was part of the team that designed the award-winning freshman engineering program engage(R). The changes brought to engineering education through engage improved the retention of future engineers by over 50% through the first year within three years. Her expertise in working with students and industrial background brought her to the College of Business as the inaugural Director of the Aerospace and Defense MBA program. Returning to her passion for teaching people how-to create their own extraordinary performance, Dr. Seat currently teaches undergraduate and MBA students leadership and performance skills. She also designs and delivers custom curriculum for adult professionals aimed at providing the tools and thinking that is the basis of excellence in management and Leadership. Elaine's favorite teaching reviews are those that include the words "practical, applicable, and easy-to-apply." Dr. Seat is a licensed mechanical engineer in Tennessee. She earned the BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering, and the Ph.D. in Sport Psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She has been featured in industry publications for over 20 years on improving human performance and building professional skills to help people advance in their organization. During her six years in the engineering school, she received nine grants for projects directed at improving the complementary skill sets of engineering students. She has over 30 articles in research journals and trade publications.