Finding Your Own FrontierThink of this book as your trail guide showing you how the "frontier strategy" works, what you need for the journey, and where you will find your own frontier -- be it at home or in your work place, in a major city, or as a state of mind.
In GO FOR IT!, Dr. Judy Kleinfeld, a professor of psychology at the University of Alaska, shows how to use the frontier strategy to explore your own potential and test your limits in a way that embodies Ralph Waldo Emerson's sage advice:
"Do not go where the path may lead,
go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail."
"The very word 'frontier' is a uniquely American concept. In every other Indo-European language, the word 'frontier' means a boundary or a limit. In America, the word 'frontier' came to mean the very opposite -- a boundless realm of exciting possibilities."
--From the PrefaceGO FOR IT! "challenges readers to make the most of their potential and to escape the boxes they create and in which they sometimes become trapped."
--Robert Sternberg, president, American Psychological Assn.
"Written for the thinking person..."
--Sally Satel, M.D., author of "One Nation Under Therapy"
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Judith Kleinfeld is a professor of psychology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where she chairs the Northern Studies Graduate Program. A popular newspaper columnist, author, and researcher, she has been interviewed frequently on National Public Radio as well as national and local radio and television stations.
Her research on education, fetal alcohol syndrome, and gender and other social issues has been featured in many publications, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Science, USA Today, and Psychology Today.
Dr. Kleinfeld received a B.A. in 1966 from Wellesley College, followed by an Ed.M. in 1967 and Ed.D. in 1970 from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The recipient of many awards, her several books have been published by St. Martin's and the University of Alaska Press.
