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Strive: How Doing The Things Most Uncomfortable Leads to Success

Strive: How Doing The Things Most Uncomfortable Leads to Success


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Has success eluded you, no matter how hard you try? Are you frustrated by trying to achieve your dreams by copying others? Internationally-acclaimed speaker and founder of the cutting-edge venture capital Amyx Ventures, Scott Amyx reveals how you can attain real success in your life, your way. His theory of Strive is a challenge to the conventional wisdom that has held so many people back from achieving their goals and enjoying lasting happiness.  Scott rose from obscure poverty to globe-trotting success, and he invites you to share in his journey by adopting a new mindset towards your personal challenges: embrace them.  Scott shows you how through stories of the most unlikely individuals who embraced difficult personal change to become outrageously successful. He helps you take stock of your own habits and practices to identify how your routine and misconceptions are holding you back. Fascinating insights from throughout history up through today’s cutting-edge research show how embracing discomfort fuels lasting success. Shape your life in new, exciting ways. You can have control over your career, your outlook, your actions, and your priorities. This book helps you get a fresh start to begin building the successful life you want. Discover what really drives success---and how conventional wisdom is wrong Clearly identify your own personal challenges---and how to overcome them Delve into the latest research on high performance to create a better you Learn how high-achievers approach challenge, change, and success Strive is an unconventional approach to attaining your dreams because it takes what makes you unique and turns it to your advantage. Have you been duped by common myths of success? Are you disappointed by the constant struggle in life?  Scott reveals how only you have the power to change your trajectory. Strive is your handbook for getting comfortable with discomfort, embracing and enjoying new challenges, and achieving real, lasting success.

Table of Contents:
Introduction ix Winning at Life 1 Strive 1 Popular Beliefs About Success Are Profoundly Wrong Strive for Real, Lasting Success 2 Are You Passionate Enough? 13 Passion Plays Passion and Success: What Is the Connection? Passion Without Innate Abilities Passion Without Knowledge and Experience Passion Without Economic Gain Artistic Success: Get the Picture? Famous by 30 or Bust! Invest Your Money for Art School—Get an MBA 3 Practice and Opportunity 33 The Practice of Practice Youth Sports: Gateway to Success? Unequal Success Among the Equally Qualified Unequal Opportunity Versus You Brazil: Rising Above Race and Class Rising Above 4 Are You Special? 51 The Idea That Only Exceptional People Become Successful Is Wrong Flight: Doing It “Wright” Power, Money, and Failure The Power of Being Nobody Special You Can Achieve Greatness, Regardless of Who You Are 5 The Secret Things 69 The Idea That Successful People Have Hidden Advantages Is a Lie Lucky in Life? That Sinking Feeling Lucky Lottery Winners? The Impact of External Circumstances Many Advantages, No Success Ursula Burns, Risk Taker The Real Hidden Advantage 6 Disrupt Yourself 87 Use Self-Disruption to Attain Success Disrupting the Body: Building Muscle Disrupting the Individual Shooting for the Stars The Power of O Reinventing Your Business Disrupting Your Nation Starting Successfully 7 Abandoning Your Comfort Zone 109 Risk It Comfort Zone Versus Twilight Zone Risk-Taking Impacts the World Journey to America: In Search of Religious Freedom Risky Business Amazon Personal Risk, Incredible Growth Into the Light 8 When the Going Gets Tough 127 Pairing Risk with Perseverance Is Necessary for Your Ultimate Success Staying the Path, Eyes Ahead Insights Help You Reassess Your Goals The Blind Man Riding on the Back of a Blind Tiger A Cinderella Story Insights Help You Persevere Taking the Long View and the Long Road Coming from Nowhere, Going Somewhere Fail Again and Again Into the Heart of Darkness Passion Play 9 Verify and Magnify Your Success 145 Periodically Check to See If You Are Meeting Goals and Stretching Yourself to Achieve Success Verify Personal Growth Quantification of Outcomes Are You Coasting? Magnify Your Success The Magnifier The Platform Effect Network Effects Now What? 10 Enhance Yourself 163 Success Without Self-Care Is Failure Hacking the Body—By Any Means? Biohacking Future You Busy = Better? Good Health—Do You Measure Up? Boost Your Brainpower Stress, Rest, and Your Brain Meditation Can Rewire Your Brain—For Good Some Final Words Epilogue 185 Your Personal Journey to Success Will Be Entirely Unique Should Success Be Measured Only by Money, Status, and Power? The Ethics of Strive Striving, for Life Striving Together Index 203

About the Author :
Scott Amyx grew up an impoverished immigrant who was frequently told he would amount to nothing. Today he is an internationally recognized thought leader, speaker, and author on the Internet of Things and emerging technologies. He received the Cloud & DevOps World 2016 Award for Most Innovative and was voted Top Global IoT Influencer & Expert by Inc. magazine. He also was named Top IoT Authority by the Internet of Things Institute, and Speaking.com's Top 10 Global Speakers. In addition, Scott has been nominated to the World Economic Forum as a committee member for the Future of the Internet and nominated by global luminaries for TED Talk.

Review :
"I would recommend this book to anyone who feels in a rut or at an impasse in their lives. It could be the kick-start you need to fulfill your goals and accomplish the things you may have thought are out of your reach." (Financial Adviser, August 2018) "A fascinating read for your summer holiday." (PQ Magazine, June 2018)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781119387305
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Height: 236 mm
  • No of Pages: 224
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: How Doing The Things Most Uncomfortable Leads to Success
  • Width: 165 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1119387302
  • Publisher Date: 11 May 2018
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 36 mm
  • Weight: 386 gr


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