If You're Curious About These Questions...
You should listen to this audiobook
- Have you ever wondered why the 'reasons' you give for your failures are actually just stories holding you back from your true potential?
- What if the simple difference between 'trying' and 'doing' is the only thing standing between you and the life you’ve always wanted?
- Are you curious about how a few basic principles of 'design thinking' can turn chronic procrastination into a powerful habit of achievement?
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Key Takeaways from The Achievement Habit
- Discover the fundamental difference between "trying" and "doing" to close the gap between what you want and what you actually achieve.
- Understand why you must stop assigning fixed meanings and labels to people and events so you can take control of your own experience.
- Learn how to use the 'Gun Test' to stop relying on external excuses and empower yourself to make rapid, effective decisions.
- Master the art of reframing your problems to identify their true root cause and uncover practical solutions you previously overlooked.
- Find out how a simple language shift, like swapping the word 'but' for 'and,' can instantly eliminate perceived obstacles and boost your motivation.
The Achievement Habit — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: The Achievement Habit helps close the gap between what you want and what you do.
Chapter 3: To become an achiever, stop giving fixed meanings to absolutely everything in your life.
Chapter 4: Reasons are merely excuses that dodge decisions and delay your behavior change.
Chapter 5: The best way to solve a problem is to reframe it.
Chapter 6: Achievement is seldom solitary: Find ways to learn from others and share your knowledge.
Chapter 7: If you want to achieve great things, begin identifying as an achiever.
The Achievement Habit Summary & Overview
Big dreams that never come true? Long list of things to do but you spent half the morning on Facebook? The Achievement Habit (2015) is all you need to light a metaphorical rocket under your desk chair. With its down-to-earth revelations and simple instructions, it’s easy to apply to the life you already have, and bound to get you closer to the life you want.
Who Should Listen to The Achievement Habit?
- Anyone who feels stuck
- People with a life goal but no plan
- Chronic procrastinators
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