Strive : how doing things most uncomfortable leads to success / Scott Amyx.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amyx, Scott, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Success.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

How doing the things most uncomfortable leads to success

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

Winning at Life

Chapter 1: Strive

Popular Beliefs About Success Are Profoundly Wrong

Strive for Real, Lasting Success

(S)-Set a Goal

(T)-Think About How to Get There and Plan for Success

(R)-Risk: Embrace It, Expect It

(I)-Insights, or What Did You Learn from Your Uncomfortable Change or Risk?

(V)-Verify Progress

(E)-Enhance Yourself, Mentally and Physically, with Safe Biohacking

This Guidebook Can Help You Strive

Chapter 2: Are You Passionate Enough?

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

Chapter 3: Practice and Opportunity

The Practice of Practice

So What Happened?

Youth Sports: Gateway to Success?

Unequal Success Among the Equally Qualified

Unequal Opportunity Versus You

Brazil: Rising Above Race and Class

Rising Above

Chapter 4: Are You Special?

The Idea That Only Exceptional People Become Successful Is Wrong

Flight (or Lack Thereof)

Flight: Doing It "Wright

Power, Money, and Failure

The Power of Being Nobody Special

You Can Achieve Greatness, Regardless of Who You Are

Chapter 5: The Secret Things

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

They Would Be Wrong

And Then It Happened

She Assumed Her Career Was Over

The Real Hidden Advantage

Chapter 6: Disrupt Yourself

Use Self-Disruption to Attain Success

Disrupting the Body: Building Muscle.

Disrupting the Individual

Shooting for the Stars

The Power of O

Oprah

Reinventing Your Business

Disrupting Your Nation

Starting Successfully

Chapter 7: Abandoning Your Comfort Zone

Risk It

Comfort Zone Versus Twilight Zone

Risk-Taking Impacts the World

Journey to America: In Search of Religious Freedom

Risky Business

The L'Amyx Tea Bar

That's Right, My Sister-in-Law

Amazon

Personal Risk, Incredible Growth

Into the Light

No One Raised a Hand

Chapter 8: When the Going Gets Tough

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

Then Everything Changed

Passion Play

Chapter 9: Verify and Magnify Your Success

Periodically Check to See If You Are Meeting Goals and Stretching Yourself to Achieve Success

Verify

Personal Growth

But Then the Impossible Happened

Quantification of Outcomes

Are You Coasting?

Magnify Your Success

The Magnifier

Personal Branding

Four Thousand Did

The Platform Effect

The Platform

Network Effects

Now What?

Chapter 10: Enhance Yourself

Success Without Self-Care Is Failure

Bloated

Cold Turkey

Hacking the Body-By Any Means?

Biohacking

Or Maybe Not

Future You

Perhaps

Busy = Better?

Good Health-Do You Measure Up?

Boost Your Brainpower

Stress, Rest, and Your Brain

It Cost Her Dearly

Meditation Can Rewire Your Brain-For Good

Some Final Words

Epilogue.

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

Building Relationships

Family Matters

Becoming a Pillar (of Your Community)

Going Pro

That's Right-Speak Out

Striving Together

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119387275

1119387272

9781119387329

1119387329

OCLC:

1028950822