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- Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
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- Sprache: Englisch
Demolish roadblocks, take action, and transform your future No matter what is holding you back, Do It offers a proven solution to actualizing the life you long for. Author and renowned mindset specialist, David Nurse, reveals the nine reasons that you don't take action, how to successfully overcome your personal roadblocks, and the secret to achieving remarkable results. The reason you aren't accomplishing your dreams is not because you don't want to; it's because you don't know how to. And the reason you don't know how to is not because you aren't capable or smart enough. It's simply because you--and 99% of the population--have roadblocks you are completely unaware of. Before you can conquer the enemy, you must identify the enemy. Based on extensive research studies, the science of the heart and mind connection, and captivating examples throughout history, Do It reveals the enemy that is holding you back--what Nurse calls your "action archetype." These arechetypes include The Allodaxophobic, The Burned, The Blamer, The Perfectionist, and more. Through the nine archetypes, you'll learn profound lessons about yourself and you'll come away: * A newfound awareness about what holds you back * Powerful, actionable tools to propel you forward * Stories of influential people who have overcome their own roadblocks to achieve extraordinary success Nurse's revolutionary philosophy will completely reshape the way you think about failure and success and propel you to levels you didn't even imagine were possible--all through the life-changing habit of taking action.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT
DEDICATION
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY
THE IMPORTANCE OF SCIENCE
DISCOVER YOUR ACTION ANIMAL
CHAPTER 1: The Allodoxaphobic
MEET MARTHA GRAHAM
THE CRUX
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO MARTHA?
FLIP THE SCRIPT
TOOLS TO OVERCOME THE ALLODOXAPHOBIC
YOUR ACTION ANIMAL: THE HIPPO
CHAPTER 2: The Burned
MEET LEWIS LATIMER
THE CRUX
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO LEWIS LATIMER?
FLIP THE SCRIPT
TOOLS TO OVERCOME THE FEELING BURNED
YOUR ACTION ANIMAL: THE ECHIDNA
CHAPTER 3: The Inopportune
MEET SYBIL LUDINGTON
THE CRUX
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO SYBIL LUDINGTON?
FLIP THE SCRIPT
TOOLS TO OVERCOME THE INOPPORTUNE
YOUR ACTION ANIMAL: THE THOROUGHBRED RACEHORSE
CHAPTER 4: The Blamer
MEET WILMA RUDOLPH
THE CRUX
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO WILMA RUDOLPH?
FLIP THE SCRIPT
TOOLS TO OVERCOME THE BLAME GAME
YOUR ACTION ANIMAL: THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
CHAPTER 5: The Test Believer
MEET ISABEL BRIGGS
THE CRUX
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO ISABEL BRIGGS?
FLIP THE SCRIPT
TOOLS TO OVERCOME THE PERSONALITY TEST TAKER
YOUR ACTION ANIMAL: THE CHAMELEON
CHAPTER 6: The Perfectionist
MEET WARD PIGGY LAMBERT
THE CRUX
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO PIGGY LAMBERT?
FLIP THE SCRIPT
TOOLS TO OVERCOME THE PERFECTIONIST
YOUR ACTION ANIMAL: THE SQUIRREL
CHAPTER 7: The Scarciest
MEET JAMES HARRISON
THE CRUX
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO JAMES HARRISON?
FLIP THE SCRIPT
TOOLS TO OVERCOME THE SCARCITY MINDSET
YOUR ACTION ANIMAL: THE MEERKAT
CHAPTER 8: The Distracted
MEET ISAAC NEWTON
THE CRUX
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ISAAC NEWTON?
FLIP THE SCRIPT
TOOLS TO OVERCOME THE DISTRACTION
YOUR ACTION ANIMAL: THE OWL
CHAPTER 9: The Underestimater
MEET JOHN OSTEEN
THE CRUX
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO JOHN OSTEEN?
FLIP THE SCRIPT
TOOLS TO OVERCOME THE UNDERESTIMATER
YOUR ACTION ANIMAL: THE NARWHAL
CONCLUSION
WHICH ACTION ARCHETYPE ARE YOU?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
INDEX
End User License Agreement
Guide
COVER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT
DEDICATION
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
Begin Reading
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
INDEX
END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
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FOREWORD BY
MEL ROBBINS
THE LIFE‐CHANGING POWER OF TAKING ACTION
DO IT
DAVID NURSE
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To my wife, Taylor. Without you I wouldn't be the person I am today. You are my heartbeat; you are my soul.
To God. You are the reason I do what I do. All glory and honor to Your Kingdom!
To my future kids. When you read this book, I hope you go for your dreams. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something. Your mom and I love you so much and we believe in you!
FOREWORD
You made a smart choice when you picked up this book.
I bet you picked up this book because there's something about your life that you want to change. Maybe life is kicking you in the ass so you have no choice but to change.
Yet as bad as you want it, you can't seem to flip the channel and make it happen.
You might even feel so paralyzed that you can't get from thought to action.
For a very long time, that was me.
In 2008, I nearly destroyed my marriage, my family, and my career because I couldn't move. I waited to feel motivated. It took me hitting rock bottom personally and financially to finally discover the secret to hacking motivation.
Once I did, it changed my life. And once you learn it, I know it will change yours, too.
So let me back up a little.
I was 41 years old, with three kids under the age of ten, living outside of Boston. Though trained as a lawyer, I stopped practicing once we moved from New York and instead had what felt like a solid job working with a tech start‐up.
My husband and his best friend had followed their dream of opening a pizza restaurant. With their first location a booming success, they decided to open another. Because we were certain the second store would be just as successful, we cashed out our life savings and took out a home equity line to pay for the expansion. I mean, what could go wrong?
Actually, everything.
Later that year, the housing market tanked and the country was driven into a financial crisis. The second restaurant crashed, taking our entire savings with it. On top of that, I lost my job, the liens started hitting the house, and bankruptcy letters came flooding in.
I took out all my frustration on Chris, so our marriage was hanging by a thread. We both numbed the pain with alcohol, and many nights I ended the day by passing out on the couch.
My kids were getting themselves off to school most mornings. And when they didn't, I had to drive them in late.
I couldn't do anything. I felt paralyzed. Caught in a mental loop that repeated what a failure I was. Failed as a wife. Failed as a lawyer. Failed as a mother. Failed at life.
Rationally, I knew that it would help if I looked for a job. I knew I could call my parents and ask for help. I knew I should reach out to friends. I knew I should exercise. I knew I shouldn't drink so much. I knew I should be nicer to Chris because he was doing everything he could.
And on and on and on. Point is, I KNEW what to do.
And yet, I didn't do any of those things. Why? Because I didn't feel motivated. I didn't want to.
I felt depressed. Anxious. Angry. Scared. But never did I feel motivated to do what I had to do to change the situation we were in.
So it was on one of those nights, when I was nearly passed out on the couch after one too many Manhattans, that it happened.
The TV is on while I'm giving myself this award‐winning drunken pep talk:
You have to look for a new job.
You have to stop drinking so much.
You have to call your parents and ask for help.
You have to call the creditors.
You have to stop screaming at Chris.
And by God, woman, when that alarm clock goes off, you cannot hit that snooze button five times.
You cannot lay there like a human pot roast marinating in fear.
You, woman, are gonna get outta bed and get those kids on that bus.
Now, I'm not sure if it was fate, but what happened next changed the trajectory of my life.
Out of the corner of my eye, on the TV, I see a rocket ship about to take off at the end of a commercial. Then it's the countdown: 5 … 4 … 3 … 2 …1 … and the engines power up and flames are everywhere and there goes the rocket, shooting up toward space!
And it hits me.
That was it! That was the answer to getting up the next morning when that alarm clock went off. I was going to count down and launch myself out of bed.
For whatever reason, that visual of the rocket gave me hope for the next day.
And that hope was my spark.
So alarm rings the next morning and … I hit the snooze.
But then I remembered that rocket. And my promise.
Here's the thing about hesitation, which has taken me years of research to understand. There is a five‐second window that defines your whole life.
This five‐second window will determine how much money you make, how happy you are, how fulfilling your relationships are, and how purposeful you feel.
Because it's in that five‐second window between a thought you have and the action you either take or don't take that a chain of events is set off.
And as soon as you hesitate, you give your brain the chance it needs to start making up excuses about why you can't do something.
That's when anxiety, fear, and imposter syndrome hijack your life.
Though I didn't know all of the research that morning after the rocket ship, I did remember the promise I made to myself. So as soon as I hit the snooze, instead of burying myself back under the covers of my bed, I started to count back.
5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1 …
And I got myself out of bed.
That day the kids made it to school on time.
And over the course of the next few months, creditors were called, appointments with the bank were made, and my husband and I started to have conversations again.
It wasn't perfect, but one action at a time, we started to dig ourselves out from the dark hall we'd fallen into.
And that's what this book is about to teach you. I can't wait to see where it takes you.
You are one decision away from a different life, a better life, this book will ignite that fire inside of you and replace fear with action.
xo, Mel Robbins
—Host of the number‐one‐ranking The Mel Robbins Podcast and New York Times–bestselling author of The High 5 Habit and The 5 Second Rule
CHAPTER 1The Allodoxaphobic
MEET MARTHA GRAHAM
Everything about it was out of the norm. Untamed and unrefined, yet rhythmic and sensual. Every arc, limb, and movement flowed with new energy, new breath. An explosion of expression through physical art, unlike anything Martha had ever seen.
Tucked in a back row of Los Angeles's Mason Opera House, 16‐year‐old Martha watched in awe as the barefoot dancers commanded the stage with power and passion.
“What is this?” she asked her father.
“It's Ruth St. Denis, dear,” her father answered, eyes fixed on the stage.
It was 1911 and the only dance Martha had seen before this was classical ballet. Clean lines and graceful twirls she knew, but this was different. A form of dance with Mexican and Egyptian roots that refused to play by the rules.
Hooked, Martha turned to her father and proclaimed, “I'm going to be a dancer just like this someday.” He smirked, attributing the comment to childlike wishful thinking. But Martha was filled with newfound certainty. She couldn't wait to get home to their Santa Barbara estate to tell her mom.
“Won't mother be so proud!” Martha thought. “I'll go on to change the world!” To her dismay, Martha's exuberance was not shared by her parents when she returned home.
“Dance is not a career, darling. It's a recreation for drunk peasants,” her mother said dismissively. “You will stay put with us until you marry a wealthy young man who can provide for you and your family.”
In an instant, Martha's dream began to crumble. Without her parents’ support, becoming a dancer would be a fruitless endeavor. After all, their opinions mattered and without their encouragement and aid, Martha knew her pursuit would be exponentially more difficult. Defeated, Martha shoved her young dream to the shadows of her heart.
But the dream persisted, burning brighter every day, demanding attention. Try as she might, Martha knew there was no letting go. Ruth St. Denis had opened her eyes to a brand‐new world and Martha was eager to explore its marvels.
She shared her dream with friends and the wonder she saw on stage that evening. Her friends didn't share her vision. Not only did they reject the notion, they ostracized her for thinking such fairytale thoughts.
