Play A Bigger Game! E-Book

Rowdy McLean

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 188

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2012

Beschreibung

The tricks and tools you need to get more out of life than you ever thought possible Everyone wants more of something: more fun, more money, more time, more love, more friends, more knowledge, and Play A Bigger Game: Achieve More, Be More, Do More, Have More is the book you need to achieve--and exceed--these goals. A motivational resource and practical guide for helping individuals, companies, and organisations to realise their full potential, the book breaks down the challenges that can get in the way of success into easy to implement ideas and action plans. Written by one of Australia's most successful motivational speakers, Rowdy McLean, a man who has spent the last decade studying the key drivers of success and achievement, the book contains more than just goal setting advice, it's a definitive guide to goal kicking, helping you not only define what you want but providing the tools and resources you need to turn those dreams into reality. * Packed with real-life examples that illustrate the concepts and practices presented * Includes unique chapter-specific videos accessible by QR codes * The definitive guide to getting what you want Filled with simple tools and strategies designed to help you get more out of life, Play A Bigger Game has everything you need to get where you want to go.

Leseprobe

Play A Bigger Game: How To Achieve More, Be More, Do More, Have More

Table of Contents

About the author

QR codes

Setting up for success

Introduction

Chapter 1: Break out of the cotton wool society

My game plan (don’t skip this — it’s important)

Chapter 2: Play a bigger game!

Chapter 3: You are awesome!

Chapter 4: Change is a good thing

Three laws of reality

Law 1: get real about how things really are

Law 2: get real about how you want life to be

Law 3: get real about making what you truly want real

Clear out the clutter

In a heartbeat

Chapter 5: Play to your potential

Chapter 6: You can do it

Example 1: am I good enough to apply for that promotion?

Example 2: can I save $5000 in the next three months?

Strategies for dealing with the results of the can/can’t matrix

Example 1: am I good enough to apply for that promotion?

Example 2: can I save $5000 in the next three months?

Chapter 7: Stretch the boundaries

Comfort zone

Learning/ability zone

Fear zone

Impossible zone

Making the impossible possible

Chapter 8: Five great lies—don't be misled

Lie 1: not enough time

Lie 2: too old or too young

Lie 3: too busy

Lie 4: not enough money

Lie 5: not enough knowledge or information

Chapter 9: Beware the dream stealers

Fear

Labels

Excuses

False achievements

Chapter 10: Make it happen

Where will you be in five years?

Do goals really matter?

Chapter 11: Get your priorities right

The false ranking process

Chapter 12: Make it real—paint the picture

Chapter 13: Real reasons for success

Chapter 14: No action, no results

Element 1: the time frame

Element 2: support

Element 3: be aware of the obstacles

Chapter 15: Work smarter, not harder

Peer group

Search for the heroes

Three paths to unhappiness

Path 1: expectations

Path 2: comparisons

Path 3: judgements

If you are going to fail, fail fast

Chapter 16: Invest in yourself

Chapter 17: Be proud

Testimonials

Take the 90-day goal-kicking challenge online

First published in 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 42 McDougall St, Milton Qld 4064

Office also in Melbourne

Typeset in 11pt/13.5pt

© Rowdy McLean 2012

The moral rights of the author have been asserted.

National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:

Author: McLean, Rowdy.

Title: Play a bigger game: how to achieve more, be more, do more, have more / Rowdy McLean.

ISBN: 9781118302576 (pbk.); ISBN: 9781118302590 (pbk.); ISBN: 9781118302583 (pbk.); ISBN: 9781118302606 (pbk.);

Subjects: Self-realisation.

Conduct of life.

Dewey Number: 158.1

All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the Australian Copyright Act 1968 (for example, a fair dealing for the purposes of study, research, criticism or review), no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, communicated or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission. All inquiries should be made to the publisher at the address above.

Author photograph by Tristan Evison

Illustrations by Michael Smetham Illustration www.clockworkpencil.com

Printed in China by Printplus Limited

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Disclaimer

The material in this publication is of the nature of general comment only, and does not represent professional advice. It is not intended to provide specific guidance for particular circumstances and it should not be relied on as the basis for any decision to take action or not take action on any matter which it covers. Readers should obtain professional advice where appropriate, before making any such decision. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the author and publisher disclaim all responsibility and liability to any person, arising directly or indirectly from any person taking or not taking action based on the information in this publication.

This book is dedicated to my mum, Chrissy, for encouraging me to play a bigger game in my life, for her belief that I could do it and for the reality checks when I got too big for my boots. This is also for all the mums who give so much of themselves so their children can achieve more, be more, do more and have more.

Foreword

This book is the real deal: let me tell you why.

Okay, you bought the book. Big deal. I stopped long ago being impressed with people who buy books. Buying a book won’t make you better. It might make you temporarily feel better but your life won’t change much. I have written five bestsellers and sold hundreds of thousands of books and I can assure you that not one person who ever bought one of my books is any better off simply for buying it.

But you didn’t just buy the book. You actually took the next step. You opened up your book and are now reading the foreword. Good for you. You are further along than many but you are still just pretty average. I say that because the average person who buys a book gets this far. So I’m still not impressed. The average person will read the front and back cover, the foreword and even get through the first couple of chapters, and then their interest tapers off. They get busy doing other things. Then they lay the book aside with the intention of getting back to it … someday. Bottom line: they give up and quit. It’s not the book’s fault; it’s their own fault. That’s because the average person just can’t stick with anything long enough to enjoy the results.

Average people get average results because they do average things. And on average, most people will start a project — a diet, a plan, or even a book — and after taking a few steps in the right direction will then slide off the path.

They never achieve what they set out to achieve. They never reach their dreams. They never get rich. They never have amazing relationships. They never do incredible things.

I can’t stand those people.

Too many people have settled for less than their best and it makes me sick. If you give something your very best effort and then end up with average results, then I will cut you some slack. But I don’t believe that’s how it works. I don’t buy that average results come from anyone’s best effort. Yet that is what people accept and settle for. So here’s a word of advice for you: don’t.

Do not settle. Don’t accept less than your own personal best. Don’t be average. Instead, right now, make an above average decision: decide to make it all the way to the end of this great little book. Decide to stop talking about success and actually become successful. Decide to play a bigger game!

That’s what you are ready to do, right? You are ready to play a bigger game so your life will look better going forward than it has been when you look backward. At least you said that was what you wanted when you bought this book.

I can assure you that you have come to right place. This book can give you what it takes to reach the top. It can move you from average to outstanding. And it’s written in such a way that you won’t have any excuses left when you reach the end.

This is not your typical ‘I’m going to teach you how to be successful’ crap by a guy who isn’t successful. Rowdy is the real deal. And, best of all, Rowdy actually plays a bigger game! He lives it. It shows in everything he does. It’s the very essence of who he really is. I admire that: a guy who walks his talk. And trust me, there aren’t many people I can say that about. Rowdy is the real deal.

So if you are tired of average, tired of having less, being less, doing less and achieving less, it’s time to get ROWDY! Rowdy can put energy back in your life. He can give you the insights and the plan to put mediocrity behind you and play a bigger game!

Larry WingetFive-time bestselling author and television personalityAuthor of The Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, Shut Up, Stop Whining and Get a Life

About the author

Like you, Rowdy Mclean has always wanted better outcomes and better results. He has seen great ideas, visions, dreams and strategies get swallowed up by the busy world we live in. Do we take on too much? Are our goals too big? Or, is there a different story?

Playing a Bigger Game is Rowdy McLean’s life story, overcoming adversity and challenges to achieve remarkable results. He has played professional sport. At 24 he started his own company, and retired 10 years later. As a CEO he has engineered company turnarounds and now runs 5 companies of his own. He works with organisations across the globe, to get them from where they are, to where they want to be. Thousands of people attend his seminars each year.