The ultimate road map for landing your dream job, packed with true inspiring stories from more than sixty people who made profound changes in their lives and careers, plus practical advice from experts. “If you are ready to go for the life and the job you really want, Take the Leap is the go-to book for anyone making a career change” (Bobbi Brown). Take the Leap features inspiration and advice from game changers, rule breakers, and side hustlers who once stood where you are now, wondering if they should take a risk. They went from production assistant to million-dollar screenplay writer; attorney to surf instructor; mom to DJ; hairdresser to firefighter; real estate agent to award-winning chef. Do you want to go for that career you’ve always dreamed about? Launch a new company? Become a tech mogul? Live a life of adventure? Save the world? You’ll find wisdom from successful mentors like creative visionary and writer Simon Doonan, entrepreneur Barbara Corcoran, NFL player turned artist/activist Aaron Maybin, and wellness and beauty guru Bobbi Brown. Whether you watch Shark Tank religiously and think I could have thought of that, or harbor daydreams about traveling the globe in style, your wildest career dream is represented in this empowering guidebook. Take the Leap serves as the reminder we all need: don’t settle—go after whatever it is that you truly want.
Taking the Leap provides relevant and practical advice from 24 well-known coaches who have built sustainable coaching businesses while doing what they love: helping people. What do the most successful coaches in the world all have in common? They all started from nothing. If you've not yet reached the level of impact and income that you want as a coach, then Taking the Leap is the handbook you have been searching for. For the first time ever, the world's top coaches are sharing their core success strategies in a groundbreaking book. With unique, original contributions from coaching legends like Marshall Goldsmith, Jack Canfield and John Demartini, this is the ultimate guide for becoming a successful coach. Practical, step-by-step business and marketing advice is merged with inspirational material about attitude and mindset. Combined, the chapters in this book add up to a rock solid recipe for building a lucrative business simply by helping others and following your passion. "Many of the people in the coaching profession are really good coaches, but they are awful business people." --Marshall Goldsmith If you're a new coach, the advice in this book will help you take your leap and build a business with confidence, following proven strategies from the best of the best. If you're an industry veteran, the success stories, techniques and advice in this book will give you renewed motivation and drive you to reach even greater heights. This book provides practical advice from 24 globally recognized coaches: MARSHALL GOLDSMITH on becoming a better businessperson JACK CANFIELD on continuous improvement KIERON SWEENEY on promoting yourself HEATHER RAMSEY on selecting a business model MARK THOMPSON on partnering with industry leaders KELVIN LIM on specialization PATRYK WEZOWSKI on scaling your business MARC STEINBERG on inner wisdom MIRNA BACUN on leveraging LinkedIn VISHEN LAKHIANI on building a visionary business RELLY NADLER on emotional intelligence DAVID TAYOR-KLAUS on self-mastery SAM MARKEWICH on passion and influence BETH MASTERMAN on honing leadership skills MELINDA FOUTS on mastering change KATHERINE MCINTOSH on following your intuition JOANN LYSIAK on creating a vision of your future CLINTON CALLAHAN on pushing your own boundaries PETER SAGE on confidence PATRICK JINKS on working with nonprofits KASIA WEZOWSKI on devolving the mindset of success JOHN DEMARTINI on creating a work-life you love ROBERTO RE on defining your unique value MELISSA TIETS on persistence
For the last decade, author Heather Hakes followed the norm. She worked the standard 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. corporate job while living for the weekends or the next paid holiday and daydreaming about what destination she would visit next. But she had an inner callingan intuitive nudgethat there was so much more out there she was meant to be doing. In Take the Leap, Hakes tells how she left the monotonous routine of the corporate world to create her dream life of living on her own terms. She shares a series of short stories about life experiences, overcoming obstacles, and the importance of perseverance. She offers real-life advice and tools and techniques to unblock your limiting beliefs, bust out of your comfort zone, and live the life you dream about. A guide for those stuck in monotony, Take the Leap helps you shed the mundane for an enjoyable and fulfilling life.
Nigel shows us it is possible to shape our lives to take care of what really matters most to us, no matter what our upbringing may have been. Follow his adventures as a young man as he makes tough choices and takes actions that transform him from a dyslexic high school graduate into a successful global entrepreneur, father and philanthropist.
From New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley comes the new book in her River Rain Series, Taking the Leap. Alexandra Sharp has been crushing on her co-worker, John “Rix” Hendrix for years. He’s her perfect man, she knows it. She’s just not his perfect woman, and she knows that too. Then Rix gives Alex a hint that maybe there’s a spark between them that, if she takes the leap, she might be able to fan into a flame. This leads to a crash and burn, and that’s all shy Alex needs to catch the hint never to take the risk again. However, with undeniable timing, Rix’s ex, who broke his heart, and Alex’s family, who spent her lifetime breaking hers, rear their heads, gearing up to offer more drama. With the help of some matchmaking friends, Rix and Alex decide to face the onslaught together… As a fake couple.
Most of us believe that we will finally feel satisfied and content with our lives when we get the good news we have been waiting for, find a healthy relationship, or achieve one of our personal goals. However, this rarely happens. Good fortune is often followed by negative emotions that overtake us and result in destructive behaviors. "I don't deserve this," "this is too good to be true," or any number of harmful thought patterns prevent us from experiencing the joy and satisfaction we have earned. Sound familiar? This is what New York Times bestselling author Gay Hendricks calls the Upper Limit Problem, a negative emotional reaction that occurs when anything positive enters our lives. The Upper Limit Problem not only prevents happiness, but it actually stops us from achieving our goals. It is the ultimate life roadblock. In The Big Leap, Hendricks reveals a simple yet comprehensive program for overcoming this barrier to happiness and fulfillment, presented in a way that engages both the mind and heart. Working closely with more than one thousand extraordinary achievers in business and the arts—from rock stars to Fortune 500 executives—whose stories are featured in these pages, the book describes the four hidden fears that are at the root of the Upper Limit Problem. The Big Leap delivers a proven method for first identifying which of these four fears prevents us from reaching our personal upper limit, and then breaking through that limitation to achieve what Hendricks refers to as our Zone of Genius. Hendricks provides a clear path for achieving our true potential and attaining not only financial success but also success in love and life.
The key to unlocking your potential isn't in training harder or doing more sophisticated workouts. It's in thinking better about your training. Think better, train better.Make the Leap provides athletes and coaches a step-by-step guide to thinking more effectively about all aspects of training. It begins with an explanation of what "leaps" are, why they happen, and the "Build, Leap, Sustain" Leap Cycle all athletes go through.It then breaks down, via 11 Optimal Training Principles, 4 mental model spotlights and numerous stories, visuals, and tactical suggestions, exactly how to think better about your training. Some of these topics include:- the importance of attitude and mindset- the Hidden Training Program and how to reveal it- systems vs purposeful practice and when to implement them- North Star goals vs Next Step goals, and how to set each effectively- the four types of mistakes and how to make them better- and many other topics, including the author's powerful Momentum ModelTwo-time National Coach of the Year Ken Reeves said of the book: "A mental running clinic in book form, Make the Leap allows an individualized approach for each person that reads the book. Put it next to your bed stand for that 15 minutes of reading every night. It has the potential to inspire and educate you each and every reading."Olympians, hall of fame coaches, and competitive runners all agree: this book will help you and your athletes think better, train better, and make the leap.
Does faith in Christ take your breath away? It should. That's because Jesus asks you to follow Him beyond what looks possible. His teachings take you to a cliff's edge.It's there you see that risk-taking obedience isn't merely agreeing with Him or making excuses. The stories of Andrew and his friends doing what Jesus taught show how to Take the Leap. It could mean buying ice cream for the neighbor who steals from you. It may involve hitchhiking back from a concert in a band's tour bus or taking a friend to his job interview-in another country.You don't have to become a monk or move to Africa; you'll learn to put your faith in action while:Making friendsHandling stressRemoving sin from your lifeInteracting with unreasonable peopleFinding hope in heartbreak?Take the Leap, and life with God becomes an adventure. With thoughtfulness and humor, abandon and wonder, Andrew's storytelling will embolden you to follow Christ wherever He leads.