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Index
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
(S)—Set a Goal
(T)—Think About How to Get There and Plan for Success
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
Personal Growth
That’s Right—Speak Out
Striving Together
Index
EULA
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