![]() We all have an incredible amount of power to change the course of our life and build one that serves us. What it comes down to is this - the only person responsible for your life is you. I’ve shared this and other philosophies with hundreds of people and after hearing time and time again, “You need to write a book,” I wrote one. You can think and dream all day about the life you want, but I’ve always had the belief that nothing starts until you take action. – Josh Turner, Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Founder & CEO of LinkedSelling ![]() Picking up some of his best practices will pay dividends for the rest of your life. I’ve known Brandon for a number of years, and have rarely found another person who takes personal and professional development so seriously. The practical knowledge Brandon shares are things that even seasoned entrepreneurs and professionals can gain a massive amount from. But don’t mistake that to mean that this is a book only for newbies. – Jeff Fromm, co-author Marketing to Millennials and Millennials with Kidsīrandon mentions that this is the book he wishes he would have had when he was getting started. Finally, never fill up your “suck bucket” as Brandon says or you will lose your willpower before you achieve your full potential. Don’t be ready, aim, aim, aim and never fire when Shut up and Go! Gives you the tools to take control and go. This book is full of practical tools Brandon has used and uses with his clients to drive change. It’s a book of simple concepts and lessons that reveal what motivates you and provides tactics for making that motivation a core part of living your ideal life. This is the book I wish I could have read early in my career. Many times we just need to tell negative thoughts and people to just “Shut Up” so we can “Go!” “What’s holding you back from living the life you dream of?” Reprinted by permission of Henry Holt and Co. She just needed to be assured that it was okay to be scared and that whatever life had in store for her, she could handle it, and most important, she would not have to face it alone.Įxcerpted from "STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World" by Dan Lyons. These were not things I could fix, but she didn't want me to fix them. You spend your whole childhood saying you can't wait to be a grown-up and get out on your own, but then you find yourself standing at the threshold-and, suddenly, you're not so sure, but it's too late. Just beyond that horizon looms the vast unknown of adulthood, and it's a little terrifying. She was scared-not only that she might not get into college but that once she got there, she might not be able to handle it. She was about to take the SATs and apply to colleges. The real problem was that she was sixteen and adulthood was racing at her way too fast and that, like most kids her age, she was afraid she wasn't ready for it. And then she started talking about the real problem, which was not the English paper. The Anxiety Wheel that had been spooling up began to slow down. "Well, you're not helping me, so I guess you don't care," she said. "If I wanted to ignore you, I'd leave the room." "I'm not," I said, and pointed to my phone, which I had put on a table, out of reach. But I kept my resolve.įinally, my daughter noticed that I wasn't talking and said, "What are you doing? Why are you just sitting there?" The overtalker in me was dying to be let out of its cage. She was caught on the Anxiety Wheel, and the more she talked, the worse it got. I told myself to just listen to her and trust that she would figure it out on her own. So, this time I tried something different: I sat there and STFU. The more I tried to help, the more upset she became. That's what I had always done in the past. I wanted to tell her how to do the assignment. She was sixteen, a junior in high school.
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