EDGY Conversations
How Ordinary People can Achieve Outrageous Success
A book review
This week’s blog covers an interesting new book written by Dan Waldschmidt, I found that the book certainly has a message that everyone needs to hear! In my keynote programs I sometimes state that “we can’t change the way we have lived our lives, but we can change the way we live our lives”. Dan’s book makes a similar point but his style and stories make this book an unusual but powerful read.
His message: Get beyond the nonsense in your life and do what really matters hits you between the eyes almost on every page. Dan starts with a glimpse of his personal life and throughout the book he brings additional life stories of real people and how they overcame a variety of challenges to succeed in life. These stories support his thinking and his life style. As I read the book, I felt almost a poetic rhythm as his sentence structure is short, spacing open and many red bullets to help stamp in your mind the points Dan is making. Some examples:
• You Win more when you fight more
• Your future is about the decisions you make, not the ideas you have
• Being different makes the difference
• Giving becomes transformational when you invest yourself in the effort
The entire book is full of motivational thoughts with easy to follow action plans that will make a difference in your life. I circled/underlined 100+ phases or sentences that jumped out at me as I read through this book. Just skimming the table of contents you will see why you need to buy this book:
1. Extreme Behavior
2. Disciplined Activity
3. Giving Mindset
4. Human Strategy
5. Chose to be Extraordinary
If you need a personal lift or want to motivate your sales teams, buy this book. IDEA: buy this book for your entire sales team and discuss one chapter a week during your next sales meetings, you will see a difference in your team both professionally and personally.
Get EDGY Conversations by Dan Waldschmidt, from Hydra Publishing
