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The must-read summary of Robert Cooper's book: "Get Out Of Your Own Way: The Five Keys to Surpassing Everyone’s Expectations”.
This complete summary of the ideas from Robert Cooper's book "Get Out of Your Own Way" shows that some individuals and teams achieve what others consider to be impossible. This summary highlights that the biggest barrier to accomplishing your dreams is never external. Instead the biggest barrier is always internal – how your mind works and operates. To accomplish more, you’ve got to train your brain to think differently. If you can do that, you in effect get out of your own way so you can move forward to greater personal success.Your brain doesn’t even realize it stands in the way of achieving more. It defends established habits, encourages you to stick to a routine, keeps you from taking risks and prefers the known to trying new things. All of these patterns were helpful when playing it safe was imperative but they are far less productive in the modern era. This summary highlights five keys to get your brain working for you instead of against you.
Added-value of this summary:
• Save time
• Understand key concepts
• Increase your business knowledge
To learn more, read "Get Out of Your Own Way" and discover how to perform the best in leadership and life.
This complete summary of the ideas from Robert Cooper's book "Get Out of Your Own Way" shows that some individuals and teams achieve what others consider to be impossible. This summary highlights that the biggest barrier to accomplishing your dreams is never external. Instead the biggest barrier is always internal – how your mind works and operates. To accomplish more, you’ve got to train your brain to think differently. If you can do that, you in effect get out of your own way so you can move forward to greater personal success.Your brain doesn’t even realize it stands in the way of achieving more. It defends established habits, encourages you to stick to a routine, keeps you from taking risks and prefers the known to trying new things. All of these patterns were helpful when playing it safe was imperative but they are far less productive in the modern era. This summary highlights five keys to get your brain working for you instead of against you.
Added-value of this summary:
• Save time
• Understand key concepts
• Increase your business knowledge
To learn more, read "Get Out of Your Own Way" and discover how to perform the best in leadership and life.
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Get Out Of Your Own Way by Robert Cooper
Book Abstract
About the Author
Important Note About This Ebook
Summary of Get Out Of Your Own Way (Robert Cooper)
1. DIRECTION – not Motion
2. FOCUS – not Time
3. CAPACITY – not Conformity
4. ENERGY – not Effort
5. IMPACT – not Intentions
Book Abstract
MAIN IDEA
The biggest barrier to accomplishing your dreams is never external. Instead the biggest barrier is always internal – how your mind works and operates. To accomplish more, you’ve got to train your brain to think differently. If you can do that, you in effect get out of your own way so you can move forward to greater personal success.
Your brain doesn’t even realize it stands in the way of achieving more. It has evolved through different eras when survival was the greatest challenge facing the human race. For that reason, the brain defends established habits, encourages you to stick to a routine, keeps you from taking risks and prefers the known to trying new things. All of these patterns are helpful when playing it safe was an imperative but they are far less productive in the modern era.
To get your brain working for you instead of against you, you have to make five somewhat counterintuitive choices:
Instead of endlessly trying harder to do the same things over and over, it’s time to try doing something different. Once you do that, you may even find what everyone else thinks is impossible really is not. It just requires your combination of skills and talents.
About the Author
ROBERT COOPER is a leadership advisor who specializes in the neuroscience of optimal performance. For the past thirty years, Dr. Cooper has analyzed how some individuals and teams achieve what others consider to be impossible. He
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