Be the best version read online in full. My Review of Be the Best Version of Yourself

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Dan Waldschmidt

Be the best version of yourself. How ordinary people become extraordinary

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At the beginning of the book, the opinions and reviews of readers who liked it are usually given. But, in fact, what do you care about other people's opinions?

Read the book and draw your own conclusions.

How it all started

I still remember the taste of cold oiled metal on my tongue.

At 25, I was about to die. I just wanted to get rid of the pain. That afternoon, I sat on the steps of the garage with the muzzle of a gun in my mouth, in a drunken stupor, with a feeling of bitter, murderous hopelessness.

I had everything you could wish for. But I ruined everything...

I always wanted to be extraordinary, amazing, eccentric. I wanted to change the world and, no doubt, I have already achieved a lot.

By the age of twenty-two, I was known in Washington business circles as the Wunderkind, head of a growing company that was expanding rapidly on both sides of the East Coast, doing business around the world. I had a wonderful wife, a wonderful son, and a house too big for the three of us. And for those who did not try to look behind the screen of luxurious costumes and carefree chatter, it seemed that everything was in order with me. However, inside I was full of guilt and disbelief in my own strength. I'm tired.

Despite my passion for extreme sports and my tendency to work my heart out—I often spent days at work—I lost the ability to bend the world to my will. My marriage has been shattered. Into a million little pieces. And I keenly felt how the fragments of this catastrophe had stuck into my being.

I did not pay attention to my wife, so another man appeared next to her. For a while I pretended that I did not notice anything and that I was indifferent to what was happening. But the feeling that someone has taken your place corrodes the soul. It drove me crazy. I blamed my wife. Cursed her. Tried to get out of my life. So what if I didn't have time for it?

But somewhere deep down, I clearly understood that my selfish behavior and inability to show love spoiled our beautiful relationship. I couldn't pretend anymore that this drama wasn't tearing my heart apart.

Not that I was the first time to lose something. I had failed many times before, but I generally viewed them as another stepping stone to success. And I always considered success something inevitable. It looks like it was.

Only this time, failure befell me in family life. And it seemed like nothing could be done.

I was going crazy because I couldn't change anything on my own. I have always managed to solve any problems and tasks ahead of others thanks to unbridled, purposeful, superhuman enthusiasm. But it was beyond my power to do anything in this situation. I couldn't get my wife to believe me. Or love me.

And it caused unimaginable pain.

Although from the outside, everything certainly looked different.

Yes, I did not want to lose my wife - but not for any reasonable reasons. I couldn't afford any loss. Never! Never! So I changed my behavior for a few months - just enough to show that I am an exemplary family man. I followed all the formalities: I began to spend more time with my wife, took her to expensive restaurants, arranged fabulous shopping tours. I expected that three months of exemplary behavior would win me back her love and respect. I even told her about it. But this only further alienated her.

So I hit what was best for me - the extreme. Worked longer. He swore louder. Trained harder. I spent every minute without sleep trying to calm the pain.

Day after day, I closed my office door behind me and sobbed over my desk. My assistant knocked politely, reminding me of meetings. I washed my face, straightened my tie, and went off to make incredible deals. But inside I was depressed and emotionally broken. This meant that more effort had to be put in. Which is what I did.

I pushed myself to the point of exhaustion, and even more. At some point in a couple of days, I even lost nine kilograms; and during merciless training in the gym, he caught a staph infection. And at first the doctors could not find it.

(ratings: 1 , average: 2,00 out of 5)

Title: Be the best version of yourself. How ordinary people become extraordinary

About Be the Best Version of Yourself. How ordinary people become extraordinary." Dan Waldschmidt

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Be the best version of yourself. How ordinary people become extraordinary Dan Waldschmidt

Everyone wants to be successful and sincerely believes that if you work hard, you can reach the top. But it's not just that. It is very important to understand who you really are. Try to ask yourself this question right now, and you will not be able to answer unequivocally, most likely you will be overcome by doubts. A picture familiar to many: you work all day, not sparing yourself, but for many years of honest work, you have achieved almost nothing. It's all about how you think. After all, it is the way of thinking that determines who you will be in the end.

The author deduced a unique theory based on more than 1000 studies of success stories of famous people. Among them: top chefs, Olympic champions, astronauts, businessmen, doctors and many others. Almost all of them are united by some kind of grief or disappointment. This book will help you get truly inspired by the stories and draw your own conclusions from the author's reflections on the accomplishments of these people. You will learn not just to formulate an idea or a plan in your head, but to find a solution that will help you reach the heights that you have long dreamed of. You will understand how to better focus on goals and how to live and achieve your goal when nothing else seems to make sense.

Today I finished reading the book "Be the best version of yourself" by Dan Waldschmidt and decided to immediately write my review and review, because it makes sense for everyone to read it. Personally, I have learned many important principles from this book that apply to all areas of our lives in order to achieve success and prosperity.

The first thing I want to note is that the book “Be the best version of yourself” itself is very nice and non-standard designed, the font is large, so 200 pages of this book can be read in a few days. The first sentence in this book "You don't need other success books"- after reading it, I can fully agree with this statement, because it has all the necessary principles for success. Each chapter focuses on a specific principle, and I liked that there are real stories of people who have achieved success due to these principles, so all the information is reasoned and easy to fit.

Quotes from the book "Be the best version of yourself"

Here are some principles that I wrote out for myself in this book:

Stop making excuses for yourself!

To understand how important it is to get rid of excuses, you need to realize the results of your individual actions. For example, reading one book a week for 22 years - learn 1144 new ideas from the smartest people from around the world. Making 5 important acquaintances a month for 35 years means getting to know 2,100 new people you can count on in times of need. By getting up 1 hour earlier in 27 years, you can become a master in any business according to the 10,000 hour rule.

The more you fight, the more you win.

It turns out that such great people as: Sigmund Freud, Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, Henry Ford, Stan Smith, Charles Schultz, Vincent van Gogh, Leo Tolstoy, John Creasy, Hank Aaron - all of them failed, but despite their shortcomings and weaknesses, they found strength in themselves and became outstanding people who contributed to our society. Therefore, if something is not working out for me now, it does not mean that it will not work out in the future.

For every success achieved, there is an equal number of failures, not counting the small slips.

This principle says that failure is part of success. I can confirm from my own experience.

At all times, ordinary people have achieved outstanding success.

Of course, there are exceptions in the form of geeks, but for the most part, successful people are ordinary people who gathered their courage and became magnificent.

Success lies in you, not in what you do or have.

All successful people have the same qualities. They are not afraid to take risks, they are disciplined, they are generous, they know how to get along with people.

Making an effort is simply taking the next step.

Any achievement is a daily work. The key word is "daily". Every day doing exercises - you guarantee yourself a healthy body. By reading books every day, you guarantee yourself a good intellect. Paying attention to your loved ones every day - you guarantee yourself success in a relationship. By working on your project every day, you guarantee yourself success in your career or business. Etc. and so on.

To achieve something, you must first become different from others.

It means not thinking in a pattern, not doing in a pattern, then you will be unique and interesting to others.

When you make a mistake, you open up new possibilities.

It's better to try 10 times and fail than never try and fail.

You need to focus seriously to achieve significant changes that will take you to the next level.

Here we are talking about concentration and willpower, which must be developed.

A lot of life comes down to doing the hard things when you least want to.

“Be the best version of yourself. How ordinary people become extraordinary." Dan Waldschmidt

This book is for those:

who wants to achieve outstanding results in anything;
who loves bright books and inspiring stories that cause a storm of emotions;
who wants to give a friend or loved one a book that can change their lives.

Information from the publisher

Published with permission from WALDSCHMIDT PARTNERS INTL.

5th edition

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the copyright holders.

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At the beginning of the book, the opinions and reviews of readers who liked it are usually given. But, in fact, what do you care about other people's opinions?

Read the book and draw your own conclusions.

Prologue. How it all started

I still remember the taste of cold oiled metal on my tongue.

I had everything you could wish for. But I ruined everything...

I always wanted to be extraordinary, amazing, eccentric. I wanted to change the world and, no doubt, I have already achieved a lot.

Only this time, failure befell me in family life. And it seemed like nothing could be done.

And it caused unimaginable pain.

Although from the outside, everything certainly looked different.

So I hit what was best for me - the extreme. Worked longer. He swore louder. Trained harder. I spent every minute without sleep trying to calm the pain.

I spent four days in the intensive care unit of the hospital. They took infectious disease specialists to me, they did a blood test for AIDS and other autoimmune diseases. Everything was clean. Doctors could not understand what was the matter, and saw one way out - to try different antibiotics. If one did not help, they appointed another. Then another. And so again and again. In the end, I went on the mend.

But my body was broken. I was weak and out of shape. Everything I worked so hard for is gone. And this caused me even more suffering.

I have always believed that I can overcome any difficulties, and I have always put in enough effort to overcome them. But now, for the first time in my life, I was physically unable to do so. Not only did I let my family down, I let myself down. The only friend I had (myself) left me. And I couldn't shake the feeling of loneliness. I was consumed by my failure. Terrible thoughts swirled in my head.

This time I was defeated. It's time to exit the game.

If the staph infection didn't kill me, now I wanted to do it myself. That's how I ended up in the middle of the garage, drunk as hell, with a glass of whiskey in one hand and a gun in the other.

Tears rolled down his face. My sadness turned into sobs. It was so deep and caused so much pain that I was ready to die. There was no other way out. I longed for death. Wiping away my tears, I grabbed the box of bullets. As if in a fog (after all, I'll have to do the job myself), I diligently shoved bullet after bullet into my .22 Browning until I had a full clip.

I took another sip of whiskey and staggered to the back porch of the garage. Sitting down, I awkwardly, with a crash, banged the glass on the step. But he survived. For a few seconds this observation distracted my attention from my sad thoughts. But they immediately rolled again.

I picked up the gun and held it up to my head. I was curious, which would be better - put the gun to the temple or to the mouth? Can I at least not screw up in this? I decided that a shot in the mouth would be safer.

I was completely serious when I tasted gun oil on my tongue. Partly I was wondering if I would dare to do it, and partly I wanted to get it over with as soon as possible. I'm tired of suffering.

The pain will go away soon. I nodded, as if confirming to myself that I was doing everything right.

He put his finger on the trigger and began to press ...

You don't need other success books

You don't need books on success. Is it true. You already know everything you need to know: set goals, work hard, don't back down or give up until you get what you want. You can repeat it even in your sleep.

I know something about this!

I know how to be successful. I was expelled from the university twice. And in theory, I should not have earned a cent, but I have earned many millions of dollars. (And lost many millions.)

As an executive, I have managed significant sales growth for ten years. How a consultant taught companies around the world to do the same.

I became the head of the company at the age of twenty-five. But I'm not an entrepreneur, I just got into the business world and worked my way up.

I know how to break the rules and be a superstar, not just in business but in life. But I'm unremarkable. I'm just a normal guy who's done some pretty weird stuff and been wildly successful.

However, this book does not give the usual goofy advice on how to succeed. It tells about

"baggage" in your head that keeps leading you to failure. I know enough about this.

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of books on success and high performance. But they lack practical, if painful, discussions of the emotional issues associated with success. They do not pay attention not only to actions, but also to states. And this is a huge omission of the authors, because your actions will not lead to success until you deal with the deeply personal problems in your life that make you behave this way.

In fact, success is not a series of actions, but a state of being.

Success is not what you do, but what you are.

Everything that you strive to achieve, all your goals, dreams and desires, is the creation of your inner essence, not actions. Therefore, we will not talk about how to succeed, but about how to be successful.

This book is not one that suggests you follow a series of steps to make millions of dollars. She is about something else. (Although it is possible that this will lead you to exactly this result.)

This book is about important truths that are not spoken about and that you will not find in typical success literature. This is a behind-the-scenes look at pain, fear, love (yes, love) and other important feelings that depend on great success, whatever your path to it.

This book is about who you are, why you are not where you want to be, and how to fill your life with incredible possibilities.

This book will take you back to what really works. It's about how an ordinary person like you and me can become extraordinary, whether they're running a company, closing deals, or training for the Olympics.

What you read in it will change the rest of your life. You will exceed your expectations. Set yourself unimaginable goals. Become happier. And get an incredible amount of pleasure from it. Undoubtedly!

I purposely made the book very short. I have nothing to write about, because the true essence of high performance is extremely simple. In fact, all of it can be fit in one word -

But perhaps that would be too short.

“Being” the best version of yourself is a very inspiring idea. There is something deeply satisfying about making the most of your potential.

Only you know your true potential.

But I'll tell you what, it's much more than you can imagine.

And here's the question you need to ask yourself: Who am I? Who do I want to become and why do I need it?

Take your time. Think it over carefully. This question goes deeper than it seems.

Unfortunately, I came to the answer to it the hard way. But at the same time, I learned something. Because it can't be faked. What you need to feel, live. Which should cover you completely. This is what will make you successful.

What I'm talking about? What is this state?

It's an obsession. That decisiveness and firmness of character, which ultimately determines success.

The fact is that you cannot avoid difficulties in the future. They will inevitably arise. Life will shake you up. You will receive an uppercut to the chin and fall to the floor. And most likely, this will happen at the most unexpected moment, when your hands will be lowered and you will not be able to stand firmly on your feet.

That's why everything you have done in the past and will do in the future is irrelevant! At that moment, when you are lying in the ring, covered in blood, only the strength of your spirit matters. What is inside of you plays a decisive role.

Unbridled courage is what will lift you off the floor.

There is no magic formula or special seven-step super plan for such a case. Only a mad obsession with one thought - to rise. And the more effort you put in to get back on your feet, the faster you recover, the sooner you stumble to the finish line, which is called success.

This takes courage.

Not brains. Not muscles -

but resilience.

Because success lies not in the amount of knowledge, but in the strength of the spirit. It's not a list you can download from the internet, it's not a blog post you can tweet, it's not a business strategy you can copy from a business bestseller.

You must be more persistent. You must desperately want more. You must be more careful.

In fact, you already know what to do. In any case, it's not that important. It is more important to know what you will do with it? Who do you decide to become?

Let's talk about it.

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Be the best version read online in full. My Review of Be the Best Version of Yourself

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Be the best version of yourself. How ordinary people become extraordinary Dan Waldschmidt

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