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There Are No Limits

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There Are No Limits

Breaking the Barriers in Personal High Performance

Career Press,

15 min read
10 take-aways
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What's inside?

To realize your unlimited potential, you must believe that you have no limits, not even the ones you created yourself.

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Editorial Rating

6

Qualities

  • Applicable
  • Well Structured
  • For Beginners

Recommendation

Two original devices set There are No Limits apart from other inspirational texts, and in order to fully appreciate Danny Cox’s book, you’ll have to make full use of both. At regular intervals throughout the course of the book, Cox inserts "Immediate Actions" and "Points to Ponder." By suggesting through these sections concrete steps that you can take right away, the book surpasses many of its peers, which often fail to find ground amid lofty hyperbole. But the practical nature of this book can only be realized if you actually take the recommended steps as you read, and gloss over some jargon-laden prose ("Appoint yourself the dean of Every Day University"). Cox, an Air Force veteran, draws on his personal experiences, as well as those of high-profile celebrities and authors to illustrate his ideas. While he wrote the book for a general audience, getAbstract recommends it particularly to salespeople, or those charged with managing or motivating a sales force.

Summary

Your Second Birthday

Happy birthday! All you did for your first birthday was show up. But this can be your second birthday - the day you commit yourself to becoming the best person possible. For this second birthday, you must develop your vast potential, and that is worth celebrating.

Write out a declaration of personal responsibility, and use it to mark the day that you decided to take control of your life. Outline how you will accept complete responsibility for the successes and failures in your life. Your declaration should show that you understand that if you don’t already have everything you want or deserve, it is because you have allowed yourself to compromise. Include a statement that says you will no longer compromise with your undeveloped potential.

Breaking Barriers

Adversity helps you discover a lot about yourself and your potential. It also helps you realize the potential of the people around you. Salespeople can get better - but only after the sales manager does. Kids get better right after their parents do. When you improve yourself, you give the people around you the opportunity to improve as well.

Adversity often teaches us this ...

About the Author

Danny Cox  is the author of Seize the Day and Leadership When the Heat is On He is a former supersonic fighter pilot and currently is a professional speaker.

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