Hunting Discomfort: How to Get Breakthrough Results in Life and Business No Matter What

by Sterling Hawkins

Overview

Entrepreneur, motivational leader, and internationally recognized public speaker Sterling Hawkins shows readers how to get comfortable with discomfort to create breakthrough results in life and business using his #NoMatterWhat system for transformative change.

If you’re like most people, you probably shy away from discomfort. But the uber-successful—from elite athletes to billionaire founders and famous entrepreneurs—do the exact opposite. They know that discomfort can be high-octane fuel for performance or the most direct path to their goals. And they’ve learned how to turn rock bottom into one of life’s greatest gifts. You can, too.

Entrepreneur Sterling Hawkins has spent his life coming back from the brink to sell companies, finish ultramarathons, and realize goals through his #NoMatterWhat system for achieving larger-than-life results.

Now it’s your turn.

This book will show you how to:

• Expand your reality
• Commit so deeply that there’s no going back
• Surround yourself with those who hold you to your potential and nothing less
• Use roadblocks to your advantage
• Flow, flex, and pivot to the best possible outcome—no matter what

The journey you are invited to embark upon will not be comfortable. But it will be extraordinary. Welcome to the hunt.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781637560143
Publisher:	Wonderwell
Publication date:	06/21/2022
Pages:	248
Sales rank:	435,258
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Sterling Hawkins is out to break the status quo. He believes that we can all unlock incredible potential within ourselves, and he’s on a mission to support people, businesses, and communities to realize that potential, regardless of the circumstances. From a multibillion-dollar start-up to collapse and coming back to launch, invest in, and grow over fifty companies, Sterling takes that experience to work with C-level teams from some of the largest organizations on the planet and speaks on stages around the world.

Today, Sterling serves as CEO and founder of the Sterling Hawkins Group, a research, training, and development company focused on human and organizational growth. He has been seen in publications like Inc., Fast Company, The New York Times, and Forbes.

Based in Colorado, Sterling is a proud uncle of three and a passionate adventurer who can often be found skydiving, climbing mountains, shark diving, or even trekking in the Sahara. Maybe you’ll even join him for the next adventure—and discover the breakthrough results you’re looking for. He’ll have your back, #NoMatterWhat.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Hunting Discomfort 1

Chapter 2 Discomfort #1: Facing Reality 15

Chapter 3 Hunting the Discomfort of Reality: Expand Your Reality 33

Chapter 4 Discomfort #2: Self-Doubt 55

Chapter 5 Hunting the Discomfort of Self-Doubt: Get a Tattoo 67

Chapter 6 Discomfort #3: Exposure 85

Chapter 7 Hunting the Discomfort of Exposure: Build a Street Gang 101

Chapter 8 Discomfort #4: Challenges 117

Chapter 9 Hunting the Discomfort of Challenges: Flip It 131

Chapter 10 Discomfort #5: Uncertainty 151

Chapter 11 Hunting the Discomfort of Uncertainty: Surrender 165

Chapter 12 The #NoMatterWhat System for Hunting Discomfort 187

Chapter 13 Join the #NoMatterWhat Movement 199

Chapter 14 Success Stories from the #NoMatterWhat Community 205

Acknowledgments 219

Notes 221

Index 231

About the Author 237

Editorial Reviews

Hunting Discomfort illuminates a pathway to breakthrough results, regardless of what is standing in your way.”
—Josh Linkner, New York Times bestselling author of Hacking Innovation

“Living a meaningful life requires getting out of your comfort zone. Hunting Discomfort is a handbook for how to do exactly that—safely, effectively and impactfully—so you’ll be able to look back one day in disbelief at what you’ve accomplished.”

—Ben Nemtin, #1 New York Times bestselling author, cofounder of The Buried Life movement, and keynote speaker

“Hawkins does a masterful job of showing us that the way out is often through. Through discomfort—which is the key to any breakthrough growth and success.”
—Erik Qualman, #1 bestselling author of Socialnomics and The Focus Project

“Hunting Discomfort is a handbook for us all to take any circumstance we’re dealing with and create breakthrough results.”
—Shep Hyken, New York Times bestselling author, customer service and experience expert

“Hunting Discomfort not only unlocks the door to your personal potential, but gives you the tools to unleash breakthrough performance inside your organizational culture as well. Leaders can’t afford not to read this book if they want to keep up.”
—Trey Holder, chief business officer, Accelerate360

“Fear can absolutely steal your joy and the results in your business and life... if you let it. Hunting Discomfort gives tactical tools to build your capacity, move through fear and propel yourself forward to higher levels of performance.”

—Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour, entrepreneur, author, America's first Black woman combat pilot

“It’s human nature to avoid discomfort. It’s in the DNA of successful people to hunt discomfort. Treat this book as a guide to escape self-doubt, climb over roadblocks in life and take on the uncertainty we each face.”

—Vince Poscente, Olympian and New York Times bestselling author

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