What Extraordinary People Know: How to Cut the Busy B.S. and Live Your Kick-Ass Life

by Anthony Moore

Overview

What's the secret to "extraordinary?"

Being stuck in mediocrity sucks. It's easy to identify the symptoms of this disease in your life: are you chronically bored? Do you wake up knowing today is going to suck? Are you constantly fighting off feelings of emptiness, exhaustion, and knowing you're wasting your life?

Well, eff that! Every moment of every day, you can choose to be extraordinary. You can choose to become someone you're incredibly proud to be, who accomplishes amazing goals and achieves greatness. What Extraordinary People Know guides you through how to be free of the mediocrity trap: starting with the inspiration, tools, and kick in the ass you need to get your life going in high gear—from behavioral change and personal growth expert Anthony Moore. As someone who took his own life from ordinary to extraordinary, Moore has created a three-step path to breaking free of Mediocrity and becoming the hero of your own life.

Are you ready to win?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781492679547
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	08/06/2019
Series:	Ignite Reads
Pages:	152
Sales rank:	1,055,243
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 6.60(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Anthony Moore writes on personal growth, self-improvement, and behavioral change. His work has been published on Medium, Business Insider, CNBC, Yahoo!, and Thought Catalog. Anthony has a Masters in Psychology from the University of the Rockies. He and his wife live in San Diego, CA but are currently based in Vietnam teaching English and traveling the world.

Table of Contents

Part 1 You Are Currently Stuck 1

1 What Is the Mediocrity Trap? 3

2 Why Everyone Remains Stuck 7

3 The World and Mediocrity 15

Part 2 Breaking Free of the Trap 21

4 Change Your Environment or It'll Change You 23

5 Be a Rebel (a.k.a. Embrace the Weird) 37

6 What You Believe about Yourself Is What You Become 55

7 If You Want to Succeed, You Can't Just Be interested-You Need to Be Committed 65

8 If You Tolerate Mediocrity, That's What You Get 71

Part 3 Life Free of the Trap: Creating a Winning Mindset 77

9 Consistency 79

10 Focus on Learning and Creating 89

11 Treat Yourself Like the Hero (and Work Your Ass Off) 97

12 Behave Like Successful People Behave 105

13 Why You Shouldn't Take Advice from (Almost) Anyone 117

14 Welcome to Life Outside of Mediocre 127

Acknowledgments 135

About The Author 136