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Live It!: Achieve Success by Living with Purpose
Every person you meet is either a warning or an example. Which are you?
Jairek Robbins, decorated performance coach and lifestyle entrepreneur, guides you through his proven, step-by-step process for filling the gap between where you are today and where you want to be. In reassuring and easy-to-understand language, Robbins helps you build a strong foundation for authentic happiness.
Each chapter is strategically designed to engage you with personal reflections and challenges that will encourage you to make immediate improvements to your everyday behavior. Robbins’s uplifting method will give you the tools you need to avoid the distractions in your life and concentrate on the areas that deserve the biggest focus, including health, family, intimate relationships, your professional life, and spirituality.
Robbins leads you toward a life of growth and contribution that will enable you to become the happiest, healthiest, and most fulfilled version of yourself—and inspire you to help others do the same.
Jairek Robbins, decorated performance coach and lifestyle entrepreneur, guides you through his proven, step-by-step process for filling the gap between where you are today and where you want to be. In reassuring and easy-to-understand language, Robbins helps you build a strong foundation for authentic happiness.
Each chapter is strategically designed to engage you with personal reflections and challenges that will encourage you to make immediate improvements to your everyday behavior. Robbins’s uplifting method will give you the tools you need to avoid the distractions in your life and concentrate on the areas that deserve the biggest focus, including health, family, intimate relationships, your professional life, and spirituality.
Robbins leads you toward a life of growth and contribution that will enable you to become the happiest, healthiest, and most fulfilled version of yourself—and inspire you to help others do the same.
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First published September 30, 2014
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About the author
Jairek Robbins
2 books16 followersJairek Robbins was born in Santa Monica, California. He is a decorated performance coach and lifestyle entrepreneur who has applied his innovative methods to living a life of adventure, philanthropy, and entrepreneurship. At the age of twenty-three, Robbins was awarded the Congressional Award Gold Medal from the United States Congress. By twenty-five, he gained international renown as the creator of a revolutionary approach to maximizing personal performance that accelerated organizational success for a wide range of businesses. He has a psychology degree from the University of San Diego.
Robbins’s personal journey has included circumnavigating the globe on a ship, helping build schools and houses in multiple countries, cage diving with great white sharks, encountering silverback gorillas in Rwanda, and working as a volunteer in underdeveloped regions. He supports a number of charities and nonprofits, such as the Change Heroes and the Pencils of Promise Foundation.
Robbins’s personal journey has included circumnavigating the globe on a ship, helping build schools and houses in multiple countries, cage diving with great white sharks, encountering silverback gorillas in Rwanda, and working as a volunteer in underdeveloped regions. He supports a number of charities and nonprofits, such as the Change Heroes and the Pencils of Promise Foundation.
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September 21, 2016
During DTAC 2016 that was excited to see how can live with purpose!
Honestly, missed author keynote speech, so decided to buy this book to see what's the secret inside this book and will review each chapter and then what feel about the book.
When I started to read the book i loved first quotes “every day is a new opportunity to make your life a story worth telling -Adam Braun” but I was really upset to read and said this is for people not in GCC, but when I go through the book I realized that everywhere we could make life story even we have tiny opportunity . So decided to do this formula as the author mentioned in introduction “Learn it, live it, Give it is the simple yet powerful when put in motion”!
chapter 1—IDEAL DAY VISION
I learned to how to plan and make vision for the day as well as I am doing it all the time by planning for each month but I never was thinking to check what I have, and I will be grateful for few things I have that gives me more positive thinking and motivation to fix my weakness;
Chapter 2— FOCUSING ON THE MAJORS PART 1
During this busy days, I was confused and messed up that what is my major and minor and what's different between them. I was doing important and most valuable way to plan but not specific knew about this two specifically. The major are the core elements that build the foundation for happiness and enable to reach for bigger and better things.as you see happiness is part of definition which I was doing the plan only due to my commitment and community, and I was not felt that I have to plan due to what is comfortable and makes me happy !!
The minors were appearing in an endless number of variations and differing from person to person; the minors can sometimes be hard to identify and identified, so I was jubilant for that I know my talents, and this is a gift from God that create good things for my people and help my country, but loved this sentences that I will focus on it “ HEALTH IS ALL ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY YOU HAVE.”
The three questions on page 28 and challenge were the most important things in this chapter
Chapter 3—FOCUSING ON THE MAJORS PART 2
In this chapter, the author spoke about how this major like family, professional life, and finance will affect us and how we can make a balance between them and what is the reflection in our life!
As I learned that even I have all of them, have to be happy with what I do not only making money or working profession.
Chapter 4—IGNITING YOUR EMOTIONAL ROCKET FUEL FOR RESULTS
I liked the sentences he asked that make me think maybe five days to check and answer, the sentence is “ There is an enormous difference between knowing what to do and doing what you know” which is the key to this chapter
in this chapter he shows two key factors for building your emotional rocket fuel each day:
1- finding your big why
2-activating your big why
Chapter 5— FILLING IN LOVE WITH HARD WORK
As my friends telling me, I am hard work person, but this chapter motivated me to fall in love with my hard work that was giving me some commitments for my life.
Chapter 6—THE THREE OPPONENTS
The truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed.Third, it is accepted as being self-evident “- attributed to Arthur Schopenhauer
how I can find my truth. As he mentioned, truth is our guiding light through all of the resistance. The elements that make up our personal Truth are:
T— Clear and defined trajectory
R— willing to rebuke the naysayers, renounce our doubts, and be relentless in our approach
U— To be unconventional with our strategies, unified in your internal thoughts and beliefs, and unassailable.
T— we all need a massive amount of tenacity to ensure we will be able to take the punches and continue to make process no matter what life tosses your way
H—Create the place that you can go each day to refuel “like I do drawings and public speaking.”
Chapter7—YOU ARE NOT GUARANTEED A TOMORROW
“It is not death that man should fear, but he should fear never begging to live”—Marcus Aurelius Roman Emperor
as I understand this chapter is talking about after finding our truth how we can plan in our life to make vision for our life and make urgent and important and not important that giving us priority and planned life as I do all the time but forgot to focus on things makes me happier and grateful that give me positive thinking and know my power !!
I have time management, but I need to think positively more
Chapter 8—BACK IN THE MINORS
this chapter was a little bit complicated I confused a lot and was not clear
Chapter 9-FINDING THE TRUE YOU
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”—attributed to Carl Jung I loved this chapter which I was reading the questions and answering as my reply. As I am planning daily, weekly, monthly and putting year revolution plan but I got some techniques that help to think differently.
Chapter 10—HARNESSING YOUR MENTAL STRENGTH
i loved this chapter which the author has two strong points first is the story about the boxes work that motivate me that if fall in love with my hard work I can do anything impossible to possible, second is thinking with your heart instead of your head which we trained not to believe in professional life by our heart, and we plan and plan by mind and studies which if we sometimes feel by heart we will be more successful .
Chapter 11— RAISING YOUR STANDARDS
The most practical part of the book which mentions how to understand the norm a raising it in the way you want and respect. He said the ways and steps which are ( Belief, Decision, commitment, and Action)
Chapter 12—IDEAL LIFE VISION
I learned how to celebrate achievement as my personality is taking thought of myself this is good things to know how to take easy and celebrate even for small achievement during the day or life.
Thanks, Jairak Robbin for making me think more positively, and give this book five stars
Ruqayah Abbas
21-9-2016
Honestly, missed author keynote speech, so decided to buy this book to see what's the secret inside this book and will review each chapter and then what feel about the book.
When I started to read the book i loved first quotes “every day is a new opportunity to make your life a story worth telling -Adam Braun” but I was really upset to read and said this is for people not in GCC, but when I go through the book I realized that everywhere we could make life story even we have tiny opportunity . So decided to do this formula as the author mentioned in introduction “Learn it, live it, Give it is the simple yet powerful when put in motion”!
chapter 1—IDEAL DAY VISION
I learned to how to plan and make vision for the day as well as I am doing it all the time by planning for each month but I never was thinking to check what I have, and I will be grateful for few things I have that gives me more positive thinking and motivation to fix my weakness;
Chapter 2— FOCUSING ON THE MAJORS PART 1
During this busy days, I was confused and messed up that what is my major and minor and what's different between them. I was doing important and most valuable way to plan but not specific knew about this two specifically. The major are the core elements that build the foundation for happiness and enable to reach for bigger and better things.as you see happiness is part of definition which I was doing the plan only due to my commitment and community, and I was not felt that I have to plan due to what is comfortable and makes me happy !!
The minors were appearing in an endless number of variations and differing from person to person; the minors can sometimes be hard to identify and identified, so I was jubilant for that I know my talents, and this is a gift from God that create good things for my people and help my country, but loved this sentences that I will focus on it “ HEALTH IS ALL ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY YOU HAVE.”
The three questions on page 28 and challenge were the most important things in this chapter
Chapter 3—FOCUSING ON THE MAJORS PART 2
In this chapter, the author spoke about how this major like family, professional life, and finance will affect us and how we can make a balance between them and what is the reflection in our life!
As I learned that even I have all of them, have to be happy with what I do not only making money or working profession.
Chapter 4—IGNITING YOUR EMOTIONAL ROCKET FUEL FOR RESULTS
I liked the sentences he asked that make me think maybe five days to check and answer, the sentence is “ There is an enormous difference between knowing what to do and doing what you know” which is the key to this chapter
in this chapter he shows two key factors for building your emotional rocket fuel each day:
1- finding your big why
2-activating your big why
Chapter 5— FILLING IN LOVE WITH HARD WORK
As my friends telling me, I am hard work person, but this chapter motivated me to fall in love with my hard work that was giving me some commitments for my life.
Chapter 6—THE THREE OPPONENTS
The truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed.Third, it is accepted as being self-evident “- attributed to Arthur Schopenhauer
how I can find my truth. As he mentioned, truth is our guiding light through all of the resistance. The elements that make up our personal Truth are:
T— Clear and defined trajectory
R— willing to rebuke the naysayers, renounce our doubts, and be relentless in our approach
U— To be unconventional with our strategies, unified in your internal thoughts and beliefs, and unassailable.
T— we all need a massive amount of tenacity to ensure we will be able to take the punches and continue to make process no matter what life tosses your way
H—Create the place that you can go each day to refuel “like I do drawings and public speaking.”
Chapter7—YOU ARE NOT GUARANTEED A TOMORROW
“It is not death that man should fear, but he should fear never begging to live”—Marcus Aurelius Roman Emperor
as I understand this chapter is talking about after finding our truth how we can plan in our life to make vision for our life and make urgent and important and not important that giving us priority and planned life as I do all the time but forgot to focus on things makes me happier and grateful that give me positive thinking and know my power !!
I have time management, but I need to think positively more
Chapter 8—BACK IN THE MINORS
this chapter was a little bit complicated I confused a lot and was not clear
Chapter 9-FINDING THE TRUE YOU
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”—attributed to Carl Jung I loved this chapter which I was reading the questions and answering as my reply. As I am planning daily, weekly, monthly and putting year revolution plan but I got some techniques that help to think differently.
Chapter 10—HARNESSING YOUR MENTAL STRENGTH
i loved this chapter which the author has two strong points first is the story about the boxes work that motivate me that if fall in love with my hard work I can do anything impossible to possible, second is thinking with your heart instead of your head which we trained not to believe in professional life by our heart, and we plan and plan by mind and studies which if we sometimes feel by heart we will be more successful .
Chapter 11— RAISING YOUR STANDARDS
The most practical part of the book which mentions how to understand the norm a raising it in the way you want and respect. He said the ways and steps which are ( Belief, Decision, commitment, and Action)
Chapter 12—IDEAL LIFE VISION
I learned how to celebrate achievement as my personality is taking thought of myself this is good things to know how to take easy and celebrate even for small achievement during the day or life.
Thanks, Jairak Robbin for making me think more positively, and give this book five stars
Ruqayah Abbas
21-9-2016
December 17, 2014
The reviews can't be real. This is nothing but anecdotal bromides about the author's experiences that are far removed from what regular working folks can ever expect to experience themselves especially with the advice given in this book. Boo.
October 3, 2014
Over half way through and I wish it wouldn't end! I love this book!
January 24, 2016
This book reminds me of the Strangest Secret by Earl Nightengale. The author Jairek is a young man who has discovered what every generation before him has discovered. We are what we think about. When our thoughts and actions are in harmony, we can accomplish great things. I admire his passion for spreading the word, though much of the book is somewhat naïve. I suppose that I was once just as naïve. The advice is sound. The personal stories are interesting anecdotes of his life changing experiences. But those experiences are not particularly motivating to me as they say more about his misguided youth than any great enlightenment. Nevertheless, I am glad I read this book.
September 15, 2019
I don´t know if it´s me getting easily teared up or this book is carrying strongly affecting emotional messages that change our perception of life and compassion, but I cried a couple of times reading it. Stories and people that have inspired me are mentioned in the book and that made me feel very connected to every lesson and teachings on leading a purposeful life while at the same time building momentum and living more authentically.
The tools in the book will help you get clarity on your values, how to build a life around those values and be successful in reaching your goals.
I recommend the book to anyone feeling lost or scared to follow their inner voice.
The tools in the book will help you get clarity on your values, how to build a life around those values and be successful in reaching your goals.
I recommend the book to anyone feeling lost or scared to follow their inner voice.
April 12, 2015
Meh, follows the familiar road of motivational self-help type books of proving some good tips and surrounding them with personal anecdotes and exceptional case studies. The author comes across as too young to have much credibility and his personal stories are not inspiring at all, but I could see how he, as a person obviously raised in a relatively prosperous family and environment, might think they are. I guess this book might be good for teenagers. I must have picked it up on a daily deal or something.
December 14, 2017
Judging from the first few pages, I wasn't really expecting it to be a page-turner. However, as the chapters went on, I was pleasantly surprised to find that Robin's Ideal Day goal-setting method was actually quite effective. The volume of useful notes and reflections I've jotted down while reading this book served well for the use of my time. If you find yourself in need of motivation, this book just might help you get through.
January 19, 2021
HIGHLIGHTS:
1. Learn it—Learn all that you need to design your ideal vision for your life.
2. Live it—Apply all that you’ve learned to achieve the results you desire and deserve.
3. Give it—Find a way to pay it forward and help others do the same.
4. Fulfillment - good now, good for the long term.
5. How many leaders you create vs # of followers.
1. Learn it—Learn all that you need to design your ideal vision for your life.
2. Live it—Apply all that you’ve learned to achieve the results you desire and deserve.
3. Give it—Find a way to pay it forward and help others do the same.
4. Fulfillment - good now, good for the long term.
5. How many leaders you create vs # of followers.
July 10, 2015
This was better than I thought it would be, but not very memorable either.
January 5, 2019
Very inspiring and good writing. A good constant reminder on how to pursue an authentic goal.
March 31, 2019
LOVED this book and LOVE Jairek Robbins.
I've referenced this book a lot, still do and it's impacted me, my work as a coach & human and my audience who loved it too!
I've referenced this book a lot, still do and it's impacted me, my work as a coach & human and my audience who loved it too!
November 12, 2019
It's a good book, but i found it kind of bland, definitely worth listening to.
November 15, 2020
I really enjoyed this book written by Jarek Robbins. I loved the exercises and practical challenges throughout this book. I liked how thought provoking some of the content it. I also enjoyed the fact that this book is written by someone who comes from a privileged life but also has lived a realistic life. This means that Robbins is able to provide concepts and suggestions which translate for anyone wanting to be more productive and improve their life.
October 20, 2018
OK read. If looking for growth I suggest Tony Robbins material.
Takeaways:
Start building your vision. Imagine what a perfect day in your ideal life would look like!
Instead of being distracted by frivolous details, focus on the things that bring lasting happiness.
Live your dreams by writing down what you want to do, and the steps you’ll take to get there.
Takeaways:
Start building your vision. Imagine what a perfect day in your ideal life would look like!
Instead of being distracted by frivolous details, focus on the things that bring lasting happiness.
Live your dreams by writing down what you want to do, and the steps you’ll take to get there.
June 7, 2021
Solid Advice
The skills run in the family, and the key component of finding and living your purpose is not only central to the book, but also to happiness itself. While the book is a decent read, there isn’t much here that can’t be gleaned elsewhere. However, the stories are reasonably engaging and the advice sound. A good read.
The skills run in the family, and the key component of finding and living your purpose is not only central to the book, but also to happiness itself. While the book is a decent read, there isn’t much here that can’t be gleaned elsewhere. However, the stories are reasonably engaging and the advice sound. A good read.
December 5, 2018
Смысл книги укладывается в 4 строчки с натяжкой. Остальной контент - тупо сборник поучительных примеров из жизни известных личностей.
November 15, 2021
Clear cut book with practical steps to have a challenging life
December 30, 2022
Great book - easy to read and very thought-provoking. If you want to add any type of high-performance in your life, read this book to get you started..
September 27, 2017
Nothing new here, but some good ways of presenting what we all know after reading a few books in this genre - his take on mortality is very powerful. He is his father's son, and he is his own man.
November 21, 2014
Disclaimer: I received this book free through First Reads. (My first win!)
I think that I could have gotten more out of this book 10-15 years ago... and if I had a better idea of my big "whys" and "whats." I have come across many of the the exercises before (such as envisioning your ideal day); however, I feel this is a fresh perspective (young male)... and he has an interesting story to tell. There are a few hippy-dippy parts or sections where he comes off as overly privileged, but overall this could be an inspiring and motivational book for the right audience.
I think that I could have gotten more out of this book 10-15 years ago... and if I had a better idea of my big "whys" and "whats." I have come across many of the the exercises before (such as envisioning your ideal day); however, I feel this is a fresh perspective (young male)... and he has an interesting story to tell. There are a few hippy-dippy parts or sections where he comes off as overly privileged, but overall this could be an inspiring and motivational book for the right audience.
December 15, 2014
I received this book through Goodreads giveaway.
This is an inspiring read by Jairek Robbins. The author has a great story to tell and his Learn it, Live it and Give it approach is refreshing. The book includes a few helpful exercises to try to figure out how you want to live your life. I haven't read too many books of this kind, but this one was pretty motivating. Of course, it will work only if you're truly committed to changing and actually following the advice given.
This is an inspiring read by Jairek Robbins. The author has a great story to tell and his Learn it, Live it and Give it approach is refreshing. The book includes a few helpful exercises to try to figure out how you want to live your life. I haven't read too many books of this kind, but this one was pretty motivating. Of course, it will work only if you're truly committed to changing and actually following the advice given.
October 27, 2018
I purchased this book after I saw Jairek's presentation during International Project Management Day. I thought it was an inspiring book, with exercises to guide you through self-discovery. As a manager, I'm always looking for ways to help myself become a better boss and person. This was an inspiring book!
October 9, 2017
A useful guide to help one to understand what they need to do to accomplish the important things in their lives. The author proves useful examples needed to eliminate unimportant things that tend to clutter one's life.
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July 15, 2024Disclaimer: I received this book free through First Reads.
Nothing exactly groundbreaking in here, but a good inspirational read.
Nothing exactly groundbreaking in here, but a good inspirational read.
Want to read
December 13, 2014I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads and will rate once I have read the book.
April 8, 2015
Definitely my last motivational book in live. A mashup of other motivational books.
April 7, 2015
I really enjoyed the book! I will listen to this again!
June 1, 2015
Tony Robbins' son definitely has The Gift! I was very motivated throughout the entire book. He also gave me some good new points!
September 25, 2014
Lived this book. It was an inspiring read
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