Trickle Down Mindset: The Missing Element In Your Personal Success

by Michal Stawicki

Do you feel you’re pedaling hard in life, but still not getting what you want? Discover an innovative approach that will shift you into high gear and help you find success.Are you tired of falling short of your full potential? Do you have big targets that seem unreachable? Have you tried all sorts of promising programs but nothing has stuck?Author and productivity expert Michal Stawicki has coached hundreds of people in transforming their attitude and fulfilling their dreams. Now he’s here to help you end the uphill battle so you can progress towards your goals with ease.

Trickle Down Mindset is a step-by-step system for re-envisioning success from an original and direct new perspective. With Stawicki’s guidance, you’ll analyze the content you consume, your self-talk, and the interactions that shape your capacity for change.Whether your main goals are financial, fitness, or just plain freedom from the man, Stawicki’s transformational methods will provide the insights you need to take on any challenge.

In Trickle Down Mindset, you’ll powerful philosophy you’ll develop to attain your desires20 straightforward activities to kick start your transformationHow the quality of the inputs you choose every day will drive faster resultsPersonal examples and inspirational anecdotes from the experts to get you fired upWays to stop fighting yourself and pave the way to victory, and much, much more!Trickle Down Mindset is your ultimate companion to skyrocketing your momentum. If you like motivational strategies, easy-to-use techniques, and practical advice in a conversational style, then you’ll love Michal Stawicki’s transformative resource.

Buy Trickle Down Mindset to shift your dreams into realities today!

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction

119 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 19, 2015

About the author

Michal Stawicki is a busy, working parent of 3 amazing children and husband to one wonderful woman. Michal is from Poland and grew up under communist rule when opportunity was scarce. His demanding job and long commute had taken its toll. So, Michal decided it was time to change his life, to get healthy physically and financially, to become more connected to his family and spirituality and, most importantly, to follow his passions. Michal knew he felt a calling to help others, so he set out to change his life and start writing books to share his strategies for living a full and amazing life. He regularly blogs at www.expandbeyondyourself.com and the story of his life’s transformation was featured in the re-release of Jeff Olson’s “The Slight Edge.” Michal is on a mission to help busy, working adults reclaim their time, their spirit and their passions!

Reviews

[Steven R. McEvoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Michael Stawicki has written or coauthors a total of 16 books in English. I have read 12 of them since early in 2015; and have read many of them more than once. In fact, when I check my list of books read I have read his books a total of 21 times now. This was a book I purchased but somehow lost track of and have only just read it. It is my loss that I did not read this book earlier! In the chapter Elusive Success chapter Stawicki states:

"You will achieve the best results if you mingle philosophy with personal development. However, you can see just by looking around, that personal development doesn't seem to be the answer for most folks. Every year there are millions of new personal development books sold and podcasts downloaded. Hundreds and thousands of people attend personal development seminars, and the circulation of Success magazine is half a million. But the success stories that we hear of are numbered in the hundreds or thousands at most.

There is a missing element in this puzzle. The method that has brought fame and fortune to some seems to be completely useless or of limited functionality to others. I grasped this dissonance almost as soon as I returned to personal development study following a sixteen-year hiatus."

But after that break Michal has not only worked tirelessly at personal development, he has written books that digest all that he has read and learned from personal experience and packages that knowledge in clear concise easy to apply books like this one.

The chapters in this book are:
Elusive Success
Tamed Success
The Philosopher's Stone
Philosophy Defined
It's Personal
A Deeper Look
Question Your Beliefs
Choose Your Story
The Law of Nature
The Law's Implications
Develop Good Habits
The Ten-Minute Philosophy
Three-Dimensional Philosophy
Time for an Upgrade
Changing Course
Analyze Your Data Sources
Analyze Yourself
The Company You Keep
Learn from Others
Choosing New Beliefs
Philosopher's Stepping Stones
Apply Your New Philosophy
Believe in Yourself
Bonus Section: 20 Activities to Get You Started

Michal states:

"It's not relevant where are you in your life right now, whether you have a lot of money, are fit or obese, young or old. You have your internal compass that guides you through your existence. In addition, you are equipped with a free will and a conscious mind. You can form and mold your personal philosophy. You can change. It's in your power."

And his book truly does do that. It is a tool that will help you develop the mindset that will lead to success in any area of your life where you need change. He also declares:

"You don't need to have a Rolls Royce, a fat bank account, fame, or a lot of friends to consider yourself successful. You define your purpose and you are fulfilled by achieving that purpose. The right personal philosophy allows you to reach it no matter what you will come up with as your life's core."

I was asked by a co-worker what I thought was my greatest success. He expected me to name one of the projects I was technical lead on, or that I managed at work. But I answered that it was 15 years of marriage, including going through a very hard time of being off work injured almost 3 years. Of having three kids that did a reading challenge to improve their skills. That I have always been surrounded by great friends and support network.

Michal in this book will help you determine what you value most and reorient your life towards that goal. Michal in this book reduces down the knowledge and wisdom of many others and packs it in a tightly written volume. He provides many quotes from business leaders and people of faith to support his points. Michael declares:

"I consider that personal philosophy's system to consist of your past experiences and their interpretation in your mind, plus your input sources and an internal interpretation of them.

These are the only things in the universe you need to work on to change your future. The only things you really have the power over. Change your input sources, change the interpretation you give to the incoming data, and it will change you."

And later he states:

"Your personal philosophy is your life attitude formed by your all past experiences and the meanings you gave them. And it can be systematically investigated and developed using the reasoning faculties of your mind."

This book will defiantly help you do that.it will help you examine where you have come from, what matters most to you, and how to shift your thoughts to work towards that being the priority. And each chapter ends with Knowledge Items, a few points to help hammer home the lesson of that chapter. Michal quotes Jim Rohn:

"Failure is a few errors in judgment repeated every day. Success is a few simple disciplines practiced every day."

This book gives you the tools to develop the wisdom to know what to eliminate and what to establish in your life. And I cannot help but wonder if in 50 years Michal Stawicki will be the Jim Rohn to a new generation! Based on this book and others I have read I would be surprised if it does not come to pass. This book is an excellent read and I believe that anyone who reads it will benefit from the wisdom and practical knowledge that it contains.

Read the review on my blog Book Reviews and More and reviews of other books by Michal Stawicki. As well as an author profile and interview with Michal.

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's a whole flotilla of self-help books out there--and Stawicki's work floats amongst them without any unique signifying markers. It's the same message--and Stawicki freely admits it: Think differently and you'll be different (i.e., successful, thinner--whatever personal blemish you're attempting to burnish). As he states, "You are what you consistently do."

The issue I have is the definition of success Stawicki is promoting: He seems obsessed with more money and a thinner abdomen. He advocates reading non-fiction and listening to podcasts and TED talks regimentally and meeting really great people (either in Internet chatrooms or in person). He's proud to have written books, and while his challenge of writing in a non-native language is admirable, it isn't earth-shattering in content.

There's good advice here, but that's all it is--the advice of someone who has read a ton of self-help books and joined a few communities on the Internet. I can't help but think of the wheelchair bound-character in Office Space marketing his "jump to conclusions" mat thanks to the "great luck" of being struck by a speeding truck. He tells the protagonist: "Good things can happen. Look at me." I get that vibe from Stawicki: I'm looking, and our perspectives on success are not aligned.

The real problem is Stawicki's reiteration that success is the result of the consistent implementation of a personal philosophy which interprets and interacts with the world without negativity. You can't copy the philosophy of Bill Gates or Steve Jobs--you've got to model your own because only your own will move you forward. It's a win-win for the author, right? If you succeed, he helped you form your personal philosophy. If you fail, you didn't form your personal phillosophy correctly--the author told you what to do and you didn't implement it correctly. Shame on you--turn off the TV and write in your journal and listen to another TED Talk, Loser.

Finally, the title. Stawicki's model isn't really a "trickle down" model. It's more of the "butterfly effect." He believes it we change one seemingly insignificant action or thought, we can make an impact on the whole system. He uses the analogy of a plane flying from New York to Los Angeles--the change of one degree in the flight plan changes the destination. It's an interesting model, and it does have applications--but why couldn't it have a name which reflects the actual model? If I want to move a boulder in my life, I can't do it with a single pebble. I move one pebble to nudge another pebble and then start an inexorable movement of pebbles which eventually obliterate the boulder and anything else in its path. Rather than trickle down, perhaps, we could call it "Avalanche Mentality" or something.

Ah well, it's 8 o'clock and I'm off to handle my responsiblities at work. I will try to change one small thing about my perspective today--I promise.

[E.A. Carter · Rating 5 out of 5]

In these tough and uncertain times it can be daunting to find inspiration and positivity. I discovered this short, yet incredibly inspiring book and cannot recommend it enough. If you are looking for something to give you focus in a world of chaos, and control over the fleeting thoughts of your mind, this is the gem you need. It will lift you up over the shadows and give you a whole new perspective on life, your purpose and just how much power you truly possess.

[James Person · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great, actionable advice.

For some reason Stawicki's writing seemed more personal and related to me than other books I have read. This is the second of his books I've read and both have made a lasting impression.

[Roxanne · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very repetitive and fluffy. It didn’t have much substance and just borrowed from past personal development books without adding much of anything new, unique or valuable. It was just okay overall between 1.5-2.5 of a rating for me.

[Richard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Down to Earth

Change takes effort.
Michal does not sugar coat it or make unreasonable claims.
He is authentic about what he has done and walks his talk and I totally respect that.
Richard Morden

[Dominic Sagwe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting read

I encourage everyone to read this book. Its challenging and sends you to philosophical thinking. Good for both young and old readers

[Dorothea Mitchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

So Personal to my heart!

This book is like sharing with your best friend and listening to great suggestions that transforms your life it you do them!!

[Cathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the Kindle edition of this book and enjoyed it a lot. It was a bit repetitive but made some excellent points (your personal philosophy determines much of what you accomplish in life, small behavior changes can lead to big changes over time, etc). I especially liked the pointers to some other inspirational resources (some of which I already know about, some are new to me). It was a quick read but gave me a lot to think about.

[T Brasfield · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ugh...

Poorly written and no new ideas. Perhaps it gets better later on, but I couldn't even push myself through more than the first quarter of the book. Self-help books are supposed to motivate you to better yourself. This one made me feel like I couldn't even stick it out to complete a simple book! Plus, all the typos and grammatical errors were frustrating and there were far too many religious references for my tastes.

[Roberto Calamaco · Rating 4 out of 5]

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This book is written for those who need a starting line like myself. I would highly recommend reading this book more than once until the message is received.