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Getting Unstuck: How to transform your life one step at a time

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Get ready for some inspiration and motivation from the author of How to be Happy (No Fairy Dust or Moonbeams Required) and Relax and Color.

If you're tired of marking time, racing around in circles, or feeling like you're stuck in quicksand, this is the book for you! Getting Unstuck offers insight into how we get stuck so you can break out of your mental traps and get out of your own way. It gives practical, concrete suggestions so you can get out of your rut and get your life moving again.

This book can help you: Overcome procrastination Figure out what you really want and how to get it Erase the limits that hold you back Deal gracefully with events and other people's actions in your life Love and support yourself Take action and get results

This book also comes with a free, downloadable PDF workbook to help you dig deep into what's holding you back and get more results faster!

If you're tired of being stuck and feeling like you don't know what to do, it's time to make a change. Getting Unstuck will help you get back on track and get things done now. It will also help you create a roadmap to the life you really want and start getting there, step by step.

If you're like most people, even if you're very unhappy with where your life is now, you really don't need to make a lot of big changes to feel better. Just a few small tweaks can make a huge difference in your level of happiness and satisfaction with your life. This book will show you how.


96 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2011

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Cara Stein

21 books102 followers
My focus is remembering that life is short and making your best days a common occurrence.

I'm a writer and dreamer with a PhD in self-reinvention. (Or was that computer science?) Whether you're stuck, lost, or just looking to enjoy your life more, come join me at http://17000-days.com .

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Author 143 books208 followers
September 18, 2020
Achieving a better you...

Over the years there have been many great self-help books written. Most of these inspirational books have a similar message, to teach you methods on how to improve your life by implementing various techniques. They all have a common thread running through them, by changing your habits or mindset you can become successful or reach your goals in life.

Getting Unstuck: How to transform your life one step at a time by Cara Stein is a very well written life improvement book. This book is intelligent, wise and packed to the rafters with practical common-sense advice. It becomes very obvious as you read through this page turner that the author is imparting her wisdom and understanding as to what happiness and success really means. It’s an excellent guide for putting things into perspective. Highly recommended.
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21 reviews2 followers
October 30, 2020
“Getting Unstuck” is a great book which can change your life. I just couldn’t put it down! The author, Cara Stein, combines practical, concrete suggestions and personal anecdotes creating a fantastic reading.

To start with, the book helps you organize your goals so you can meet them but also, if you don’t have any goals in your life, this writing will make you realize what you really want and how to get it.

Additionally, I think this reading is quite inspirational as well as educational. Personally, I felt myself represented all time by the author’s experiences while reading and what I like the most is the easy, understandable vocabulary she uses and how she approaches the reader in a very friendly way transmitting love and support all the time.

All in all, if you can’t move forward or you don't know what to do, this book will help you create a roadmap which will get you back on track feeling able to carry out all your plans. I highly recommend it!!!
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1,054 reviews10 followers
September 27, 2020
We all at some point in our life feel stuck, even more now in this pandemic times we are living in. There’s no future ahead or aim to be accomplished. This book called Getting Unstuck, written by Cara Stein, helps readers to move forward. It gives the push needed so as to stop procrastinating and start doing.
The reading flows easily and it is a very fast read, perfect for a single sitting read. After finishing it, you are left with a sense of wanting to do something with your life. While reading, it is as if the author was talking to me directly; her writing style is special and immerses the reader into the narrative, making them think about each line.
All in all, it is a perfect read for many people who feel stuck in life, as me. It also makes you think why it is that we are feeling this way and helps us overcome this. I certainly recommend it.
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1,378 reviews25 followers
October 31, 2020
First of all, I got very excited to buy this book after reading about the author. I could feel in every sentence her excitement and commitment in this project. When I buy this type of books, I appreciate having an intro about why the author decided to write a handbook, like a little background. For me, this completes the whole experience.

So, about this book in particular, “Getting Unstuck: How to transform your life one step at a time”, I think it is a great guidebook to have at hand after we read it. It will change the way you see and encounters things in life. It gives you tools and knowledge about different scenarios or situations we can came across at some point.

For me it was a very insightful read and I will most definitely be recommending it to a couple of friends and family so they can learn about themselves and materialize whatever things they want in their life.
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28 reviews
November 1, 2020
Throughout this pandemic I have been literally feeling
stuck in life; not knowing what to do, how to get ahead in my life and career and what to prioritize have been my main concerns. I have felt I was running around in circles. So, I looked for options on how to untangle this situation and move forward.

This book has helped me out in a lot of aspects, but basically
on how to avoid procrastination, something kind of normal when uncertainty is governing the world in 2020.

Getting unstuck is an easy-to-read narrative which main
aim is helping readers be happy. The written style is simple and the book is a fast-paced one.

I enjoyed this read a lot and I suggest it to everyone,
and I say everyone because we all want to live a happy life. Don’t we? Totally worth the read, please try it out since you will not regret!
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1,106 reviews25 followers
September 28, 2020
“Getting Unstuck: How to transform your life one step at a time” is a book written by Cara Stein. I think it has happened to all of us to feel stuck and that we cannot move forward in life, even more now, that we cannot set goals to be accomplished due to COVID-19.
I found this read to be quite inspirational. The aim of the writer is helping us to overcome procrastination, erase those limits that we have, or feel, take actions so as to get results and more. This is a read that was mind-blowing.
The author is clear and her writing style is simple, making this a fast read, not only for this, but also because it has less than a hundred pages and is divided into short headings.
In conclusion, I liked reading this book and I found it to be very interesting and inspirational.

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