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Entrepurpose
I was 16 and was in the optometrist's office for the first time. I played baseball for most of my childhood and I was pretty good. I thought I had good eyesight because professionals baseball players have superior eye sight. So, when I say that I was surprised that not only did I not have superior vision, my vision was blurry and I had no idea.
I played the position of catcher and I had adapted to reading the ball without good eyes. I didn't know what I didn't know. So, when I say that I put my glasses on for the first time and was blown away. Perhaps, you can understand.
I turned around and looked out the window at the trees across the street. For the first time in my life, I saw the individual leaves swaying in the wind. I saw the texture of the bark. The hills, miles beyond the trees, had ridges.
I stared in disbelief. The details were so clear. Everything was so clear and crisp. Is this what the rest of the world sees every day? What have I been missing out on?
The world didn't change that day in the optometry office. The leaves have always been there to be appreciated, but I changed. I became more of myself and was able to appreciate life on a deeper level.
Finding your purpose is like slipping on prescription lenses for the first time. Everything becomes crisp and clear. The color of life becomes more vibrant.
Why am I here?
Entrepurpose is a book inspired by 13 intense years of struggle to find the answer to the question.
That journey took me through three depressions, alcoholism, and obesity as I tried to reconcile my life without purpose, without vision.
Now that I know my why, I have experienced an infusion of life and focus that I have never felt before.
This work has become my mission and I can enjoy it more fully each day. But, it came at a price. That price was 13 years.
My story is our gift to you.
Inside these pages are the tools and principles which led me to understand what I was born to do.
If you apply these principles to your life, you will begin to see that every experience no matter how painful is part of your strength. If you feel different from others, a misfit perhaps, this book will show you why different is better than better. Maybe, for the first time, you will begin to accept who you are.
Whatever the reason that brought you here, know that you are here for a reason. That reason can be understood and once you know it, you will have a responsibility to impact the world in the way only you can.
Welcome to your rebirth.
I played the position of catcher and I had adapted to reading the ball without good eyes. I didn't know what I didn't know. So, when I say that I put my glasses on for the first time and was blown away. Perhaps, you can understand.
I turned around and looked out the window at the trees across the street. For the first time in my life, I saw the individual leaves swaying in the wind. I saw the texture of the bark. The hills, miles beyond the trees, had ridges.
I stared in disbelief. The details were so clear. Everything was so clear and crisp. Is this what the rest of the world sees every day? What have I been missing out on?
The world didn't change that day in the optometry office. The leaves have always been there to be appreciated, but I changed. I became more of myself and was able to appreciate life on a deeper level.
Finding your purpose is like slipping on prescription lenses for the first time. Everything becomes crisp and clear. The color of life becomes more vibrant.
Why am I here?
Entrepurpose is a book inspired by 13 intense years of struggle to find the answer to the question.
That journey took me through three depressions, alcoholism, and obesity as I tried to reconcile my life without purpose, without vision.
Now that I know my why, I have experienced an infusion of life and focus that I have never felt before.
This work has become my mission and I can enjoy it more fully each day. But, it came at a price. That price was 13 years.
My story is our gift to you.
Inside these pages are the tools and principles which led me to understand what I was born to do.
If you apply these principles to your life, you will begin to see that every experience no matter how painful is part of your strength. If you feel different from others, a misfit perhaps, this book will show you why different is better than better. Maybe, for the first time, you will begin to accept who you are.
Whatever the reason that brought you here, know that you are here for a reason. That reason can be understood and once you know it, you will have a responsibility to impact the world in the way only you can.
Welcome to your rebirth.
138 pages, Paperback
Published October 8, 2016
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December 29, 2016
I found this book immensely reaffirming. For me, I held a lot of the concepts in this book true without any terms or explanations.
The first thing I read that really resonated with was the concept that time is a valued currency. I’ve said for a long time (I even wrote it in my own personal Code) that the only two true forms of currency are love and time. This book speaks to that belief and supports it with both relevant anecdotal evidence as well as research. If you only buy this book to read Chapter 8, it would be worth the money.
This isn’t just true of someone who likes self-help, non-fiction books. This chapter is specifically for all those people who “say” they want to be an author. This chapter forces a person to look at their life and truly understand what they do establishes their priorities.
This book speaks to sticking to your purpose and pushing, never giving up. That’s pretty much me in a nutshell.
rusty-profile-webThere were parts that truly got me thinking. The big conundrum to authors is the idea of supply and demand. Great businesses tap into what’s going to happen. They jump the market. They give people what they want. This is very hard to do as an author. At the end of the day, people want to read good stories. So how does one of a huge number of authors prove his stories are good or better than the other books out there? How does an author earn the time of readers? This is a mystery I’m trying to solve, and the answer will make whatever author learns it very successful.
This book speaks to mentorship. It challenges people to seek out people more successful than you. I’ve done that over the last year or so, finding the Slush Brain and other people that I can speak to and learn from. Writers WANT to be part of a group of successful authors. Just look at history and you’ll see what tends to happen to talented individuals who share that sort of energy.
brian-laprathThis book challenges readers to look at what they’re doing and why. It gives readers courses of action that can help them drive in on what they want. I’d have like a bit more time in terms of identifying purpose. While I have my purpose, I find that most people don’t, and I felt if any part could have more, or rather if I wanted any more of one segment, that would be what I’d wish. I tell my students pretty much daily that I don’t care what they want; I just want them to WANT SOMETHING. So more information on finding that, and if I’m being honest, helping others find that, would have made this product even stronger.
Entrepurpose isn’t good because a friend of mine wrote it; it’s good because it’s useful. It’s good because it does what I think non-fiction should do. It calls you out, offers you tools, and forces you to admit you’re the one who has to move. I’m so very glad for Rusty and Brian. I recommend this book most specifically for people who know what they want, but are afraid or unsure if they should go for it.
The first thing I read that really resonated with was the concept that time is a valued currency. I’ve said for a long time (I even wrote it in my own personal Code) that the only two true forms of currency are love and time. This book speaks to that belief and supports it with both relevant anecdotal evidence as well as research. If you only buy this book to read Chapter 8, it would be worth the money.
This isn’t just true of someone who likes self-help, non-fiction books. This chapter is specifically for all those people who “say” they want to be an author. This chapter forces a person to look at their life and truly understand what they do establishes their priorities.
This book speaks to sticking to your purpose and pushing, never giving up. That’s pretty much me in a nutshell.
rusty-profile-webThere were parts that truly got me thinking. The big conundrum to authors is the idea of supply and demand. Great businesses tap into what’s going to happen. They jump the market. They give people what they want. This is very hard to do as an author. At the end of the day, people want to read good stories. So how does one of a huge number of authors prove his stories are good or better than the other books out there? How does an author earn the time of readers? This is a mystery I’m trying to solve, and the answer will make whatever author learns it very successful.
This book speaks to mentorship. It challenges people to seek out people more successful than you. I’ve done that over the last year or so, finding the Slush Brain and other people that I can speak to and learn from. Writers WANT to be part of a group of successful authors. Just look at history and you’ll see what tends to happen to talented individuals who share that sort of energy.
brian-laprathThis book challenges readers to look at what they’re doing and why. It gives readers courses of action that can help them drive in on what they want. I’d have like a bit more time in terms of identifying purpose. While I have my purpose, I find that most people don’t, and I felt if any part could have more, or rather if I wanted any more of one segment, that would be what I’d wish. I tell my students pretty much daily that I don’t care what they want; I just want them to WANT SOMETHING. So more information on finding that, and if I’m being honest, helping others find that, would have made this product even stronger.
Entrepurpose isn’t good because a friend of mine wrote it; it’s good because it’s useful. It’s good because it does what I think non-fiction should do. It calls you out, offers you tools, and forces you to admit you’re the one who has to move. I’m so very glad for Rusty and Brian. I recommend this book most specifically for people who know what they want, but are afraid or unsure if they should go for it.
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