Strive: How Doing The Things Most Uncomfortable Leads to Success

by Scott Amyx

Has success eluded you, no matter how hard you try?

Are you frustrated by trying to achieve your dreams by copying others? Internationally-acclaimed speaker and founder of the cutting-edge venture capital Amyx Ventures, Scott Amyx reveals how you can attain real success in your life, your way. His theory of Strive is a challenge to the conventional wisdom that has held so many people back from achieving their goals and enjoying lasting happiness.  Scott rose from obscure poverty to globe-trotting success, and he invites you to share in his journey by adopting a new mindset towards your personal embrace them.  Scott shows you how through stories of the most unlikely individuals who embraced difficult personal change to become outrageously successful. He helps you take stock of your own habits and practices to identify how your routine and misconceptions are holding you back. Fascinating insights from throughout history up through today’s cutting-edge research show how embracing discomfort fuels lasting success.

Shape your life in new, exciting ways. You can have control over your career, your outlook, your actions, and your priorities. This book helps you get a fresh start to begin building the successful life you want.

Discover what really drives success---and how conventional wisdom is wrong Clearly identify your own personal challenges---and how to overcome them Delve into the latest research on high performance to create a better you Learn how high-achievers approach challenge, change, and success Strive is an unconventional approach to attaining your dreams because it takes what makes you unique and turns it to your advantage. Have you been duped by common myths of success? Are you disappointed by the constant struggle in life?  Scott reveals how only you have the power to change your trajectory. Strive is your handbook for getting comfortable with discomfort, embracing and enjoying new challenges, and achieving real, lasting success.

Genres: Self Help

211 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 23, 2018

Reviews

[Syed Hassan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read. About how being passionate, practicing hard, being lucky etc do not always guarantee success. Being able to disrupt self and getting out of own's comfort zone are critical to success highlighted well drawing examples of many successful personalities. Also gives a 'STRIVE' sequence in which it can be executed - Set a goal, Think about how to get there/plan for success, Risk/embrace, Insights/learn from the uncomfortable change, Verify progress and Enhance yourself mentally/physically.

[Jenny Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG what an explicit Scott, keep it up

[Rowan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author's theory is that most theories about how to achieve success are fundamentally incorrect One thing that he thinks is missing is little attention to the need to take risks and step outside one's comfort zone.

His ideas have some weight to them, because he himself rose from a difficult childhood as an immigrant whose mother had a mental breakdown, and was raised in foster homes, finally graduating college. He had several successful and failed businesses but always rose to success.

He sprinkles the information about the plan towards success with stories both positive and negative illustrating his principles, of famous people from many walks of life from ancient history through present time from a variety of backgrounds.

For me, the ideas were not stunningly original, and they do, in fact, mirror Agile methodology. They dovetail with several of my recent readings in that making experiments, even if they are mistakes, are necessary for continual improvement.

This is a reasonable book to read to keep yourself psyched and on the journey to success. Defining success is sort of an epilogue in the book. He doesn't define it as money or fame, but rather advocated defining it as satisfaction.

This book will only seem revolutionary if you are of a mind set that says only hard work and talent are necessary for success. Otherwise, if you already know this, it is just a nice inspirational book. I have nothing against inspirational books and it's good to be reminded of the importance of stretching yourself and taking risks.

I recommend this book for anyone who likes a good read about success and risk taking. It was a nice add this year to my other self improvement reading. It's not very long and the stories make it go down easily.

[Ken Hamner · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best books I’ve read this year and I would consider it essential reading for entrepreneurs. Packed with great advice.

[Nsreen · Rating 3 out of 5]

كتاب جيد بعض الاحيان احتاج اقرا اشياء بديهيه لمن افقد الشغف بالحياه

[Heather Larcombe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Early in the book he specifies what the letters of strive stand for and briefly explains each one. Pretty much you can stop reading/listening there. The rest of the book is endless stories and examples of people who implemented the various letters' recommendations.

[Aziz · Rating 5 out of 5]

كتاب جميل تكلم عن المثابرة والمعاناة وتحويلها الى قصص نجاح باهرة وملهمه للكثير