Award Winning International Best Seller Achieve Beyond Expectations will inspire and inform you. This easy to read book shows you “how to” overcome barriers to make what appears to be impossible, POSSIBLE! You will discover how the achievers highlighted in this book conquered crushing obstacles and ignited their power within. You will find specific strategies to overcome your self-imposed barriers created by lack of confidence, negative emotions, low expectations, harmful habits. As a result, you will achieve beyond expectations. Bill Blokker, Ed.D. has decades of experience as a highly successful leadership and human performance consultant. Blokker provides practical, research-based and proven effective strategies to to ignite you power within. Blokker challenges you with assessment and awareness activities so you better understand how you are paralyzing your performance. This inspirational book will provide the blueprint to transform your life. In "Achieve Beyond Expectations," Dr. Bill Blokker beautifully weaves together psychological principles, research findings, and personal experience to assist the reader in taking control of becoming the best possible version of themselves. —Renee Z. Dominguez, Ph.D. Executive Director Family Service Center Wilmette, Illinois This is not a feel-good book that will coddle you into encouragement. It will show you where you need to grow and how. As someone who works with start-ups and consults with executives, I can see using it as a developmental text to grow their potential. —Milo de Prieto Branding and Communication Consultant Barcelona, Spain In his book, Achieve Beyond Expectations, Bill Blokker helps you to understand that regardless of your background and the hardships you have faced, you can still go on to achieve greatness. With every chapter you read you will find out more and more about your strengths and the areas you need to work on! —Olivia Stasi Personal Trainer United Kingdom Bill Blokker has created the perfect blend of science, insight and inspiration that can be applied to any aspect of your life in his book "Achieve Beyond Expectations." —Michelle Tatom Director Global Account Management SkyKick In this exceptional read, Bill Blokker educates and motivates the reader to overcome incredible odds to achieve their dreams. —CRAIG WHELDEN Major General, U.S. Army (retired) Achieve Beyond Expectations is an in-depth how-to that digs into a number of common obstacles that keep us from attaining all our life goals. Author Bill Blokker, Ed.D. unpacks easy-to-miss behaviors and mindsets that stifle our potential in every facet of life. —Cassandra Woody Professor University of Oklahoma
This book is both easy to read and very challenging. It is a thoroughly systematic meditation on how to achieve excellence in your life. The challenging part is that it forces you to do the actual self-awareness growth work. So it’s not for the faint of heart but for those who really want to move to the next level personally and professionally. I found myself uncomfortable when it guided me to confront my own shortcomings. This is not a feel-good book that will coddle you into encouragement. It will show you where you need to grow and how. As someone who works with start-ups and consults executives, I can see using it as a developmental textbook of sorts, a resource that would help any budding leader grow into their more full potential, leading others along the way. But then again, this has been the work of Dr. Blokker since I have had the honor of meeting him.
This book makes you take a good look at yourself and shuts down any excuse for not showing up for yourself. Anyone serious about doing the work to transform beyond ordinary should dig into this book. I will revisit this book anytime I start second guessing my ability to do something. I love the activities and how they raise self-awareness. I also think it helps with identifying better ways to interact with direct reports and children. I have recommended this book to several peers and friends. I think all parents and anyone in leadership should read this book.
Envision what you want to achieve in any area of your life. What’s stopping you from getting there?
If you need some direction, Bill Blokker’s book “Achieve Beyond Expectations,” might be a good place to start.
I enjoyed the explanation of self-efficacy. I think a lot of our emotions, habits, and expectations come down to our beliefs in our abilities. We have to develop the skill to recognize our power and the control we have over the reality we create. Believe that you have the ability to handle difficult situations.
There are a lot of activities throughout the book to help us achieve whatever it is that we desire.
Bill Blokker provides step by step guidance on how any individual can overcome self doubt, self imposed obstacles, and the feelings of overwhelm when working towards your next level.
There are a number of helpful real life examples of how people have achieved what seemed initially to be impossible.
This is one of my top book recommendations to my team to help them achieve their potential in life.
It’s a great book!!! I’ve had the opportunity to sit in on a few zoom meetings and he is very thorough! A must have for anyone wanting learn more about themselves 👍👍