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Unhackable: The Elixir for Creating Flawless Ideas, Leveraging Superhuman Focus, and Achieving Optimal Human Performance
Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best SellerHuman knowledge once doubled every thousand years.
Today, it's every twelve hours. No wonder we can't keep up!
Welcome to the Attention Economy-where you are the product. In this digital landscape, they keep score with eyeballs and eardrums. Your attention-even for a few seconds-translates into cold, hard cash they're willing to manipulate and even hack you for.
The truth is, you're getting hacked every day, and you don't even realize it. A hack is when someone or something gains unauthorized access to a computer or a system. Want to know something scary? People can be hacked. It happens millions of times a day. Your focus is the prize-and they'll hack you to get it.
Does this sound familiar? You cleared your schedule, woke up early, and informed your family and friends you're unreachable. An entire day dedicated to finally working on your dream.
Buzz. Ring. Beep. Five minutes in, another disruption. Notifications flash across your screen. Focus. Where were you? Your phone vibrates. Now you crave a distraction and the dopamine fix. Scroll. Scroll. Who are you kidding? Productivity plummets. Morale declines. Your dream gets sidelined and sabotaged-yet again. Unless you're Unhackable.
Better than money, power, or connections-Unhackable is the new secret weapon of super achievers-the ones who live their dreams.
Kary Oberbrunner made it his mission to discover if humans could become Unhackable. After a six-year exploration of neurobiology, art, science, technology, education, athletics, the military, and business, he emerged with an answer-the unmistakable elixir behind all idea achievement and productivity.
This book reveals that answer in 30 daily missions. Discover how to
create a life you love defined by freedom, finances, and fulfillmenttap into your hidden ability for superhuman focus to get more done in far less timeorganize your life around "flow"-where you feel your best and perform your bestwake up every day thrilled to live your dreamDitch the hype. Tap into hope. Science fiction has blurred into science fact. Time to become Unhackable.
Award-winning author and international entrepreneur Kary Oberbrunner makes high performance, productivity, and goal achievement a breeze for busy professionals struggling to maintain laser focus in a world riddled with distraction.
Today, it's every twelve hours. No wonder we can't keep up!
Welcome to the Attention Economy-where you are the product. In this digital landscape, they keep score with eyeballs and eardrums. Your attention-even for a few seconds-translates into cold, hard cash they're willing to manipulate and even hack you for.
The truth is, you're getting hacked every day, and you don't even realize it. A hack is when someone or something gains unauthorized access to a computer or a system. Want to know something scary? People can be hacked. It happens millions of times a day. Your focus is the prize-and they'll hack you to get it.
Does this sound familiar? You cleared your schedule, woke up early, and informed your family and friends you're unreachable. An entire day dedicated to finally working on your dream.
Buzz. Ring. Beep. Five minutes in, another disruption. Notifications flash across your screen. Focus. Where were you? Your phone vibrates. Now you crave a distraction and the dopamine fix. Scroll. Scroll. Who are you kidding? Productivity plummets. Morale declines. Your dream gets sidelined and sabotaged-yet again. Unless you're Unhackable.
Better than money, power, or connections-Unhackable is the new secret weapon of super achievers-the ones who live their dreams.
Kary Oberbrunner made it his mission to discover if humans could become Unhackable. After a six-year exploration of neurobiology, art, science, technology, education, athletics, the military, and business, he emerged with an answer-the unmistakable elixir behind all idea achievement and productivity.
This book reveals that answer in 30 daily missions. Discover how to
create a life you love defined by freedom, finances, and fulfillmenttap into your hidden ability for superhuman focus to get more done in far less timeorganize your life around "flow"-where you feel your best and perform your bestwake up every day thrilled to live your dreamDitch the hype. Tap into hope. Science fiction has blurred into science fact. Time to become Unhackable.
Award-winning author and international entrepreneur Kary Oberbrunner makes high performance, productivity, and goal achievement a breeze for busy professionals struggling to maintain laser focus in a world riddled with distraction.
318 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 18, 2020
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About the author
Kary Oberbrunner
92 books68 followersKARY OBERBRUNNER is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of 14 books. As CEO of Igniting Souls® and Instant IP™ he helps abundant-minded & coachable-competent entrepreneurs PUBLISH, PROTECT, and PROMOTE their intellectual property and turn it into 18 streams of income so they can change the world.
An award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and inventor, he’s been featured in Entrepreneur, Forbes, CBS, Fox News, Yahoo, and many other major media outlets. His TEDx has been viewed over 1 million times.
As a young man, he suffered from severe stuttering, depression, and self-injury. Today a transformed man, Kary ignites souls: speaking internationally on a variety of topics and consulting the world's top entrepreneurs and brands regarding publishing, protecting, and promoting intellectual property.
He has several earned degrees, including a Bachelor of Arts, Masters in Divinity, and Doctorate in Transformational Leadership. He also serves as the Berry Chair of Entrepreneurship at Cedarville University, where he teaches on the topics of Entrepreneurship and Digital Marketing. Kary enjoys cycling, especially in the French Alps. He lives in Ohio with his wife Kelly and three children: Keegan, Isabel, and Addison.
An award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and inventor, he’s been featured in Entrepreneur, Forbes, CBS, Fox News, Yahoo, and many other major media outlets. His TEDx has been viewed over 1 million times.
As a young man, he suffered from severe stuttering, depression, and self-injury. Today a transformed man, Kary ignites souls: speaking internationally on a variety of topics and consulting the world's top entrepreneurs and brands regarding publishing, protecting, and promoting intellectual property.
He has several earned degrees, including a Bachelor of Arts, Masters in Divinity, and Doctorate in Transformational Leadership. He also serves as the Berry Chair of Entrepreneurship at Cedarville University, where he teaches on the topics of Entrepreneurship and Digital Marketing. Kary enjoys cycling, especially in the French Alps. He lives in Ohio with his wife Kelly and three children: Keegan, Isabel, and Addison.
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June 4, 2022
Good reminder of things we know but not always use
May 16, 2021
Throughout the book Oberbrunner uses the phrases "getting-hacked" and "boon" which can simply be replaced by "getting-distracted" and "goal".
The first 2 thirds of this book take a significant amount of "influence" from Nir Eyal's "Indistractable" with the last third of the book being a regurgitation of Steven Kotler and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's work.
I still rated this 3 stars because if you have read most of Kotler's work and other popular titles in this niche then you can reframe your experience with Unhackable as a commentary on already well-established ideas. If you're able to do this then you'll enjoy the book, if not, stick with Kotler.
The first 2 thirds of this book take a significant amount of "influence" from Nir Eyal's "Indistractable" with the last third of the book being a regurgitation of Steven Kotler and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's work.
I still rated this 3 stars because if you have read most of Kotler's work and other popular titles in this niche then you can reframe your experience with Unhackable as a commentary on already well-established ideas. If you're able to do this then you'll enjoy the book, if not, stick with Kotler.
January 30, 2023
Unhackable was entirely responsible for my retiring my 14-year non-profit fundraising career and opening a small business consulting company. Kary Oberbrunner offers practical tips that fight limiting mindsets I didn’t even know I had. Books can often be inspiring. Unhackable was not just inspiring, it was a strategic, play-by-play workbook that carried me out of one career into my calling.
I’ve received advice before; however, the way Unhackable was written offered the ability to unlock potential in me that I had never tried to pursue before.
Kary weaves in quotes from various movies, literature, and his life experience that pierced through my preconceived notions and persuaded me to forward in what was already within me.
I am shocked at how significant every chapter in Unhackable was. I was not expecting to be impressed, and somehow I was magically motivated by each small chapter.
I can not thank Kary enough. Thank you for chasing your boon and offering us encouragement and practical steps along the way.
Highly recommend this book to anyone who isn’t even aware of their potential; you’ll discover more than you imagined.
I’ve received advice before; however, the way Unhackable was written offered the ability to unlock potential in me that I had never tried to pursue before.
Kary weaves in quotes from various movies, literature, and his life experience that pierced through my preconceived notions and persuaded me to forward in what was already within me.
I am shocked at how significant every chapter in Unhackable was. I was not expecting to be impressed, and somehow I was magically motivated by each small chapter.
I can not thank Kary enough. Thank you for chasing your boon and offering us encouragement and practical steps along the way.
Highly recommend this book to anyone who isn’t even aware of their potential; you’ll discover more than you imagined.
August 11, 2021
I love this book for many reasons. Firstly because it covers many areas and also because it gives very concrete advice. Focus is the key to make anything happens. As Kary Oberbrunner explains it, the problem is everyone wants your focus and attention (people, social media feeds, advertisement...). When you get distracted, you lose your focus and if you lose your focus, you get nothing done and you become a product. This book explains how to reclaim your inner power and your focus. Excellent book.
May 8, 2023
Good ideas, though heavily referential to other, more groundbreaking, works by others. The vocabulary of “boon” was a bit distracting, as were the frequent references to film and YouTube clips (is this a test, Kary? Are you trying to hack me? 😆)
Im teetering between 3-4 stars, giving 4 because I do genuinely appreciate the inspiration and tips for getting focused and finding your purpose. I especially liked the Do-Delegate-Dump portion.
Im teetering between 3-4 stars, giving 4 because I do genuinely appreciate the inspiration and tips for getting focused and finding your purpose. I especially liked the Do-Delegate-Dump portion.
March 31, 2024
Four. Stars for the material, five stars for the way it’s organised.
Other reviews point out that this book has material similar to other books. They don’t get it.
This book is an experience. You have to be ready. You have to be able to sell yourself on it. And you have to do it.
There’s no use just reading it and saying to yourself “ oh, I know that.”
I had to read the whole thing to get sold on it. I’m inspired to reread it to put it into practice.
Wonderful book, when you’re ready.
Other reviews point out that this book has material similar to other books. They don’t get it.
This book is an experience. You have to be ready. You have to be able to sell yourself on it. And you have to do it.
There’s no use just reading it and saying to yourself “ oh, I know that.”
I had to read the whole thing to get sold on it. I’m inspired to reread it to put it into practice.
Wonderful book, when you’re ready.
February 22, 2022
Not what I was expecting...
Although this book might be helpful for those starting from absolute zero, the rest may find it redundant. It treats you like a child and explains everything by bringing up the author's other work and promoting his program. Again, a good choice if you need to be babied but for everyone else, stay away.
Although this book might be helpful for those starting from absolute zero, the rest may find it redundant. It treats you like a child and explains everything by bringing up the author's other work and promoting his program. Again, a good choice if you need to be babied but for everyone else, stay away.
November 16, 2021
Fairly strong
A little contrived at times as if to fill up a certain number of chapters or pages. Overall, there are great nuggets. Best topics revolve around the central theme of how to manage things that “hack” you. Otherwise, there’s a lot of goal setting discussion.
A little contrived at times as if to fill up a certain number of chapters or pages. Overall, there are great nuggets. Best topics revolve around the central theme of how to manage things that “hack” you. Otherwise, there’s a lot of goal setting discussion.
March 26, 2022
This is a pretty good book - not too long and a few interesting ideas.
October 9, 2022
A great thesis with outstanding support in a easily followed recipe for success. So many lessons and insightful observations ate packed in this book. Stop being hacked and own your RAM!
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