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Quitless
The Power of Persistence in Business and Life
By Alinka Rutkowska, Patricia Daly, Vanessa Taylor-OCONNOR, Susan Gilbert, Richard Mowrey, Kevin Jackson, Aaron Vick, Glenn Hopper, Julien Barbier, Connie Ragen Green, Poirier Corey, Karl Shaikh, Mike Giannulis, Magnus Penker, Russell Raynor, Mar Ricketts, Carl Mitchell, Maria Pappa, Mark Gredler, Rodney Stamps, Ray Brehm, James Wetrich, Fred Weigel, Azul Terronez, Po Chung, Yvi Jones, Ayn Sullivan, Anita Semprimoznik, Steve Ferreira, Kent Larson, Olakunle Soriyan and Gregory Magruder
Published by Leaders Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
QUITLESS is not just another anthology encouraging you to "mush on" in the face of hardship or to "manifest your dreams." It is an honest, thoughtful look at the mental fortitude and dexterity it takes to own the title of tomorrow’s great entrepreneur.
HELICOPTER CRASHES, CORPORATE LAYOFFS, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN: UNDERSTANDING THE MINDSET OF THE UNSHAKEABLE!
Every single day there is an entrepreneur that comes to life for the first time – and every single day there is another, who is giving up on their dreams. Eleven letters. That’s all that separates them. Why are some catapulted to great professional heights, where others fail? Persistence.
QUITLESS is a comprehensive anthology of some of the most successful, die-hard, and tirelessly working entrepreneurs in the world. Together they weave a compelling narrative about the cruciality of learning to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get back in the game. Direct from the source, learn the art of responding purposefully, deliberately and pragmatically to the myriad obstacles standing between you and your own personal success story.
Start reading now to:
- Learn specific tactics and strategies for perseverance in the face of overwhelming odds
- Develop a mindset that welcomes challenges and adversity via cognitive programming
- Explore the value and usefulness of failure in developing resilience and new points of view
- Understand the paramount importance of orienting yourself in the right direction before you unleash your will power
- Set yourself apart as a forward-thinking leader of tomorrow’s professional landscape
- Save time, energy and fiscal resources by consistently checking in with your personal and professional “Why?”
- Understand how blind persistence can actually be a massive impediment to your own success
- Learn about how some of the greatest in the game, almost never were
Whether you’re an artist, a teacher, a programmer or an entrepreneur - come one, come all! Set yourself up for continued success by conditioning your mind to adapt, overcome and thrive!
The life you’ve always dreamed of living is right here, on the other side of fear - grab your copy of QUITLESS today!
Excerpt
INTRODUCTION
Eleven letters.
What if I told you that’s really all it takes to change the world? What if, instead of tripping over ourselves to learn from the mouths of the executive suite, real estate moguls, and venture capitalists, we just opened an Oxford Dictionary? It’s right there in front of our noses. Persistence. It’s as simple and as difficult as that.
Every single day there is an entrepreneur who comes to life for the first time. There is a moment, like lightning in the bones, when they realize with their whole being theirs is an idea that is going to impact millions. It’s a compulsion, a calling, an unquestionable fact that this thing must be brought into existence. And on every single one of those days, there is someone else who is giving up on their very same idea—the thing that once filled them with pride, with the energy of life. There are graveyards full of unfilled dreams. Unfortunately, there is no sagacious wisdom or hypnotic charm for success. You cannot buy it, beg for it, or borrow it—it must be earned, Old Testament style.
More often than not, it is our expectations that defeat us, not our circumstances. We believe that the hard work was in taming the muses, in the concentrated focus of generating the idea. After we’ve got that done, well, shouldn’t the world step-to and blaze a trail for us? No, you’ve got to earn your supper. If an idea is a body, then persistence is the road that no one else can walk for us. Not our family. Not our friends. Not our mentors.
Mahatma Ghandi asked of us to “be the change you wish to see in the world.” Fundamentally, I think he understood that before we can change anything outside of ourselves, we must be mentally and physically prepared for the trials and tribulations ahead. Make no mistake about it, failure is coming. You will trip and stumble, scrape your knee, and second-guess just how bad you want this crazy, ludicrous, wonderful idea. But you already have in your arsenal, everything you need to continue forward.
QUITLESS is an anthology dedicated to exactly this idea.
The game changers, the creative disruptors, the people that loudly proclaim “We refuse to color inside the lines!”—they come from all walks of life. They are not just entrepreneurs; they are artists, and engineers, and teachers, and parents. Yet, each and every one of them shares a piece of common ground: they persisted when it would have been easier not to. They pushed forward in the face of adversity, not stubbornly ramming their head against a wall, but strategically slipping life’s many jabs. The breadth of human stories encompassed in QUITLESS will take you to every tiny corner of the world, and my hope is that you begin to see that there is no archetype. There is no rigid system or set rules of the game. Every single one of you has the capacity to do something extraordinary.
So go out there, persist, and make it happen.
You might just change the world.
Eleven letters.
What if I told you that’s really all it takes to change the world? What if, instead of tripping over ourselves to learn from the mouths of the executive suite, real estate moguls, and venture capitalists, we just opened an Oxford Dictionary? It’s right there in front of our noses. Persistence. It’s as simple and as difficult as that.
Every single day there is an entrepreneur who comes to life for the first time. There is a moment, like lightning in the bones, when they realize with their whole being theirs is an idea that is going to impact millions. It’s a compulsion, a calling, an unquestionable fact that this thing must be brought into existence. And on every single one of those days, there is someone else who is giving up on their very same idea—the thing that once filled them with pride, with the energy of life. There are graveyards full of unfilled dreams. Unfortunately, there is no sagacious wisdom or hypnotic charm for success. You cannot buy it, beg for it, or borrow it—it must be earned, Old Testament style.
More often than not, it is our expectations that defeat us, not our circumstances. We believe that the hard work was in taming the muses, in the concentrated focus of generating the idea. After we’ve got that done, well, shouldn’t the world step-to and blaze a trail for us? No, you’ve got to earn your supper. If an idea is a body, then persistence is the road that no one else can walk for us. Not our family. Not our friends. Not our mentors.
Mahatma Ghandi asked of us to “be the change you wish to see in the world.” Fundamentally, I think he understood that before we can change anything outside of ourselves, we must be mentally and physically prepared for the trials and tribulations ahead. Make no mistake about it, failure is coming. You will trip and stumble, scrape your knee, and second-guess just how bad you want this crazy, ludicrous, wonderful idea. But you already have in your arsenal, everything you need to continue forward.
QUITLESS is an anthology dedicated to exactly this idea.
The game changers, the creative disruptors, the people that loudly proclaim “We refuse to color inside the lines!”—they come from all walks of life. They are not just entrepreneurs; they are artists, and engineers, and teachers, and parents. Yet, each and every one of them shares a piece of common ground: they persisted when it would have been easier not to. They pushed forward in the face of adversity, not stubbornly ramming their head against a wall, but strategically slipping life’s many jabs. The breadth of human stories encompassed in QUITLESS will take you to every tiny corner of the world, and my hope is that you begin to see that there is no archetype. There is no rigid system or set rules of the game. Every single one of you has the capacity to do something extraordinary.
So go out there, persist, and make it happen.
You might just change the world.
Product Details
- Publisher: Leaders Press (July 6, 2021)
- Length: 260 pages
- ISBN13: 9781637350539
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