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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 challenges: 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 successStrive 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.

Strive: How Doing The Things Most Uncomfortable Leads to Success

Introduction ixWinning at Life1 Strive 1Popular Beliefs About Success Are Profoundly Wrong Strive for Real, Lasting Success2 Are You Passionate Enough? 13Passion PlaysPassion and Success: What Is the Connection?Passion Without Innate AbilitiesPassion Without Knowledge and ExperiencePassion Without Economic GainArtistic Success: Get the Picture?Famous by 30 or Bust!Invest Your Money for Art School--Get an MBA3 Practice and Opportunity 33The Practice of PracticeYouth Sports: Gateway to Success?Unequal Success Among the Equally QualifiedUnequal Opportunity Versus YouBrazil: Rising Above Race and ClassRising Above4 Are You Special? 51The Idea That Only Exceptional People BecomeSuccessful Is WrongFlight: Doing It "Wright"Power, Money, and FailureThe Power of Being Nobody SpecialYou Can Achieve Greatness, Regardless of Who You Are5 The Secret Things 69The Idea That Successful People Have Hidden Advantages Is a LieLucky in Life?That Sinking FeelingLucky Lottery Winners?The Impact of External CircumstancesMany Advantages, No SuccessUrsula Burns, Risk TakerThe Real Hidden Advantage6 Disrupt Yourself 87Use Self-Disruption to Attain SuccessDisrupting the Body: Building MuscleDisrupting the IndividualShooting for the StarsThe Power of OReinventing Your BusinessDisrupting Your NationStarting Successfully7 Abandoning Your Comfort Zone 109Risk ItComfort Zone Versus Twilight ZoneRisk-Taking Impacts the WorldJourney to America: In Search of ReligiousFreedomRisky BusinessAmazonPersonal Risk, Incredible GrowthInto the Light8 When the Going Gets Tough 127Pairing Risk with Perseverance Is Necessary for Your Ultimate SuccessStaying the Path, Eyes AheadInsights Help You Reassess Your GoalsThe Blind Man Riding on the Back of a Blind TigerA Cinderella StoryInsights Help You PersevereTaking the Long View and the Long RoadComing from Nowhere, Going SomewhereFail Again and AgainInto the Heart of DarknessPassion Play9 Verify and Magnify Your Success 145Periodically Check to See If You Are MeetingGoals and Stretching Yourself to Achieve SuccessVerifyPersonal GrowthQuantification of OutcomesAre You Coasting?Magnify Your SuccessThe MagnifierThe Platform EffectNetwork EffectsNow What?10 Enhance Yourself 163Success Without Self-Care Is FailureHacking the Body--By Any Means?BiohackingFuture YouBusy = Better?Good Health--Do You Measure Up?Boost Your BrainpowerStress, Rest, and Your BrainMeditation Can Rewire Your Brain--For GoodSome Final WordsEpilogue 185Your Personal Journey to Success Will Be EntirelyUniqueShould Success Be Measured Only by Money, Status, and Power?The Ethics of StriveStriving, for LifeStriving TogetherIndex 203