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The 5 Second Rule – Book Summary

This great book by Mel Robbins shows the importance of listening to your instincts. Sometimes you have these hunches - moments when you have a sudden urge to do something that may be uncomfortable for you. Let's say you know you need to become fitter and you're walking past a gym. You suddenly get an urge to walk in and workout, but you immediately come up with 10 reasons why this is a bad idea. It was your subconscious helping you get closer to your goals. The 5-second rule is an instrument that helps you take advantage of these hunches and achieve all your goals.

The Closer’s Survival Guide – Book Summary

This great book by Grant Cardone shows the importance of learning to close. As he puts it, the only real reason a person fails in life is their inability to close others on providing resources, energy, money, support or whatever it is they need in order to achieve what it is they want. Below I outlined the main points that I took from this book.

Are you allowing yourself to feel happy?

Everyone wants to feel happy. And most of us believe that external events and circumstances will make us happy. But have you noticed that when you get what you thought would make you happy - you feel satisfied for some time, but it doesn't last long? And then you set yet another target goal and struggle to achieve it. Does your happiness come from achieving specific goals? From buying certain things? These events and actions can help us open up to the feeling of happiness, but....

If You’re Not First, You’re Last – Book Summary

This great book by Grant Cardone shows the exact attitude that you need to have and actions that you need to take in order to dominate your field, regardless of the product you sell or service you provide. It is geared towards periods of economic contractions but has also a lot of general information about how to get ahead of your competition and grow your business. Below I outlined the main points that I took from this book.

Be Obsessed or Be Average – Book Summary

This great book by Grant Cardone shows the importance of being obsessed with your life. Give yourself permission to have an intense desire to win in every area of your life and throw yourself all in on your dreams. That is a sure way to achieve success and to stop being average as your education, money situation, gender, race, religion and abilities don't matter anymore. Below I outlined the main points that I took from this book.

Why you matter

However hard it is to believe that you as a single person can make a difference, the truth is - we always affect the world around us and more than we think. As an example, think about what chain of events you could have caused by ...

Top 5 – TED Talks – Personal Development

There is a major shift happening nowadays in the area of self-development. More and more people are becoming mindful and conscious of their choices and thoughts. Prior to reading and listening to self-development books, watching educational videos, such as the ones I linked below, I have been mostly going through life as someone who was reactive rather than proactive. Now, I am a firm believer that our thoughts create our reality and knowing that has changed the way I live my life for the best.