Bigger, Better, Bolder
Live the Life You Want, Not the Life You Get
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- £2.99
Publisher Description
I know what it takes to get what you want in life. It's a habit anyone can learn, a skill you can develop, a gift you don't need to be born with. The more experience you get, the more confident you'll be. Even when you fail, you'll feel stronger with each try you make. At work, at home, wherever your life unfolds-be bold. Take action. Ask for the right things. Chase what you want instead of taking what you can get. What do you want most in life, and why don't you have it?
Think about the things that give your life depth, focus, and meaning: deeply satisfying relationships with plenty of give and take, physical health and emotional wellbeing, passion projects, self-esteem, and self-respect. Bold people have these things. Bold people recognize what's holding them back-and it's almost always a fear of failure. They train to overcome their fears, they embrace the 10% Target, and they create everyday, life-long habits to get what they want.
Bigger, Better, Bolder brings readers one step closer to boldness, one chapter at a time. With practical takeaways and action steps-bite-sized Bold Moves-and real-life case studies of boldness in action, Jennifer Cohen teaches you how to get what you want.
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This upbeat manual by Habits & Hustle podcaster Cohen (Strong Is the New Skinny) provides guidance on achieving one's goals. She outlines 16 principles for living a "richer, fuller life," including "choose a direction, not a destination" and "be obsessively curious." Urging readers to believe in themselves, Cohen recommends building confidence by completing "small, bold" tasks, which can be as minor as asking for extra ketchup from a server or as consequential as negotiating a better mortgage. She advocates for simplifying one's lifestyle to reduce "decision fatigue," and to that end endorses developing routines, planning meals, and completing difficult tasks early in the day when one has the most energy. Cohen sometimes struggles to find evidence supporting her advice, as when she posits that naivete can be a strength and recounts how musician Jewel negotiated her first record contract while homeless at age 19, but then notes that Jewel "went to the library and did her research" beforehand, raising the question of whether someone who educated themselves can actually be called naive. Readers in need of a boost will find it here, even if some of the recommendations don't check out.
