Living Outrageously Your Hero's Journey
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Living Outrageously Your Hero's Journey is the result of an obsessive quest, spanning more than a decade, to discover the answers to one question:
For all things in my life, how can I maximise my experience so that I am truly living outrageously?
In this ground-breaking manifesto, #1 iTunes podcast host and Peak Performance Coach Dave Thompson reveals how ordinary people can achieve outrageous results in their lives and businesses.
This is the go-to guidebook for passionate, creative and intelligent people who want to live outrageously.
Whatever your outrageous is, whether it be starting a business, travelling the world, coaching or playing elite sport or something else creative, this manifesto is a call to arms to you...
Go find YOUR thing, blaze your own trail and make a positive impact on the world.
Dave Thompson
Dave Thompson is the author of over one hundred books, including best-selling biographies of the Sweet, David Bowie and Sparks
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Living Outrageously Your Hero's Journey - Dave Thompson
Living Outrageously
Your Hero’s Journey
By Dave Thompson
First published in 2014 by Thompson Coaching Group International Pty Ltd
11 Piermont Place, Cleveland, Qld 4163
Office also in Melbourne
© Thompson Coaching Group International Pty Ltd
The moral rights of the author have been asserted.
Smashwords Edition
National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:
Author:
Thompson, David
Title:
Living Outrageously: Your Hero’s Journey / David Thompson
ISBN:
9781310549991
Subjects:
Leadership
Motivation (Psychology)
Self-Actualisation (Psychology)
Attitude (Psychology)
All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the Australian Copyright Act 1968 (for example, a fair dealing for the purposes of study, research, criticism or review) , no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, communicated or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission. All enquiries should be made to the publisher at the above address.
Editor-in-chief:
Paula Bridges
Disclaimer:
The material in this publication is of the nature of general comment only, and does not represent professional advice. It is not intended to provide specific guidance for particular circumstances and it should not be relied on as the basis for any decision to take action or not take action on any matter which it covers. Readers should obtain professional advice where appropriate, before making any such decision. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the author and publisher disclaim all responsibility and liability to any person, arising directly or indirectly from any person taking or not taking action based on the information in this publication.
To those crazy, outrageous members
of the Samurai Lounge, this is for you.
***
Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1: YOUR HERO’S JOURNEY
THE HERO BECOMES DISCONTENT
ENTERING THE NEW WORLD
THE HERO BECOMES A REBEL
Chapter 2: STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN
OVERCOMING REJECTION
THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR OWN PERSONAL MANIFESTO
MONEY IN THE BANK: BUSINESS MANIFESTO
DO YOU REALLY CARE?
DOES YOUR BUSINESS REALLY CARE?
GIVE-A-CRAP MARKETING
ACTIVITY: CREATE YOUR OWN PERSONAL & BUSINESS MANIFESTO
Chapter 3: IMPOSSIBLE IS AN OPINION
BACK YOURSELF
TRUST SELF TO EXECUTE
REBUILD TRUST IN YOURSELF
FOCUS ON FINDING THE WAY
WHAT YOU FOCUS ON IS WHAT YOU GET
YOUR FOCUS IS PRECIOUS
ACTIVITY: LASER TARGET YOUR FOCUS
Chapter 4: ZERO TO HERO
EVERYTHING IS A STRATEGY
THE 3 SHOW-STOPPERS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT THEM
THE PERFECTIONIST STRATEGY
THE SUPER ACHIEVER STRATEGY
THE SITTING ON THE FENCE STRATEGY
MODELING EXCELLENCE TO CREATE OUTRAGEOUS RESULTS
HOW DID YOU DO THAT?
THE SECRET FORMULA TO MODELLING EXCELLENCE
OUTSTANDING MODELS OF EXCELLENCE
FINAL THOUGHTS ON MODELING
Chapter 5: ENJOY A FULL EXPERIENCE OF LIFE
DO WHAT YOU WERE PUT HERE TO DO
CHOOSE EFFECTIVE VEHICLES
ENJOY THE WORLD
THE 457
ACTIVITY: CREATE YOUR OWN 457
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Find Dave Online
Professional Biography - Dave Thompson
Prologue
Dude, how ya going? Welcome to the very first day of your outrageous (or even more outrageous) life. I’m proud and honoured to have you here and I want to congratulate you for saying the first of many yes’s on your Hero’s Journey. Because I know that for you, this journey has a special meaning. I’ll be upfront and honest, because that’s what you deserve: living outrageously is not for the faint-hearted. It is tough, and it will be tough. You will confront unfathomable challenges that test your resolve and make you want to cry and