BENEFITS OF READING SELF HELP BOOK || PART 2

“Success, motivation, dreams, big goals, hard work, smart work” - sounds familiar right? How many of you watch motivational videos or listen to self-growth podcasts first thing in the morning?

Welcome to my third post in the “best self-help books to read” blog. People who wasted another month of quarantine, this post is not for you. Also, If you spend your time doing “Netflix and chill” then I cannot do anything about it. 

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This post is only for go-getters. 

M.Curtis McCoy is an author, business owner, and keynote speaker. He was diagnosed with Type I (insulin- dependent) diabetes when he was only 27 months old but his journey through all of it is an inspiration in itself. Previously, he wrote books on communication, leadership, and personal branding. 

“Our decisions, our outlook on life and our attitude play a massive role in where we end up”
                                           - M. Curtis McCoy

A potential quote to put fire on your ass only if you are a potential lone wolf with a mind worth having. 

“How to be successful: think like a leader” written by him is a book filled with conversations between him and entrepreneurs about personal growth and success. This book is more of a guide, which is a worthy read. 

Stuffs of prime importance from the book -

QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF

M.Curtis McCoy interviewed some great personalities like Jeff Bigs, Connie Wyatt, Paul B.  Watson, Caujuan Mayo, Eric Payne,  and many more. Their principles, their journey is a story in itself. Some of the questions asked to them are

1. What is your definition of success? 

2. When did you consider yourself a sucess?

3. What steps do you take daily to improve?

4. What have you recognised as your greatest strenths, how have they impacted your success? 

5. What are your weaknesses or personal character flaw and what you're doing to overcome it? 

6. How do you make important decisions?

7. Was there a pivotal moment that set you on the path to where you are now? 

8. Are there any books you've read more than once? Why? 

If you found yourself answerable to these questions then you are succesful.  Number of failures don't matter until and unless you are in a position to answer them. 

Not everyone of you can get inspired by their journey, getting inspired, being disciplined, learning from successes of others is an art itself. 

Talking about go-getters, we all are a product of success no matter how many failures we have experienced, I personally felt myself answerable to all of the question. I haven't achieved my big goals yet but after reading this book, I am completely obligated to my goals more than ever. 

We all know how to achieve goals, we work our ass off, we try to not procrastinate and what not and we all end up sitting in front of our laptop screens. How many of you have a clear goal and roadmap to your destination? No one or few. That's what I expected. We are more focused on results than the journey itself, we never will be. Until and unless competition exists. Learn from this journey instead of trying to be the best from your pals.

ORANGE CREAMSICLE

“Orange Creamsicle” is the opportunity that comes your way. The author explains why we should not miss an opportunity. It's these opportunities we often shove away. 

DON'T TAKE OWNERSHIP OF YOUR MISFORTUNES

We should not take ownership of our misfortune but taking charge of our life is what we have to do. Taking ownership of something which we have no role in is completely useless.

NEGATIVE MINDSET

A negative mindset as explained by the author in his book is something you should ignore outrightly. It limits your mind from focusing on your blessings and walk past your “issues”.

No matter what, I know you guys will focus on negative than positive. You will find the bad in good and will contemplate over those sheer negative thoughts of yours. It's your responsibility to change your mindset no one can do it from exterior. 

DELAYED GRATIFICATION

“Delayed gratification” is the practise of resisting the temptation of immediate rewards, in exchange of greater rewards. 

Most of us reward ourselves after completion of something smaller part of the big thing we want to achieve and we end up losing all our focus because our brain thinks we have already achieved what we wanted to. 

The last few things which I wanna say is-

The name of the book completely justifies everything which is written in the book, indeed it is a guide to becoming successful. I am on my way to follow this guide, I hope other people will find this book inspiring as I did.

This book is not like others in its genre, the author explained each and every problem with a solution worth fitting.

I feel great that M Curtis McCoy wrote this book for go-getters, it's a great contribution to the society.

Get yours at Amazon. It's available in paperback as well as a Kindle edition.