Edgy Conversations: How Ordinary People Can Achieve Outrageous Success

184 Pages·2014·1.08 MB·English

by  Dan Waldschmidt

EDGY CONVERSATIONS
How Ordinary People Achieve Outrageous Success
Daniel Waldschmidt
Copyright
© 2014 by Daniel E. Waldschmidt
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with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or
indirectly by the edgy conversations contained in this book. What you do with
the ideas presented here is up to you. We hope you’ll be amazing.
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ISBN: 978-0-9895331-2-6
Table of Contents
Cover Page
PROLOGUE: HOW IT ALL STARTED
YOU DON’T NEED ANOTHER BOOK ON SUCCESS
STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR WHO – AND WHERE – YOU
ARE
EDGY CONVERSATIONS
EXTREME BEHAVIOR
EXTREME EFFORT
EXTREME DIFFERENTIATION
EXTREME DEDICATION TO LEARNING
DISCIPLINED ACTIVITY
THE DISCIPLINE OF DOING
THE DISCIPLINE OF DENYING
DISCIPLINE STARTS WITH A PLAN
GIVING MINDSET
WHAT IS – AND IS NOT – GIVING
GIVING STARTS WITH GRATITUDE
GIVING IS TRANSFORMATIONAL
Y(H)UMAN STRATEGY
HOW PAIN AND FEAR DRIVE YOUR ACTIONS
HOW YOUR BRAIN MAKES DECISIONS
THE POWER OF LOVE
CHOOSE TO BE EXTRAORDINARY
FIGHT UNTIL THE END
EPILOGUE: THE REST OF THE STORY
THANKS
WHO IS THIS WALDSCHMIDT GUY?
GET EDGY
This is where you would normally find opinions and quotes from a bunch of
people who say they read the book and liked it. But really, the only opinion that
matters is yours.
So read the book and see what you think.
PROLOGUE
HOW IT ALL STARTED

I
can still
remember the
oily taste of
cool metal on
my tongue.