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Book Review: Your Best Just Got Better by Jason Womack

Wow, what a great read! I was extremely impressed with all the facets of improvement this book covers as well as the level of detailed thinking that each chapter takes you through.

When I first got this book I thought I would breeze right through it. I've known Jason for awhile and taken advantage of his teachings for years, so I really thought there wasn't much he could teach me. It took me 3 weeks to get through the first chapter because every page made me stop and think about what I was doing and how I was doing it.

Jason has always been able to deliver valid and valuable content, and this book definitely delivers. There are real action plans discussed, real concepts to review and analyze, and real exercises to help get the reader moving forward on their path to improvement.

For me, this book was not the latest step by step method of efficient use of time and prioritization. Rather, this book is conceptual in nature (with some detailed methods), getting you to think about what you want and how you're going to get it, and then helping you structure your method for improvement. If you're like me, with little imagination, you might want to use this as a companion book to something that is a little more step by step oriented. In a venue different from this book, Jason and others taught me a very nice step by step method of organization which worked extremely well. Now, having a method in place, I'm well suited to apply the concepts from Jason's book to improve my method. On the other side, if you are an imaginative person and good at original thought, this book will definitely give you some concepts to think about, utilize, and implement.

There are very few books I would buy and give to a friend, but this is definitely one of them.

 

You can find this book at:  http://www.amazon.com/Your-Best-Just-Got-Better/dp/1118121988/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363138814&sr=8-1&keywords=your+best+just+got+better

A Great Lesson

So my good friend, Tony Sommer, was talking to me today and he stated he was going to be happy to show up.  Of course that made sense in the context of what we were talking about, but as I analyzed his statement, I realized just how powerful his words were.

"I'm going to be happy."  Through experimentation I have learned that our emotions are caused by our thoughts.  We perceive a situation, develop an understanding, then feel an emotion which drives a response.  This is pretty automatic but not untrainable.  If we want to change the emotion, we need to arrest the thinking and change it to something that supports the desired emotion.  This concept is easy to discuss in a sterile environment (or a blog), but perhaps a bit more challenging to consistently utilize.  Still, "I'm happy to show up," sets the perfect stage for a great event.  In the end, living happy can go a long way to creating a feeling of fulfillment.

"I'm going to show up."  It goes without saying, this may be the most critical step in any project, endeavor, or effort.  Be it mentally, physically, what have you, "showing up" is what puts you on the path.  Jason Womack writes in an outstanding book, "Your Best Just Got Better." that sometimes, to get started on a project, you just need to get started.  There's some pretty good wisdom in these simplistic words.

So, in whatever you do, follow Tony's example and be happy to show up. 

"Your Best Just Got Better" by Jason Womack

Highly recommend this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Your-Best-Just-Got-Better/dp/1118121988

Read the reviews; Jason is hitting on all cylinders.  I've known Jason for a long time and this is a premier example of his work.  Jason's not just a good communicator; he delivers actual content with real impact.  This is on the top of my recommendation list.

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