I think this fits the book quite well. Read why!

Some questions get asked a lot. One of them is: 

Are you living the life you should be?

Nothing less than the core of personal development. And one of the most challenging questions there is. Seriously asking it, willing yourself to actually find the answer, and taking the first steps in that right direction can set you up for a lifelong journey.

A lifelong journey filled with reward, but possibly also fear, sweat, blood and tears. But can that be avoided?

Does The Leap by Rick Smith help you answer that question? Does it help avoid the tears?

Or does it merely remind you that you should be concerned by the answer? There is so much litterature out there about the importance of that question. But does anyone really offer a way to answer it?

And if you think that is the end of it…

It isn’t. The answer to that question leads to…

Many More Questions.

How far am I from that path I should be on?

How do I correct the course?

How do I evaluate the risk, and avoid its consequences?

Does The Leap answer those questions, and ultimately offer practical and realistic ways to both find and implement the answers?

Another way to phrase it: Is Mr. Rick Smith a miracle worker?

The Leap’s Founding Principles.

The Leap is derived from case studies of people that achieved great success, starting from less than extraordinary positions. It extracts the least common denominators in those success stories and translates that into principles that need to be abided by to create one’s own success story.

Some of those successes are financial, but the employed definition of success is larger. Some of the people included in this scope found success (fulfillment) in non-profit endeavors.

One of these principles is that to be successful, you must play on your greatest strengths and inner desires (the combination of which is referred to as your primary color). Yes, you get (free) access to online tools to pinpoint that primary color (even if you don’t buy the book).

That same tool establishes where your current environment is located on that same color spectrum. If the two aren’t aligned, then you are invited to consider a change in course.

The farther appart the two colors are from each other on the spectrum, the bigger the change… and also the more you will need that change to achieve fulfillment.

The Psychology of Movement.

This is where understanding some of the mind’s inner workings comes into play. The Leap gives you insight on finding the goal that will not only put you in motion, but get others to both follow and push you along.

You will understand why you may feel unworthy of wanting the benefits of making that change and why you overestimate the risk of taking real steps towards making it happen.

 You’ll learn to evaluate where you are, where you should be, and how to lift the psychological barriers that are preventing you from making the transition.

This process is illustrated by several real-life case studies of people that, while they were in average to good situations, had one strong ability and took steps to align their status quo with that ability. This alignment led to The Leap from good to great.

In that sense, The Leap does offer practical means to achieve a transition towards a more fulfilling life.

Don’t Expect an “Instant Leap”.

The title is rather misleading in that sense. There is no magic pill. Some of the case studies, who furrowed their way from an unfulfilling status quo to great personal success took years in the process. While you can reasonably expect that consciously analyzing your situation and proactively planning and implementing the change should speed things up, this is not a recipe for instant success.

But it does give you the inner workings of a successful idea, which is a solid foundation to start with.

My Doubts Concerning Primary Color.

Three of the success stories reveal their “primary color”. All three are what I would call unequivocal primary colors (blue, green or red). There are 37 different colors on the spectrum, and only 3 are unequivocal primary colors.

These three people have one core strength. Their success revolved around their implementation of this one core strength, and building a following that filled the gaps left by their relative weakness in the other two fundamental fields of competency.

Everyone else has a more or less diluted mix of two or three of those core strengths.

My question (to you, or the author) – am I right to consider that not being an “apple red, forest green, or ocean blue” is a relative handicap? Don’t we have three poles to strengthen (by getting people on board for instance) instead of two?

Note that this isn’t criticism, just a thought. Go take the test (about 15 min), then come back and share your own! I think The Leap is a good read. The foundation for a successful idea, the risk mitigation that makes the leaps more effective and less dangerous and the real-life illustrations of great success can inspire you to take the first steps in the right direction.

You’ll find a way to buy the book from the test page.

I’m panther pink BTW, and no it doesn’t have anything to do with stolen artefacts or clumsy French detectives!

It just means I’m a visionary. If you’ve been following this blog long enough, you already knew that

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