Pivot: The Art and Science of Reinventing Your Career and Life

by Adam Markel

Overview

A Wall Street Journal–bestselling guide to embracing your true potential without risking your future or burning your bridges.

What would you do in your life if you knew you could not fail? Internationally acclaimed keynote speaker and executive mentor Adam Merkel helps you learn how to find the path to the dreams you may have abandoned, forgotten, or never had the courage to embrace. Whether you are out of work, shifting careers, or believe that your true potential has yet to be fully realized, Pivot will help you, at any age, reinvent your life and career. With clear-eyed compassion and frank assessments, Markel shares the secrets that will lead you away from fear and toward a powerful new vision for your life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476779492
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Publication date:	02/13/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	289
Sales rank:	52,439
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Adam Markel is a transformational teacher who inspires, empowers, and guides people to live authentically, purposefully, and powerfully from their hearts. He is the CEO and owner of Peak Potentials, one of the largest personal and business success training companies in the world. He is also an attorney and entrepreneur who uniquely bridges the worlds of business, psychology, and spirituality.

Read an Excerpt

Pivot
You don’t have to be special to pivot. You become special when you decide to.

The real risk of change isn’t that you might try and fail. It’s that you might not try and you’ll regret it.

Pivoting is not an extreme sport. It’s a step-by-step, realistic way to change your life.

It’s not wanting change that is unreasonable. It’s tolerating unnecessary misery.

The past is never wasted. Pivoting is about making sure you don’t waste your future.

Waiting to change is the same as not changing at all.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Lifeboat ix

Part I Clarity: Changing Your Pivot Beliefs

The Windshield: An Introduction to Clarity 3

1 Un-believe 9

2 Let Go 25

3 Face Your Fear 45

4 Enter the Pivot Phone Booth 63

5 Envision Your Future: Finding Your Life's Purpose 82

6 Big-D Decide 102

Part II Momentum: Creating Your Pivot Behaviors

A Bigger Domino: An Introduction to Momentum 115

7 Baby Steps 119

8 Ritual 135

9 Pivot People 156

10 Resilience 175

11 Growth 192

12 Pivot 208

Taking Action: Your 21-Day Pivot Plan 215

Resource Guide 237

Acknowledgments 245

Index 247

Editorial Reviews

12/21/2015
Markel, CEO of the professional training company Peak Potential, enjoins readers to embrace their full potential, personally and professionally, in this less than inspiring self-help book. The author’s focus is on moving past self-limiting beliefs. Through anecdotes from his own life, stories from other people, and self-assessment quizzes, Markel shows that change is possible and can be facilitated through simple steps or exercises. Markel’s points and examples are valid and his examples are realistic and motivational, but the concepts offered, such as letting go of the past, are not groundbreaking, nor do they differentiate this work from numerous others of the genre. The framework for working through change is helpful, but students of personal transformation, meditation, or various modes of therapy may find it lacking in truly original ideas. Various references to Markel’s company give the book the feeling of a sales pitch, detracting from the overall message. For those new to self-help literature, this offering may be of value in showing a path to change, but for others, it will feel repetitive and underwhelming. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

Adam Markel is a masterful teacher and visionary who provides practical hope with essential real life skills. Pivot is a game changer that offers insightful principles and refreshing stories that both inspire and instruct. If you're serious about not just making changes in your life, but transforming who you are, this powerful book is a must read."

Marcia Wieder

Is it time for a change? Are you ready to have the life you’ve always wanted? Get this book and learn how to change your life to one you want to live.

Dr. Joe Rubino

"Whether you are reclaiming your optimal health, reinventing yourself or rediscovering your passions and joy, Pivot is the perfect book to catapult you into the next stratosphere of your life and new possibility. Markel has done a brilliant job of converging all of his wisdom and genius into a magnificent body of work that we all can benefit from, simply a MUST read."

Lisa Nichols

“Pivot in your life, pivot in your body and your business. This book will show you how. It all starts with the first step.”

Bob Proctor

Pivot features stories of people just like you that changed their lives by making different choices. Read it and pivot into success.

Joe Vitale

"In Pivot, Markel has created a roadmap for honoring the ordinary life by finding one’s extraordinary gifts. I was inspired to more courageously embrace my own reinvention story and trust that I’m on the right track – even when it doesn’t feel that way."

Karen Leland

"Incredible wisdom from Adam Markel in this guidebook for taking charge of your life and realizing your potential."

Sharon Lechter

Pivot over to the bookstore and let Markel show you how just a tiny change in your thinking will create a massive transformation in your career and life.

Phil Town

"With its extraordinary information and practical focus, Pivot is a must-read for anyone who is reinventing their life — or even thinking about it! Adam has made the reinvention process simple!"

Jill Lublin

Praise for Pivot

“This wonderful book shows you how to get in touch with your real self, decide exactly who you are and what you want, and make your life into a masterpiece.

Brian Tracy