Stop Talking, Start Doing: A Kick in the Pants in Six Parts

by Shaa Wasmund, Richard Newton (Editor)

Overview

There’s never been a better time, or a more urgent time, to start doing the things you want to do.

Perhaps you feel your career is stuck in a rut – or maybe you’re in the wrong job altogether. Or maybe you have a great business idea but something is stopping you from actually getting started. You may already be running a business but struggling to get to it to where you want it to be. Or perhaps you just want to be more successful in general – without knowing exactly what your vision of success is - yet!

If you want to do something but secretly fear you’re never going to do it, whatever that might be, then this will help you.

Stop Talking, Start Doing is a short, clear and cleverly illustrated book that will inspire you to take action.   Whatever you want to achieve, this is the kick in the pants you need to get to where you truly want to be.

It’s great that you know you can do more, but just thinking about it, won’t make it happen. It’s doing that makes the difference. DO IT.  If you’ve got something you want to do… now is a good time to start.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857082602
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	10/19/2011
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

A graduate of The London School of Economics, Sháá Wasmund's entrepreneurial career had an unusual start. At 22 she won a competition to interview Super Middleweight boxing champ Chris Eubank and ended up helping to promote his next fight to a sell-out 48,000 live crowd and an 18 million TV audience. Sháá remains an ardent boxing fan.
Shortly after she set up her own PR and marketing company and won the then relatively unknown vacuum cleaner company Dyson as one of her first clients. Working alongside Sir James Dyson helping to establish Dyson as a global brand taught Sháá more about business than any MBA. To this day, Sháá credits James as being one her biggest sources of inspiration.

Richard Newton is an entrepreneur, consultant and writer. After spending almost ten years writing about business for The Sunday Telegraph, The Mail on Sunday and others, Richard decided to switch sides, walk the talk and run his own business. He co-founded a software company that supplies brand management solutions for many of the world’s largest consumer brands.
He is now a co-founder, director, board adviser and/or mentor at a number of tech companies and start-ups including Screendragon, Call Trunk and Txt2Buy.

Table of Contents

PART 1 TICK TOCK 1

The FIRST reason to start something now…YOU CAN 8

The SECOND reason to start something now…Unconventional is Conventional 12

The THIRD reason to start something now…The Feeling of Emptiness 20

The FOURTH reason to start something now…That Ticking Sound… 24

PART TWO THE ITCH 31

PART 3 FEAR AND REGRET 65

PART 4 START 107

The Elimination of Procrastination 112

PART 5 THE ART OF DECISION-MAKING 131

PART 6 …AND ACTION 151

Editorial Reviews

"... a short, sharp, witty directory for those in need of some motivational tips to start planning what it is they want to achieve successfully."(Nursing Times, February 2017)

"This book is something everyone should read if they have little understanding of what is the next direction to go in." (Will Roney, February, 2012)

"If you want to do something but secretly fear you're never going to, then this book will help... inspire you to take action." (Flybe Magazine, March 2012)

"Do everything in this book and live the life you really want." (Talk Business Magazine, February 2012)

"If you are ever to only read one book in this genre then this should be it." (Business Matters, July 2012)

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