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Stop Talking, Start Doing Action Book: Practical Tools and Exercises to Give You a Kick in the Pants

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A motivational kick in the pants to get the most out of your life Have you got an itch? To start your own business, go to the North Pole, retrain, lose weight, get promoted, learn to play the ukulele? Or do you just have a nagging sense that there must be more to life? If there is something you really want to do, but secretly fear you'll never do it then you need this book.

The original "Stop Talking Start Doing" helped readers to move from talking to doing. To climb into the ring and face their fears about making their thing happen. It helped readers to understand why they had fears and why starting was easier than they thought. It encouraged them to start somewhere, anywhere.

The "Stop Talking Start Doing Action Book" will help you to identify where or what that starting point should be, and how to build from there to make "your" thing happen. It will help you to evaluate why you have procrastinated until now and identify the small steps you need to take to make it happen.

But it will help you to plan beyond that. It will help you see how you can execute your idea through small, simple steps that are right for "you," rather than one undefined, daunting task. Find sources of inspiration that work for you and learn how you can draw upon them as you go, draw confidence from previous experiences, and find the self-discipline you need to make swift decisions along the way. Identify your personal starting point Take the first steps to set your plan into motion Find your inspiration and self-discipline Build confidence in your quick decisions along the way

224 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 11, 2016

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Profile Image for Hakeem Tarabulsi.
238 reviews9 followers
September 26, 2019
غالباً ما نظرت لكتب "تطوير الذات" على أنها "صف كلام" لا يُقدم ولا يُؤخر، لكن هذا الكتاب مختلف تماماً؛ ففيه تحليلات صائبة جداً، ونصائح بسيطة يمكن تطبيقها، والشيء المؤكد أني سأقرأه مرة أخرى.
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219 reviews3 followers
November 11, 2016
I picked this book up as an impulse buy as it was on sale which maybe wasn't the best idea. The book focuses on helping people who have a specific dream they want to accomplish (like starting a business) and giving them the motivation to start. One of the reasons this book didn't work for me is probably because I'm not the target audience- I don't have a specific dream or 'itch' as the author put it. But I hoped this book would be useful in giving general motivational advice. Unfortunately that wasn't the case. I thought this book was all over the place- it wasn't structured in a particularly logical order-quickly moving on from one idea to another- and these ideas didn't necessarily relate to each other. It was full of quotes and anecdotes but lacking in actual content. It gave general wide sweeping advice- mostly taking ideas from other books- but didn't give many practical tips (save the obvious ones) on how to carry out the advice. I would recommend getting a specific self help book on motivation, or procrastination or whatever your issue is rather than using this book which is a mish mash of everything but nothing in detail.
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28 reviews4 followers
July 6, 2022
الكتاب عبارة عن تجميعة لكلام التنمية البشرية والself help ،وباستثناء بعض التجارب العمية والدراسات معظم الكلام المكتوب احنا كلنا حافظينه وسمعناه كتير قبل كده لكن سمعناه متفرق من ناس كتير في أوقات مختلفة كمان هو مش حاضر في دماغنا دلوقتي واللي الكتاب قدمهولي هو أنه جمعلي الكلام ده وفكرني بيه دفعة واحدة.
رغم كليشيهية الكلام إلا إنه منقذ ومفيد في الوقت اللي بنكون down فيه أو الافكار السوداوية اتملكت من دماغنا لدرجة إننا محتاجين وبشدة الجمل التحفيزية البسيطة المحفوظة اللي ينفع تتقال لأي حد في أي زمن وتفضل valid.
انا كنت عارفة كل الtechniques المذكورة في الكتاب تقريبا فميش حاجة فاجئتني لكن بالرغم من كده فكرني بحجات مهمة زي إني أحط short term goals وأبدأ بbaby steps وابعد عن الاوفر ثينكينج في عواقب كل قرار وقد إيه ده بيستنزف الطاقة من غير ما نحس.
أعتقد إن كل الكتب مفيدة لو اتقرأت في الوقت المناسب كمان كتب الself help رغم شيطنتها من قبل معظم القراء إلا أنها still ضرورية لإنها علي الأقل بتفكرنا إنه الdrops النفسية اللي واقعين فيها خلال الcareer بتاعنا بالstages المختلفة فيه ناس كتير زينا كانو هناك وناس كتير لسه هناك وده بشكل ما شئ مريح حتي لو احنا منعرفش مين الناس دول.
Profile Image for عبدالعزيز زايد.
Author 26 books65 followers
February 14, 2021

كتاب توقف عن الكلام وابدأ الفعل
تأليف: شا وازموند

الكتاب عبارة عن قواعد وإرشادات لبداية العمل بالشكل السليم، يعالج الاحباطات التي لم تعملها رغم مرور الوقت، الكتاب يركز على عمل الأفعال وليس الأقوال، يعالج المخاوف ويحرض على ترك الأعذار والانطلاق للعمل في الحياة.

الكتاب يدفع نحو الإيجابية النفسية
نتمنى الاطلاع على كتاب آخر .
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Profile Image for Mustafa Mohamed.
29 reviews4 followers
July 24, 2021
ملخص الكتاب *ماذا تنتظر حتي تبدأ* والكل بدأ الا انت وكِلِيشِيه الناجحون مثل بيل جيتس كالعادة الذين لم يذهبوا للتعليم النظامي ولكن نجحوا لانهم أتبعوا قواعد النجاح.. زي كل ما تتزنق في كلمتين عن الفشل حط نوكيا بين سطرين.. مفيش جديد المرة دي
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1 review
February 10, 2019
I read this book . It’s motivates to start a business and it,s really action book .
Profile Image for Hussein Balouk.
52 reviews4 followers
October 25, 2022
دفعة تحفيذية خفيفة...

هناك شيء واحد لم تغيره التكنولوجيا وهو أنك لن تعيش للأبد...

إن كنت تفعل بقدر ما تتكلم فأنت رجل عظيم..

بعد 20 سنة ستندم على الأشياء التي لم تقم بها أكثر من الأشياء التي أنجزتها لذا استغل الريح لدفعك للأمام
Profile Image for Wala'a.
85 reviews
June 4, 2022
كتاب عملي بكل مافي الكلمة من معنى ❤️
Profile Image for Rory.
378 reviews
September 28, 2025
It wasn’t for me. Really hoped it would be as it was short with lots of quotes and short cuts.
I just felt it didn’t help me put any plans or actions in play.
Profile Image for Maraj Al Zadjali.
23 reviews2 followers
June 21, 2016
Well-structured and easy to read. You can find many great tips and exercises that gives you the "Go" to work towards your goal and achieve it.
Profile Image for Rita Malcata.
142 reviews
September 30, 2016
Easy to read. Good and easy to follow. Some direct examples and process to start doing whatever you wish to
5 reviews
April 24, 2017
For the title, one would think this would be a bit more rocket-fuel and less standard petroleum.. This contains all the one liners that most books have. I only, quite literally, found one line in the entire book that was worth taking away and writing down.
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