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Declare War On Yourself: How to Get Your Act and Life Together to Become the Best Version of Yourself
In Declare War on Yourself, you'll
- What it means to actually “have your act together”
- Why only 3% of us actually have our life together
- Why society’s definition of “having your act together” is wrong
- Reasons we’re lazy, we don’t push ourselves, and we keep giving up
- People and situations keeping you from getting your act together
- How what you’re programming your mind with is helping you or hurting you
- How much time you’re actually wasting on useless thoughts and activities
- The things really stopping you from moving in the right direction
- The thoughts, emotions, feelings, people, places, and things getting in your way
- The emotions sabotaging you, holding you back, and moving you backwards
- How to eliminate “chaos” from your mind, daily routine, and life
- How to eliminate the distractions
- How to replace trash habits
- What you need to accept about yourself and your life
- Exactly what’s making you unhappy, unproductive, and unsuccessful
- How to reach goals faster and easier
- “Failure” mindsets to eliminate
- Powerful mindsets of the world’s most elite people
- Mental toughness – how to develop it
- How to make self-control and self-discipline easier
- How controlling emotions plays a big part in bad situations
- What to do when everything is spinning out of control and you feel like giving up
- How to talk to yourself during difficult times and situations
- How to make big challenges small enough to handle easily
- A cheap, effective, and easy-to-get tool that helps you clear your mind
- How “micro-emotions” are effecting you every minute of every day
- How to “zero out” and relax when emotions are getting too extreme
- How often you should share emotions and what it makes others think of you
- How the world’s most effective and elite people handle emotions to get their “edge”
- How the state of your home relates to directly to having your act together
- The first thing you should do when you wake up
- Which parts of your home to keep clean and organized and why it’s important
- The best time of day to do your home cleaning so it’s the easiest and fastest
- The proper relationship with your superiors and co-workers
- Besides making money, what you should and shouldn’t be at work for
- What to before you start your work day
- Tools to make your job easier and help you power through boring tasks and projects
- How to have better focus, get things done, and become more productive
- How to manage your time and evaluate progress
- How getting your social act together makes you more likable and trustworthy
- How to set social boundaries with yourself and others and why it's important
- Social formalities that get you more respect
- Powerful social techniques to get the attention of the right people
- Habits, behaviors, and thoughts you don’t need in your social life
- A proper relationship with your money so you can make more and keep what you have
- The one position that makes you financially happier
- Money’s real purpose and what it doesn’t do for you
- The real differences between broke people and rich people
- When and how you should use credit and debt
- Why you should save and how much you should be saving to avoid compromising positions
- Time – how important it should be to you and how to spend it wisely
- Plans, processes, and procedures that help you reach your goals faster
- How to become extremely specific about your goals
- What setbacks mean and how to handle them
- The most important things to do before you get your day started
- How to get your mind on the right track so you’re thinking the right thoughts, having the right feelings, and doing the right things
- How to hit your targets, avoid distractions, and make your day easier
- Which counter-productive activities to avoid
- The most important things to do before you go to bed
- What it means to actually “have your act together”
- Why only 3% of us actually have our life together
- Why society’s definition of “having your act together” is wrong
- Reasons we’re lazy, we don’t push ourselves, and we keep giving up
- People and situations keeping you from getting your act together
- How what you’re programming your mind with is helping you or hurting you
- How much time you’re actually wasting on useless thoughts and activities
- The things really stopping you from moving in the right direction
- The thoughts, emotions, feelings, people, places, and things getting in your way
- The emotions sabotaging you, holding you back, and moving you backwards
- How to eliminate “chaos” from your mind, daily routine, and life
- How to eliminate the distractions
- How to replace trash habits
- What you need to accept about yourself and your life
- Exactly what’s making you unhappy, unproductive, and unsuccessful
- How to reach goals faster and easier
- “Failure” mindsets to eliminate
- Powerful mindsets of the world’s most elite people
- Mental toughness – how to develop it
- How to make self-control and self-discipline easier
- How controlling emotions plays a big part in bad situations
- What to do when everything is spinning out of control and you feel like giving up
- How to talk to yourself during difficult times and situations
- How to make big challenges small enough to handle easily
- A cheap, effective, and easy-to-get tool that helps you clear your mind
- How “micro-emotions” are effecting you every minute of every day
- How to “zero out” and relax when emotions are getting too extreme
- How often you should share emotions and what it makes others think of you
- How the world’s most effective and elite people handle emotions to get their “edge”
- How the state of your home relates to directly to having your act together
- The first thing you should do when you wake up
- Which parts of your home to keep clean and organized and why it’s important
- The best time of day to do your home cleaning so it’s the easiest and fastest
- The proper relationship with your superiors and co-workers
- Besides making money, what you should and shouldn’t be at work for
- What to before you start your work day
- Tools to make your job easier and help you power through boring tasks and projects
- How to have better focus, get things done, and become more productive
- How to manage your time and evaluate progress
- How getting your social act together makes you more likable and trustworthy
- How to set social boundaries with yourself and others and why it's important
- Social formalities that get you more respect
- Powerful social techniques to get the attention of the right people
- Habits, behaviors, and thoughts you don’t need in your social life
- A proper relationship with your money so you can make more and keep what you have
- The one position that makes you financially happier
- Money’s real purpose and what it doesn’t do for you
- The real differences between broke people and rich people
- When and how you should use credit and debt
- Why you should save and how much you should be saving to avoid compromising positions
- Time – how important it should be to you and how to spend it wisely
- Plans, processes, and procedures that help you reach your goals faster
- How to become extremely specific about your goals
- What setbacks mean and how to handle them
- The most important things to do before you get your day started
- How to get your mind on the right track so you’re thinking the right thoughts, having the right feelings, and doing the right things
- How to hit your targets, avoid distractions, and make your day easier
- Which counter-productive activities to avoid
- The most important things to do before you go to bed
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October 16, 2022
This is a pretty generic, but heavy-handed self-help book. Readers won’t recognize much new here. There were moments I thoroughly enjoyed the straightforward nature of the book, but far more moments where I simply had to roll my eyes. The author spends a lot of time throwing random percentages around, with no real basis in reality. (If I had to estimate, 96.75% of his percentages are totally made up.) The book is basically a shrine to himself. The author spends a great deal of time using himself as an example of someone who doesn’t whine or bitch…oblivious to the fact that boasting is even more obnoxious. A good percentage of the book goes off into his personal preferences, ones which have no real-world bearing on success, such as never showing your emotions, practicing minimalism to the extreme, never watching shows or engaging in time-wasters (despite the fact that the author quotes Game of Thrones and Fight Club several times, in typical bro fashion). The whole thing feels like a brash lecture from “small-man” syndrome personified.
That said, there were still some gems in this book to be found. I didn’t dislike it entirely. He offers common sense advice to live by ranging from business, to health/hygiene, budgets, and more. But at the end of the day, this guy comes across as more conceited than genuinely successful, and the whole thing feels pretty obnoxious. People who are really down the drain and need a solid kick in the ass might find something valuable here. 2/5.
That said, there were still some gems in this book to be found. I didn’t dislike it entirely. He offers common sense advice to live by ranging from business, to health/hygiene, budgets, and more. But at the end of the day, this guy comes across as more conceited than genuinely successful, and the whole thing feels pretty obnoxious. People who are really down the drain and need a solid kick in the ass might find something valuable here. 2/5.
June 27, 2024
Pretty basic advice; reading this book feels like you’re stranded in a remote cabin with your non-existent older brother who just read 20 self-help books right before the trip. He can’t stop beating all of it into you the whole weekend, 24 hours a day. Eventually, the trip wears off, and you realize you just accidentally overdosed yourself while slowly returning to the office bathroom where you had locked yourself before this whole microdose experiment went horribly wrong.
October 22, 2018
Pulling data from apocryphal sources
Hey kids, do you want to be shamed into being less than what your maker or successful people need you to be? Are you a fat slob that has feelings and is actually a human? Do you know how uncool it is to feel? Do you know how cool it is to achieve? This book it totes for you because this author hates humanity, imperfection, and anything other than achievement (and investing in his courses).
Really, the title and cover says it all. You want to do more? Stop being so damned human and give him your money already. That is what successful people want, right?
If I could give negative stars, I would. Stat away from this book as if it had the success plague, which it does!
Hey kids, do you want to be shamed into being less than what your maker or successful people need you to be? Are you a fat slob that has feelings and is actually a human? Do you know how uncool it is to feel? Do you know how cool it is to achieve? This book it totes for you because this author hates humanity, imperfection, and anything other than achievement (and investing in his courses).
Really, the title and cover says it all. You want to do more? Stop being so damned human and give him your money already. That is what successful people want, right?
If I could give negative stars, I would. Stat away from this book as if it had the success plague, which it does!
November 28, 2018
Very nice book to read about methods, ways towards improving yourself.
I already have read a whole lot of books about how to improve yourself, but this stands out not because of new ways of solving your problems, but because how the author was able to present and lay down the ideas to get on your feet and hit the ground running.
I recommend this book if you are really decided to get on top of yourself, and thanks again for the author who knows what are the best enlightenment to bring on the table to help us to move forward.
I already have read a whole lot of books about how to improve yourself, but this stands out not because of new ways of solving your problems, but because how the author was able to present and lay down the ideas to get on your feet and hit the ground running.
I recommend this book if you are really decided to get on top of yourself, and thanks again for the author who knows what are the best enlightenment to bring on the table to help us to move forward.
July 23, 2021
This book felt like I had written it myself xD Definitely not everyone's cup of tea.
I like that it was rough and to the point - it delivers the brutal truth, no fluff. Cool stuff.
Some days when I felt down it was like a nice slap reminding me to get back on track.
Would definitely re-read. Thank you, Marc.
I like that it was rough and to the point - it delivers the brutal truth, no fluff. Cool stuff.
Some days when I felt down it was like a nice slap reminding me to get back on track.
Would definitely re-read. Thank you, Marc.
September 13, 2023
Masterpiece
This is hands down one of the greatest books created on getting your life together. I recommend this to all people from all walks of life and no matter what they have going this book can literally help you improve your life. Anyone looking to improve I highly recommend you read this book
This is hands down one of the greatest books created on getting your life together. I recommend this to all people from all walks of life and no matter what they have going this book can literally help you improve your life. Anyone looking to improve I highly recommend you read this book
December 10, 2019
Only motivational book anyone needs
Best book ever, excellently covers every aspect of life...
Must read for everyone trying to change their life.
Follow this book ..this is everything we need.
Best book ever, excellently covers every aspect of life...
Must read for everyone trying to change their life.
Follow this book ..this is everything we need.
October 29, 2018
Great book!
Definitely worth the read if you're trying to get your life together. Boehner, you have to implement what you're reading as well!
Definitely worth the read if you're trying to get your life together. Boehner, you have to implement what you're reading as well!
November 10, 2018
Awesome stuff , declare war on yourself now!
November 25, 2020
This is just what I needed.
I would recommend this book to my nephew who is about to become a father. I would also recommend this book to some of my coworkers.
I would recommend this book to my nephew who is about to become a father. I would also recommend this book to some of my coworkers.
January 9, 2021
This book is great
November 21, 2022
Life is a War against our minds emotions and each other.
July 14, 2025
Good Book Not To Read All At Once
I read one chapter a day.
Now, having finished the book open up a random mini chapter to read like a thought of the day to focus on. The chapters are very short and can be ready in under five minutes.
The book is an aggregator of ideas from different sources packed into one book pulling from the likes of Eric Thomas, David Goggins, Les Brown to name a few. Some like using and embacing your pain is from Star Wars Sith philosophy. A few mini chapters are repetitive and overwritten - minutes into hours, hours into days, days into weeks, weeks into months... I get it...last couple mini chapters were harder to read and didn't flow like the others. There were a couple deja vu moments. Some ideas can be contested like not complaining on pg 233.
There's a time and place to complain but not saying anything at all was the wrong message. It should be case by case if the feedback helps. Another strange one is pg248 getting rid of bills. Sounds good on the surface but people need shelter and saying you don't need to pay $1800 apartment rent was the wrong answer. In California and other areas, you're lucky to find a studio apartment for that amount. To say you don't have to pay it...okay, if you want to live on the streets...no.
Take each thought and idea with a grain of salt and apply it only if it fits your needs and tossing the rest.
I read one chapter a day.
Now, having finished the book open up a random mini chapter to read like a thought of the day to focus on. The chapters are very short and can be ready in under five minutes.
The book is an aggregator of ideas from different sources packed into one book pulling from the likes of Eric Thomas, David Goggins, Les Brown to name a few. Some like using and embacing your pain is from Star Wars Sith philosophy. A few mini chapters are repetitive and overwritten - minutes into hours, hours into days, days into weeks, weeks into months... I get it...last couple mini chapters were harder to read and didn't flow like the others. There were a couple deja vu moments. Some ideas can be contested like not complaining on pg 233.
There's a time and place to complain but not saying anything at all was the wrong message. It should be case by case if the feedback helps. Another strange one is pg248 getting rid of bills. Sounds good on the surface but people need shelter and saying you don't need to pay $1800 apartment rent was the wrong answer. In California and other areas, you're lucky to find a studio apartment for that amount. To say you don't have to pay it...okay, if you want to live on the streets...no.
Take each thought and idea with a grain of salt and apply it only if it fits your needs and tossing the rest.
January 7, 2025
I can't get past how this guy talks down to his audience while repeatedly praising himself as a model of what he thinks you should strive to become. He dismisses emotions as something to ignore and not human nature, belittling those who feel as "weak" and "losers". He dismisses people who aren't high quality as a waste of time. If you have the audio book, he does it all with a pseudo-alpha male tone.
If you're looking for a book on fulfillment, strong relationships, and rewarding experiences, this isn't it. This is primarily for someone willing to sacrifice those things for success and to be better than everyone else.
That said, the book is actually filled with a lot of good, common-sense life advice that you can easily find elsewhere. For some, the tone might be the kick in the butt that they need.
If you're looking for a book on fulfillment, strong relationships, and rewarding experiences, this isn't it. This is primarily for someone willing to sacrifice those things for success and to be better than everyone else.
That said, the book is actually filled with a lot of good, common-sense life advice that you can easily find elsewhere. For some, the tone might be the kick in the butt that they need.
March 2, 2025
Comedy of Errors
It’s hard to take this author seriously when the book is filled with grammatical errors that end up contradicting the message of giving one’s absolute best all the time. It is evident there was a lack of proofreading before publication. As far as content is concerned the book reads like a series of middle school one-page essays with a lot of filler sentences. Unless you’re an insecure pubescent male I’d recommend skipping this book for something with more substance.
It’s hard to take this author seriously when the book is filled with grammatical errors that end up contradicting the message of giving one’s absolute best all the time. It is evident there was a lack of proofreading before publication. As far as content is concerned the book reads like a series of middle school one-page essays with a lot of filler sentences. Unless you’re an insecure pubescent male I’d recommend skipping this book for something with more substance.
December 22, 2025
Kicked my butt in a good way.
Marc Summers is the friend you need, but sometimes don’t want to hear what he has to say. Because deep down you know he’s right and it’s for your own good. His style is almost like the character Johnny Lawrence in Cobra Kai. You either want it or you don’t. EVERYONE needs to read this book. You will have no more excuses after finishing this… and you’ll be a better you no doubt.
Marc Summers is the friend you need, but sometimes don’t want to hear what he has to say. Because deep down you know he’s right and it’s for your own good. His style is almost like the character Johnny Lawrence in Cobra Kai. You either want it or you don’t. EVERYONE needs to read this book. You will have no more excuses after finishing this… and you’ll be a better you no doubt.
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June 23, 2025Haven't read, just ran across while searching for Get Your Way On strips, which are freshly relevant.
But holy crap, I thought this was satire! What a hilarious title! Men are so broken, smdh...
Also, I thought this was written by the host of Double Dare but alas it appears to be a different guy.
But holy crap, I thought this was satire! What a hilarious title! Men are so broken, smdh...
Also, I thought this was written by the host of Double Dare but alas it appears to be a different guy.
May 2, 2020
Motivational if you admit
Inspirational craps won't get you there if you are not willing to go. If you hungry to be there you didn't need these stuff. It's all about your desire. All the best
Inspirational craps won't get you there if you are not willing to go. If you hungry to be there you didn't need these stuff. It's all about your desire. All the best
January 7, 2020
Common sense information but great reminders.
January 12, 2020
Covered all aspects
This book didn’t miss much aspects of life. The author picked most of them stated the problem and provided a solution. Good read!
This book didn’t miss much aspects of life. The author picked most of them stated the problem and provided a solution. Good read!
August 20, 2020
I had to stop at chapter 2.Not for me
September 20, 2020
He summarizes a number of my beliefs, but his editor missed some spelling issues.
July 19, 2021
This a great book and presented well ,
lots of the information is common knowledge.
However it is a good reminder of what hard work self respect for yourself and others will accomplish.
lots of the information is common knowledge.
However it is a good reminder of what hard work self respect for yourself and others will accomplish.
March 28, 2024
Sometimes you just need a mental slap across the back of your head to keep your mind in the game and this book does that. It's a good refresher and worth going back to when you need it.
August 29, 2024
This beautiful book on how to get your life together.
December 21, 2024
This book is garbage
Copy and paste from other books. No new ideas. Better books out there. No real thought on the book and a waste of time.
Copy and paste from other books. No new ideas. Better books out there. No real thought on the book and a waste of time.
December 26, 2024
Very good
March 4, 2025
Happiness is an inside production.
Excellent work. Worth the time as a starter or review. Thanks. The personal experience makes it more than just words. It is a growth process.
Excellent work. Worth the time as a starter or review. Thanks. The personal experience makes it more than just words. It is a growth process.
March 28, 2025
getting it together
Book is great his words of wisdom inspired me to get out of my comfort zone and move toward my goals.
Book is great his words of wisdom inspired me to get out of my comfort zone and move toward my goals.
May 25, 2025
Excellent book
Excellent, easy to read book. With a lot of great information. Divided into many chapters that are super simple to read and follow. Highly recommended
Excellent, easy to read book. With a lot of great information. Divided into many chapters that are super simple to read and follow. Highly recommended
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