The Stuck Book: Pick This Up When You Don't Know What To Do Next

by Chris McAlister

We've all felt unsure of what to do next.Experts, articles offering advice, and well-meaning loved ones amplify the anxiety. What they are saying you need to do feels like worn-out-hand-me-down clothes that don't fit.Conventional wisdom won't help you. Their answers aren't your answers. You're in a different season. You need customized wisdom.There is a skill that will help you achieve clarity about your next step. You have to figure out where you are.The stuck book is a short book you can pick up when you have a question and get an answer for what needs to be done. Seize the day? Wait and ponder? Whether it's your job or a relationship there are 4 simple answers for your 1,000,000 questions.

Genres: Self Help

105 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2017

About the author

Dr. Chris McAlister is an author, speaker, and leadership coach based in Columbus, Ohio.

He is the founder of SightShift, a leadership development company that helps company owners achieve their 3-5-year goals by developing leaders at scale. He’s authored eight books on leadership development and loves helping ambitious, values-based people become the leaders they were meant to be.

Chris has delivered his transformational process globally to leaders of various industries, including small and mid-market company founders, physicians, Fortune 100 executives, venture fund managers, serial entrepreneurs, professional athletes, and nonprofit directors.

He also trains others to coach through this process as well. You can become the leader you were meant to be at SightShift.com.

Reviews

[Kealey McGray · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think this book would have made an excellent one page PDF or visual/graphic of a tree, but considering how short the actual book is it was a draaaaag to get through. The writing is often meandering, repetitive, or sometimes even contradictory. I did find a few useful nuggets though.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Feeling stuck in my career and where I want to go, I literally typed in Stuck Book and lo and behold, I got Chris McAlister's The Stuck Book!

I really enjoyed Chris' aligning our traditional seasons to the seasons we experience in aspects of our life, albeit this is not a new concept. Chris is quick to share personal stories that represent the concept he is teaching through the text, and these examples I feel could easily map to situations I could see myself facing as someone with a career and family.

Large brush strokes, the fall represents the learning and understanding the nature of our feelings of being "stuck". Winter represents letting how thing were before, and the things that aren't serving us to get us where we want to go. Spring is an opportunity to build in the actions and habits into our lives and the Summer is an opportunity to reinforce and grow while enjoying the fruits of our labor. Chris warns throughout the book that it is easy to get stuck in any of these seasons and gives some great "symptoms" of what being stuck looks and feels like in these seasons.

The brevity of the book was refreshing. Chris doesn't belabor the point or spend a ton of time talking about his coaching and leadership company (also refreshing).

[Victoria Hudgins · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a quick read & so very powerful! I really loved how he communicated the seasons we go through with practical and helpful notes on how to acknowledge them & work through it. The kind of book I will listen to every year and learn from continually!

[Keely · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was a little abstract for me.