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Approach Without Caution: The 5-Step Plan to Take Control of Your Life
Is there always someone else to blame for your failures?
Afraid of putting the real work in to achieve your goals?
Are you sick of just being average and do you want to start winning? It’s time to drown out self-doubt and the distracting noise of everyday life, to conquer your fears and approach challenges without caution. One of rugby’s most ferocious flankers and successful players, James Haskell has always strived to be at the very top of his game. To achieve a global rugby career, he knew he had to keep his body strong. To go on to found an award-winning production company and become a successful DJ and bestselling author, he knew he had to keep his mind even stronger. Revolutionary and revealing, Approach With(out) Caution presents James Haskell as you’ve never known him. James takes the lessons he’s learned, both on and off the pitch, and turns them into a five-pillar plan to help you take control of your life.
Afraid of putting the real work in to achieve your goals?
Are you sick of just being average and do you want to start winning? It’s time to drown out self-doubt and the distracting noise of everyday life, to conquer your fears and approach challenges without caution. One of rugby’s most ferocious flankers and successful players, James Haskell has always strived to be at the very top of his game. To achieve a global rugby career, he knew he had to keep his body strong. To go on to found an award-winning production company and become a successful DJ and bestselling author, he knew he had to keep his mind even stronger. Revolutionary and revealing, Approach With(out) Caution presents James Haskell as you’ve never known him. James takes the lessons he’s learned, both on and off the pitch, and turns them into a five-pillar plan to help you take control of your life.
320 pages, Paperback
Published May 23, 2023
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June 25, 2024
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For those who aren’t already aware, #jameshaskell is a former England Rugby Union player, who among other things is a co-host of @goodbadrugby podcast and author of two thoroughly enjoyable autobiographies (What A Flanker & Ruck Me), all of which I would highly recommend. This book is designed to be about self development, and James’s 5 key pillars, which he hopes will assist you in making changes to your life:
1)Recognise
2)Reflect
3) Resist
4) Change
5) Progress
My initial reaction to this book’s release was to be dismissive as I didn’t feel that coaching on self development was necessarily James’s area of expertise. Having opened it in a bookshop I became optimistic that this could be of value. Having read the book, I would have to say that my initial reaction to its release would be closer to the reality and that I have been disappointed by its content.
Firstly, the introduction lasts around 80 pages and consists mainly of a rant about behaviour on social media, as well as a lot of “this book aims to” and “the purpose of this book is”, pointing out the journey of this book, of which I never felt it really reached its destination.
Whilst James makes some good points and observations throughout, attempting to add in some of his own examples for context, I didn’t feel that the exact points he was trying to make and the tools he was trying to provide the reader with, to aid in their own journey were outstandingly clear. James mentions various quotes from well known philosophers and psychologists along the way, but I didn’t feel he went deep enough in explaining their meaning and purpose, and an example would be the very same psychological model that made me buy the book initially.
I personally preferred and would recommend reading both of the @highperformance books, which made use of @liquidthinker background in sports psychology to provide further context and insight into the quotes and models chosen. These were not only discussed, but supported by interactive tasks for the reader to complete.
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For those who aren’t already aware, #jameshaskell is a former England Rugby Union player, who among other things is a co-host of @goodbadrugby podcast and author of two thoroughly enjoyable autobiographies (What A Flanker & Ruck Me), all of which I would highly recommend. This book is designed to be about self development, and James’s 5 key pillars, which he hopes will assist you in making changes to your life:
1)Recognise
2)Reflect
3) Resist
4) Change
5) Progress
My initial reaction to this book’s release was to be dismissive as I didn’t feel that coaching on self development was necessarily James’s area of expertise. Having opened it in a bookshop I became optimistic that this could be of value. Having read the book, I would have to say that my initial reaction to its release would be closer to the reality and that I have been disappointed by its content.
Firstly, the introduction lasts around 80 pages and consists mainly of a rant about behaviour on social media, as well as a lot of “this book aims to” and “the purpose of this book is”, pointing out the journey of this book, of which I never felt it really reached its destination.
Whilst James makes some good points and observations throughout, attempting to add in some of his own examples for context, I didn’t feel that the exact points he was trying to make and the tools he was trying to provide the reader with, to aid in their own journey were outstandingly clear. James mentions various quotes from well known philosophers and psychologists along the way, but I didn’t feel he went deep enough in explaining their meaning and purpose, and an example would be the very same psychological model that made me buy the book initially.
I personally preferred and would recommend reading both of the @highperformance books, which made use of @liquidthinker background in sports psychology to provide further context and insight into the quotes and models chosen. These were not only discussed, but supported by interactive tasks for the reader to complete.
March 28, 2023
A book I needed to read
May 16, 2024
Alright I got it.. self discipline is really important !
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