Owner’s manual

“One of the most significant shifts you can make is your belief
about whether life is happening to you or for you.”
Andy Storch

At the dawn of the 21st century when the home computer age was well past its infancy but still in adolescence, a series of books called The Missing Manual began to fill a void.  Initially created for owners of software such as iMovie, Windows XP, AppleWorks, or Windows 2000 Pro, the genre caught fire with its “warm, witty, and jargon-free” advice to help consumers take charge of their software to reach new heights.

Andy Storch, host of the Talent Development Hot Seat podcast, co-founder of The Talent Development Think Tank, a former partner with Advantage Performance Group, and now a newly minted author, wants you to reach new heights by taking charge of your life. This week’s release of Own Your Career Own Your Life: Stop Drifting and Take Control of Your Future is a must-read missing manual for work, life, and the pursuit of happiness.

Packed with personal stories and quotes from his favorite authors and mentors, Andy’s new book offers practical steps each of us can take to reach whatever it is we want our lives to be. He challenges us to look for silver linings and use the limited time we have with intention and mindset, to work on building a network by helping others, and to embrace the challenges in life without fear by accepting them as opportunities.

“A lot of people in our society live in reaction mode and like to play the victim when things don’t go their way…” he writes. “The list of things that can happen to us in life goes on and on. All of these are opportunities to either be a victim and blame others (or the Universe) or to take responsibility and leverage the very powerful belief that everything happens for us, not to us.”

Available today on Amazon.com for just $2.99 (Kindle) or $12.99 (paperback), Andy’s owner’s manual for life comes at just the right time. With so much going on around us that is out of our control, this is the missing manual for 2020 and beyond.

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One great thing

Andy wants to help you achieve big goals. Reciting affirmations every day can help. Here are 6 of his favorites to help you get started.

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