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Book Summary: Creating the Impossible

When you choose a goal that is outside the realm of what you think is possible you unleash something fundamental within yourself. You expand your capacity and your potential when you contemplate creating the impossible. 

Key Insights

  • Get your dreams out of your head and into the world.
  • Be willing to get creative and change your mind.
  • Look for principles before strategies or tactics
  • Be an explorer
  • You need to do less if you want to achieve more.  You must create space in your calendar to do significant things.

Favorite Quotes from Creating the Impossible

  • "You start with nothing and learn as you go...It's like driving a car at night.  You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way." -- E.L. Doctorow
  • "It is necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant." -- James B. Watson
  • "You can't ask authentically and gracefully without truly being able to accept, 'No.'  If you are not truly willing to accept no for an answer, you're not really asking; you're demanding - you're begging."  -- Amanda Palmer

Bibliography

  • Full Title - Creating the Impossible: How to Get Any Project Out of Your Head and into the World in Less Than 90-Days
  • Author - Michael Neill
  • Publisher - Hay House UK (January 2, 2018)
  • Pages - 305

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