Geraint Evans - Do One Thing

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Do One Thing

The breakthrough you need for the progress you want

Dr Geraint Evans

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First edition published 2021 (print and electronic)

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Names: Evans, Geraint, author.

Title: Do one thing : the breakthrough you need for the progress you want /

Dr Geraint Evans.

Description: First edition. | United Kingdom ; New York : Pearson, 2021. |

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020044245 (print) | LCCN 2020044246 (ebook) | ISBN

9781292338217 (paperback) | ISBN 9781292338224 (pdf) | ISBN

9781292338231 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Self-actualization (Psychology) | Goal (Psychology)

Classification: LCC BF637.S4 E928 2021 (print) | LCC BF637.S4 (ebook) |

DDC 158.1dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020044245

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Dedicated to my two ladies x

Contents

About the author

Photo by Pete Bartlett

Dr Geraint Evans (or G as he is more commonly known) is an award-winning chief marketing officer and writer. After failing to become a rock star, actor or professional rugby player, he went on to hold numerous leadership roles for globally recognised brands.

Now a writer, speaker, advisor and researcher, he is dedicated to helping people achieve their personal and professional goals. Geraint is also a regular keynote speaker at a variety of international events and writes for the likes of Entrepreneur and Forbes magazines and the technology website VentureBeat .

You can find him on social media (@drgeraintevans) and at www.drgeraintevans.com

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Publishers acknowledgements

13 Roy T. Bennett: Roy T. Bennett 17 LL Cool J: LL Cool J 2 Mandy Hale: Mandy Hale 12 Sren Kierkegaard: Sren Kierkegaard 21 Eric Roth: Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenplay 26 Leo Tolstoy: Leo Tolstoy 28 John Green: John Green 31 Mark Twain: Mark Twain 32 Booker T. Washington: Booker T. Washington 38 Alvin Toffler: Alvin Toffler 48 Walt Disney: Walt Disney 54 Marcus Aurelius: Marcus Aurelius 57 Oprah Winfrey: Oprah Winfrey 57 Amy Poehler: Amy Poehler 66 Jamie Paolinetti: Jamie Paolinetti 68 Steve Jobs: Steve Jobs 87 Marie Forleo: Marie Forleo 94 Brian Tracy: Brian Tracy 104 Samoa Joe: Samoa Joe 107 Zig Ziglar: Zig Ziglar 110 Tom Bilyeu: Tom Bilyeu 115 Helena Rubinstein: Helena Rubinstein 116 William H. McRaven: William H. McRaven 118 Deepak Chopra: Deepak Chopra 132 Michelle Obama: Michelle Obama 144 Tai Lopez: Tai Lopez 148 Warren Buffett: Warren Buffett 149 Gary Keller: Gary Keller 153 Penguin Random House: Jeff Sutherland, Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time 155 Dwight David Eisenhower: Dwight David Eisenhower an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 157 Thomas A. Edison: Thomas A. Edison 158 Helen Keller: Helen Keller 161 Zig Ziglar: Zig Ziglar 166 Jason Mayden: Jason Mayden 168 Mother Teresa: Mother Teresa 169 Jim Stovall: Jim Stovall 169 Preston Smiles: Preston Smiles 171 Patrick Lencioni: Patrick Lencioni 172 Jin Kwon: Jin Kwon 175 Napoleon Hill: Napoleon Hill 9 Pete Bartlett: Pete Bartlett

Preface why read on?

How others have broken through this

You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.