David Novak - Take Charge of You: How Self-Coaching Can Transform Your Life and Career

TAKE CHARGE OF YOU

Take Charge of You offers a unique combination of activities that will guide you through an empowering self-coaching process. Get ready to become more self-aware and learn how to occupy your mind with relevant information on the way to achieving your biggest goals.

MIA HAMM, Professional Soccer Player, Two-Time World Cup Winner, and Olympic Gold Medalist

This book, from two of the most important coaches of our time, will teach you everything about peak performance and peak living. Read it carefully and follow the advice to be in flow.

DEEPAK CHOPRA, MD

In a time of distraction and comparison, its more critical than ever to commit to the art of self-coaching. More than just to inform or teach, this book empowers you with the resources you need to go beyond and build the life youre meant to live so that you can give your best to the world. Consider this your cheat sheet on how to shine your brightest in both your personal and professional lives.

KENDRA SCOTT, Founder of Kendra Scott, LLC

An excellent read! David and Jason have partnered to share key lessons learned that will benefit all of their readers. Take Charge of You provides a simple and practical path for continued personal development.

BRIAN CORNELL, CEO, Target

Most of the success Ive had in my career I owe to a lifetime of learning from people who have taught me so many invaluable lessons. But I also have no doubt that mental toughness and knowing how to coach myself has become critical to my personal and professional growth over the past twenty years, and this book will teach you how to do just that in your life. Good luck on your journey.

TOM BRADY, NFL Quarterback and Seven-Time Super Bowl Winner

David and Jason distill their years of leadership and coaching experience in an entertaining and immediately useful guide to your future. For anyone whos ever felt stuck in a career or life path, this supremely practical and evidence-based book will take you from dreaming to doing.

MARGARET DUFFY, PhD, Professor of Strategic Communication, University of Missouri

Throughout my football career, Ive benefited from many coaches surrounding me. However, off the field, Ive often had to teach myself different ways to lead and work. David and Jasons book taught me a framework to coach myself on my own personal growth and development journey.

LARRY FITZGERALD, Retired NFL Wide Receiver

Take Charge of You is an inspiring and insightful guide to achieving ones personal and professional goals. It provides many effective exercises to help clarify goals and then identify what is standing in the way of achieving them. It helps clear obstacles with the power of positive thinking and reframing of the challenge. Throughout the book, David and Jason share many personal obstacles that they have been through and overcome, making the learnings real and practical. A great book for anyone working to further their personal development!

LAUREN HOBART, President and CEO, Dicks Sporting Goods

David and Jason lay out a no-nonsense blueprint for self-coaching to help you better understand yourself, what motivates you, and what it takes to be a real leader. David truly set the standard for all business leadersnot only in his emphasis on teamwork and management development but also in his deep integrity and strategic vision. This book draws on success stories from leaders across various fields, demonstrating the importance of continuous self-improvementand why humility should always serve as your guide.

JAMIE DIMON, Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase

Jason and David collaborating on Take Charge of You ... home run, and a must-read. From my perspective, Jason Goldsmith is the best mind/body coach in sports. He has a gift for helping athletes of any age to manage competitive stress and anxiety and how to focus and compete in the moment. And if there was a business Hall of Fame, David would be a first-ballot inductee.

TOM HOUSE, PhD, Cofounder, Mustard

Its hard to overstate how transformative self-coaching can be on your outlook and performance. From practical steps like tackling stage fright to the more profound questions about purpose and meaning, the methods in this book will show you how to stop worrying, how to stop settling for less, and how to start truly living.

ED MACARTHUR, Actor, Comedian, and Educator

Take Charge of You is an excellent resource for anyone looking to achieve their best in life as well as leaders out there looking to make an impact in others lives. This book will give you practical tools and tips for obtaining growth personally and professionally. Coaching helped me achieve milestones professionally I never thought possible, and self-coaching is critical for constantly resetting the bar higher in life.

ERIC WOOD, Former NFL Center, Buffalo Bills

HOW SELF-COACHING CAN TRANSFORMYOURLIFE AND CAREER

DAVID NOVAK
JASON GOLDSMITH

Copyright 2022 by David Novak and Jason Goldsmith

All rights reserved. First Edition.

Proudly printed in the United States of America by Ideapress Publishing.

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David Novak has donated all net income he would have received from the sale of this book to David Novak Leadership, Inc., a Section 501(c)(3) charity whose mission is to make the world a better place by developing better leaders at every stage of life. We believe that the world needs better leaders and that everyone has it in them to lead. Its never too earlynor too lateto learn how to lead others in an uplifting and collaborative way to accomplish big goals and meet todays greatest challenges.

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Interior Design by Paul Nielsen, Faceout Studios

Icon Design by Cliff Hilton, David Novak Leadership

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ISBN: 978-1-64687-0615

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