Michael Unks - Awesome in Hours: 7 Easily Obtainable Qualities, 35 Practical Take-aways to becoming an Awesome Individual

AWESOME in Hours

7 Easily Obtainable Qualities, 35 Practical Take-aways to becoming an Awesome Individual

Michael Unks

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Copyright 2015 Michael Unks

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Dedication

My parents, Don and Kathy Bridwell.

You both are awesome individuals!

Thank you for believing in me.

I love you both and Im blessed to have you as parents.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Are you living an awesome life or one that is just okay?

I really hope youre living an awesome life, but I believe a majority are living just okay lives. We only live once, but if its an awesome one, once is enough.

I do believe there is awesomeness inside everyone, but rarely do people bring it out and share it with the world. Why? Maybe they dont believe they can be awesome, or they simply dont know how to bring it out.

Thats why I had to write this book. I created an acronym with the word awesome and present 5 take-away points after each letter so you can start being an awesome individual immediately.

Books suck. I know this isnt the best strategy for an author promoting his book, but I know that Im competing with TV and movies. I know my competition is hard to beat and I wrote this book to be exciting and only contain stories and ideas that are on the level of TV and movies.

Books can be boring, especially if theyre too long and go on and on and never seem to get to the point. Thats why this book is short and sweet. In under 2 hours you will be provided with 7 qualities of the awesome individual.

This is my 4th book, and my previous books have been best-sellers in multiple categories on Amazon. Im currently a full-time pharmacist, but have used ideas in this book to work full-time and write 4 books this past year, among many other things and do not feel burned out.

Wouldnt it be great if people said to you, There is an aura about you or I really think youre awesome? They will once they find out how awesome you are! By learning about these 7 qualities and making them part of who you are, Im confident people will not think, theyll know youre awesome.

Ive taught these qualities to dozens of people this past year, and they have become awesome individuals because of it.

I promise that this book will help you become an awesome individual.

I promise there are stories and ideas in this book that you have never heard but need to hear to bring out your awesomeness.

I promise the take away points will help you apply what you learn immediately.

If we met in person, I know I could see the awesomeness thats in you, but most people only look at the surface. Most people wont know youre awesome until you show them youre awesome. It really would be a shame to not spend a few bucks and invest in yourself in order to live an awesome life instead of continuing to live just an okay life.

Again, you only live once, but after reading this book youll be okay with that fact because youll start living an awesome life!

Chapter One

A is for being Appreciative

Trade your expectation for appreciation

and the world changes instantly.

Tony Robbins

I see this happen so much, but every time I see it I think,They are so awesome! Im talking about professional athletes after a big win. Its the quarterback who says, It makes my job very easy when I have great receivers to throw to or the running back who says, Our offensive line is the best in the league; I owe my success to them.

I know sometimes there are ulterior motives at play, but whether they are sincere or not, they are absolutely right. As John C. Maxwell has stated, It takes teamwork to make the dream work. Everyone has the ability to be awesome, but to be awesome, it will require being appreciative.

I know Im prone to eye rolls with some things I say, but there are a couple of phrases I say that help me stay appreciative. One of them is, I treat every day like its Thanksgiving.

While growing up, my family made it a tradition at Thanksgiving to have everyone at the table say one thing he or she was thankful for. Most people really got a lot out of this. They would say things like, Im thankful that my family is healthy and Im thankful for the love everyone at this table shows me.

I, on the other hand, did not get much out of this. Everything I mentioned involved material possessions. One year it was, Im thankful for Pokemon! In the late 90s it was a card game and TV show that every kid seemed to be obsessed with. I know all my friends and siblings were.

Another year I said, Im thankful for Cinnamon Toast Crunch! Back in those days, it was common for me to eat a whole box of that cereal with almost a gallon of milk in one sitting. At night I would think, I just want to go to sleep already, so I can wake up and start eating a massive bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch!

There seemed to be a pattern to what I was thankful for. It never seemed to be about the people in my life. It was all about the material possessions, things that werent that important.

I wasnt appreciative of all the people who loved me in my life because it was an expectation. This was a dangerous way of thinking. With expectations and a feeling of entitlement, one will not appreciate what one has.

As an adult, I love that Thanksgiving tradition I had growing up. But, dont think one day is enough. I realized that once I started appreciating what I had, I was able to break free from my one thing away from being happy routine.

One day in September I decided to list everything I had to appreciate and I wrote several dozen things down in a matter of minutes. As I started to read it, I started to cry. They were tears of joy. I realized how blessed I was and that life was awesome.

Then I started to laugh. I realized how ridiculous it was to be emotionally invested in things that dont matter. Why do I have to be the best looking? Why do I have to make the most money? Why does everyone have to love me? From that day on, whenever I was disappointed, felt rejected and felt what was happening to me wasnt fair. I made an effort to start thinking about what I had to be thankful for.

It was magic! After a couple of minutes of focusing on what Im thankful for I found myself thinking, Its no big deal; I cant believe I was getting so worked up over that. Stuff like this is always going to be part of my life, but its not going to prevent me from feeling awesome and living an awesome life.

From that day on I made it a habit in the morning to think of several reasons for being thankful and no matter what was in store for me that day, I had primed myself for an awesome day. I feel a majority of my days are awesome, and its because I appreciate what I already have.