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Burn the Boats
- Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential
- Narrated by: Matt Higgins
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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Publisher's Summary
*A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER!*
In this gripping rags-to-riches instant classic, Matt Higgins provides the blueprint he used to go from a desperate sixteen-year-old high school dropout caring for his sick mother in Queens, New York, to a shark on Shark Tank and the faculty of Harvard Business School. Told with raw emotion and radical transparency, Higgins writes the definitive tome on the oldest life hack in history: burn the boats.
From Sun Tzu to Julius Caesar, the ancient Israelites to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, there’s a bold and highly effective tactic seen throughout history—when leaders want to motivate their troops for success, they destroy all opportunities for retreat, and fully commit to the mission. They burn their boats; it’s win or perish, and the clarity of sheer desperation propels them to victory.
But the conviction of crisis decision-making can also be harnessed in peacetime to achieve unfathomable success. Higgins draws upon extensive research, historical precedent, and dozens of firsthand case studies—from actress-turned-entrepreneur Scarlett Johansson to NFL Coach Rex Ryan—that prove merely contemplating Plan B diminishes the probability of ever achieving Plan A. Now a self-made serial entrepreneur with a $1 billion consumer portfolio of some of America’s most iconic brands, Higgins explains how to burn the metaphorical boats that undermine total commitment, ranging from imposter syndrome to paralyzing anxiety to toxic leadership.
Burn the Boats is the manifesto for anyone looking to level up their life while navigating risk. Each chapter includes clear, actionable advice that listeners can immediately start applying to their own lives, along with inspiration drawn from dozens of real-life success stories.
This book will give you the courage to confidently go all in on your life’s true purpose.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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- John V
- 2023-03-04
Game Changer
Very inspiring - and also a unique take on achieving our full potential. I listened to the Audible version - which was great because you could be anywhere and doing anything, and hear Matt deliver his message with his own voice and passion - and now I'm re-reading it via Kindle. Two copies may sound over the top but I know a good thing when I've found one, and I like to go all-in in those instances. The Burn the Boats message is very real for me and I think it will have a direct impact on my life going forward.
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- Gerry Diaz
- 2023-07-02
Truly inspiring and moving
Matt Higgins shares, along with his own story, a powerful set of tools and guidelines that, whether one is about to embark into entrepreneurship for the first time or looking to get back on track after steering to the sideline, will make the reader/listener integrate a mindset fitness to charge head-first towards chasing their goals, in truly inspiring and moving traction.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2024-02-17
Find the courage to make life changing decisions
I ordered and listened to this book on audible roughly six months ago, after someone recommend it to me. At first I was a bit turned off by the first chapter, because it rung a bit too much of the classic "look how I started from nothing and made it great after all". I nearly stopped reading the book then but it would have been a mistake. Throughout the rest of the book, Matt Higgins shares a many difficult, more humbling, personal struggles as well as stories from people he encountered or work with to get his points across.
I was expecting a business book on how to properly bootstrap your own startup and such. Which it definitely applies to, but can be applied to a lot of other life decisions to take control of your lives. No, I did not become an entrepreneur after reading this book. It isn't something I strongly desire, at least at the moment. I would definitely revisit it if I did. But I was listening with a different optics and a different set of questions, and led to significant changes in my life. The text became the trigger that gave me both the courage to acting on decisions that I had been mulling over for months. More than the just the incentive to leave the relative security of the status quo, it gave me clarity that it was the correct thing to do, to seek to improve my life despite the pain and the difficulties involved in the path I was choosing.
Robin Williams in "Dead Poet Society" may have sold the idea of "carpe diem" to find one's own voice and path. For me, "Burn the Boats" provided me a roadmap to the confidence to take these decisions.
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- Melanie Galea
- 2023-02-23
Matt is an amazing storyteller
Are you thinking of starting that business you have always been thinking about? Then this is a must purchase.
Matt tells the best stories. I’m in the midst of venture of my side hustle becoming real. Some amazing advice here.
You can’t help but be moved by Matt’s authenticity from all the lessons from his Mother. It’s so moving to see what he’s been able to accomplish in her memory. I’m forever moved and calling my Mom.
Thank you for this. It’s so good.
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- tony
- 2023-02-18
Great book
I really enjoyed this book, it was straight to the point and offered some good insight.
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- JLamoureux
- 2023-06-13
I’ll listen again
I work as bladesmith, a solo-preneur, in Winnipeg Canada. My hands-on work allows me to listen to a lot of audio books. I found this one touching at times and inspiring at others. I’ll be listening again.
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- Laurie Ditchfield
- 2023-05-22
An unexpected splendour
I heard the interview with Ed Mylett and really connected with what Matt had to say. I love the easily digestible content and I was so eager to listen I did two books this month instead of one! Well worth it!
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- Brent
- 2023-07-30
Every listener will learn something valuable
This could be a course in an MBA program. The important lessons mixed with unique personal stories, makes this an educational and memorable audiobook. I've listened to hundreds of personal and professional development audiobooks, but I still learned a lot of new, very valuable material from this unique book.
This book made me feel not as crazy as people think I am.
100% reccomend.
Be Courageous.
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- Nick
- 2023-11-30
Success only comes with hard work, and sometimes luck!
You lost me at white privilege chapter 7 If people are only doing business with coloured people that also has an inverse effect, also racist!
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