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The Big Leap Audiobook Summary

“Gay Hendricks is a great role model for true success. He enjoys abundance and a deep connection with his own spiritual essence, and at the same time has lived for three decades in a thriving marriage. Now, he shows us how to do it for ourselves.”
— Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of Cracking the Millionaire Code

In The Big Leap, Gay Hendricks, the New York Times bestselling author of Five Wishes, demonstrates how to eliminate the barriers to success by overcoming false fears and beliefs. Fans of Wayne Dyer, Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson, and The Secret will find useful, effective tips for breaking down the walls to a better life in The Big Leap.

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Gay Hendricks is the narrator of The Big Leap audiobook that was written by Gay Hendricks

Gay Hendricks is the author and coauthor of more than twenty books that deal with personal growth, including the New York Times bestseller Five Wishes and Conscious Living.

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The Big Leap Full Details

Narrator Gay Hendricks
Length 5 hours 27 minutes
Author Gay Hendricks
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date April 28, 2009
ISBN 9780061780165

Subjects

The publisher of the The Big Leap is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Personal Growth, Self-Help, Success

Additional info

The publisher of the The Big Leap is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780061780165.

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This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Mark

August 13, 2015

While I agree with many reviews here that the tone can be off-putting, I thought this was an excellent set of ideas and discussion points. There's a lot in this book that is directly applicable in my life, and it's a book I think I'll download as well ... just to have an e-copy always as hand for browsing and dipping in and out. I think this is the only time I have found myself wishing I could talk to the author in a one-on-one session.However, "Einstein Time"? For heaven's sake, just rip the chapter out as soon as you get the book. Not only is it so vague as to be useless, he concludes with an anecdote so off-putting I really started to question if this was a guy I wanted to listen to. However, I don't need to idolize the guy to agree he makes excellent points. It's easy enough to take what works for me and leave the rest behind.

Andrew

November 01, 2020

When I first began a "sales" career a couple years back, and first experienced the rejection-dense nature of the industry, I thought, naturally, that embarking on a "self-help" reading journey would serve innumerable benefits. Boy, was I right in all the ways I didn't initially expect. At the time, The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks was one of the first books I read. So much of it stuck with me in a way that many other self-help books didn't. I thought I'd give it another go given the initial impact it made and I'm so happy I did!The book is largely premised on the idea that we sabatoge ourselves when we endure an extended period of happiness, success, abundance, etc. - an Upper Limit Problem (ULP). I initially thought of it as nothing more than a "regression to the mean," or a baseline we inevitably bounce back to after a life high or low. Boy, was I wrong in a way I never thought I'd acknowledge being wrong about. I harbor deep reserves of insecurity, anxiety, and guilt that prevent me from really enjoying and expanding upon the nature of good things, events, circumstances, etc. Whether it be getting sick, starting an argument, or deluding myself in daydreams of worst case scenarios, I never allow myself to keep on the satisfaction of a good thing.This book helped me become wholly aware of that phenomenon. To be real though, I still struggle significantly with allowing myself the lasting embrace of success and happiness, but I would never have acknowledged that had I not better understood the psychology of the ULP.The Big Leap is an exodus from your "zone of competence" and even, to my surprise, your "zone of excellence," and into your "zone of genius." Hendricks is a warm and creative writer that creates questions geared towards identifying that zone.As a reminder of what it means to live in your zone of genius, I've borrowed an affirmation of his that I say every single day and hold dear to my heart: "I expand every day in abundance, success, and love and inspire those around me to do the same."Along with that affirmation, my favorite part of the book expanded on time management, and more specifically, Einstein Time. "I am where time comes from." In other words, I take ownership for how my time is spent. I am responsible for how my time is spent. Time is not something that happens to me, but rather, something that happens because of me and because of what I choose to do with it. Its a profoundly simple paradigm shift where the onus is taken off of an external structure outside of our control, and onto ourselves where it should be.That concept so deeply inspired me that I decided to take it upon myself to amend it just a bit. I'm not only where time comes from, but also, and most importantly, where everything I want comes from. I am where happiness comes from. I am where success comes from. I am where patience comes from. I am where love comes from. I hope many people continue to read this book and embrace the concepts within it. If read upon with an open mindset, it can only serve to expose your upper limit problems at worst, and change the way you think about yourself, and your life with it, at best.

Donovan

June 29, 2013

Mind boggling read! This book was recommended to me by my coach Judymay when I was facing challenges in where is the next level for me. I know now why she chose it.The book is an easy read yet it packs a punch if you do the exercises and play full out. The foundation of the book is the fact that we are all born to win, but when we get a feel for winning, we back down and go back to our comfort zone. Hendricks also offers so ideas of how we can operate in our genius zone more often.On the whole I enjoyed the book and have recommended it to a few clients as well as some fellow coaches. As a result of working through it several times, I have found the clarity I need to launch the next phase of my business. If you just want a quick read and not do the exercises, this book is probably not for you. If you're will to be open to a slightly different concept and interact with the questions, give it a go!! You may find the genius in you that is waiting to surface!!

Steven

April 14, 2017

Sometimes, you pick up a book and just can't put it down. Something grabs you right away and pulls you along. It's like the author is speaking directly to you. That was the case with this one. There were a number of themes in this book that resonated with me and I thoroughly enjoyed it.This book is all about understanding limiting beliefs, discovering from where they are derived, and learning how to bust through your self-imposed upper limit to realize your full potential.We learn about the four hidden barriers that many of us impose on ourselves that may limit us. It may be one particular item that's limiting us or a combination of a couple. The hidden barriers are as follows:1 • Feeling Fundamentally Flawed2 • Disloyalty and Abandonment 3 • Believing That More Success Brings a Bigger Burden4 • The Crime of OutshiningThe author does a good job of detailing each of the hidden beliefs. Many times, it's deep-rooted from our early years and we may not even recognize that we have these hidden beliefs.The author speaks of working in different "zones." There's the Zone of Incompetence, the Zone of Competence, the Zone of Excellence, and the Zone of Genius, the ultimate Zone where we should play.The book is filled with all kinds of great suggestions for finding your way past your upper limit and finding your way into the Zone of Genius.The biggest takeaway for me was the Ultimate Success Mantra. This is something you say to yourself when you meditate. It's something you say aloud to yourself. It's something you program into your neural pathways so you never forget and I happen to like it word for word. The Ultimate Success Mantra is,"I expand in abundance, success, and love every day and I inspire others around me to do the same."The only language I've added to it is, "so I may serve more people" and I've inserted this right after the word "day."This book was published in 2010. It garners a 4.7 rating after 505 reviews on Amazon and a 4.06 on Goodreads with 3,062 ratings and 253 reviews. I actually gave it a 5-star rating and I'm inspired to check out more by Gay Hendricks.

Jon

March 06, 2022

Top 5 non-fiction book of all time for me. I’m going to buy a case.

Nati

December 19, 2020

This book is about the Upper Limit Problem.Have you noticed that your moments of serenity are always fleeting? Have you ever had a whole day where you felt peaceful and joyous? Moments of joy seem to always be interrupted by thoughts or feelings which break the feeling of joy. This reminds me of something I read on How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence:If you imagine yourself as a snowy mountain, your thoughts would be like the ski marks. They lead you from once place to another while you move on the mountain. You see, as you age, those ski marks get deeper and deeper. This means they automatically take you from one point to another without your conscious awareness. The upper limit problem is one such deep ski mark that takes you away from your moments of joy. It acts as a sort of circuit-breaker to stop you from being joyous without limit.How do you get some fresh snow so that you can stay longer on top of your joyous mountain? This book will answer that question.Side note: I found a quote in this book that totally transformed the way I understood meditation. I want to share it here.The art of meditation is in the way you let go of your wander-thoughts and return to the mantra.

ABAgail

April 02, 2021

This was an amazing book!!! It's really helped me to change my mindset and realize why certain things happen.

BookLab by Bjorn

July 31, 2022

Have you ever experienced that soon as you gain positive momentum in life, you cause a painful crash? It’s the equivalent of putting a wooden stick in the front wheel when you ride a bike. This book is about letting the good times roll. Something that most of us can’t tolerate.When you self-sabotage you get what you think you deserve— a proof that your limiting beliefs are true; you are fundamentally flawed,or being undeserving of success, or whatever story you invented about yourself.The author calls it the Upper Limit-problem. The only problem you need to solve to achieve abundance, and lasting success, and love.📝 Most people have a well-crafted storyAbout why they can’t take their big leap:“I can’t take my time to make a video, write, etc.. because my family need me.”, “I can’t do what I really want to do because I won’t make as much money doing it.”, “I can’t go up early to work on my project because my work later that day will suffer.”There is a huge fear behind each of every complaint: What if my genius is not good enough?📝 3 Life traps:The Incompetence TrapSpending you energy doing things you are ill-suited for. Things you are not interested in learning and mastering.The Competence trapWasting our energy doing things we are competent at, but don’t excel at. Many other people can do this as well as you.The Excellence TrapSpending time on things you do really well. Things that make you highly valued at your company, but are not fully aligned with your genius.📝 What the zone of genius feel like:In your zone of genius you don’t feel like you are working. Even if what you do is of great financial value You don’t feel like you are expanding effort to produce it. Work doesn’t feel like work. Time expands to support your activity. ⚖️ VERDICT:You need a high tolerance for cringy self-help jargon to appreciate this book. It’s also a book that has very little reference to scientific data to support its claims. Using mental tricks, such as the ones this book provides, could be regarded as brainwashing, But in my experience, experimenting with different mindset tools tend to be both useful and eye-opening .Life is not life without some level of illusion. We might as well choose the most useful illusions we can find.I wouldn’t be surprised if this book will be on my top 5 of this year. I'm trying out the techniques now! Time will tell if they reveal themselves as useful!———————————————ps. want weekly reviews in the genres of philosophy,psychology and human nature? Check out my channel:https://youtube.com/c/BookLabbyBjorn

Lori

September 02, 2011

A friend gave me this book as a gift because she knows I am stuck in a creative and business rut (which for me is one and the same thing) and was certain it would help me.Now, I am not the self-help book sort. I'll be completely up front about that. But I admire and love this friend, so I read it in one sitting.Essentially, the book helps you learn how to jump from mediocrity to excellence. To do that, you have to learn to conquer the fear that's holding you back -- and Hendricks' opinion is everyone has at least one fear.For me, my fears are fairly personal and I'll more than likely go into more detail in blog posts on my blog. But I CAN tell you now that I marked up the book with a pencil, pulled out my perpetual calendar and started marking things down. I've already made a vow to stop looking at blogs and beading magazines that make me feel inferior, and by marking only a few things a day on my calendar, things seem doable.I've also decided what I'm good at (more on that on the blog later) and what I need to say goodbye to. After I turn in my book manuscript December 6th -- things are going to change. In order to make the next step, to stop moping and stagnating, things HAVE to.I didn't give this book Five Stars because I found some of the text a little hokey, and I totally skipped the relationship section -- that's one section I have not a bit of a problem with. This book won't be for everyone, but it's a quick read, and what can it hurt?Thanks to my friend Sandi for giving it to me. Let's see if I can stick to it!Lori AndersonBlogShopLori Anderson

Leandra

December 04, 2018

A life coach I work with recommended this book to me and it was a great recommendation. The book describes "the upper limit problem" where we fail to meet our goals or self sabotage ourselves through missing a goal or failing completely in another part of our life...as we can't believe that we be successful in careers, fitness, love life etc at the same time. We can! The book is helpful is categorizing the barriers that our brains tend to box us in or limit us in and how we can break through - with our thoughts! and get out of our comfort zone or what he calls zone of excellence and move into our zone of genuis!There is a chapter that is about "time" and we have an abundance time- calling it Einstein time. I would like more chapters on this concept but it was great concept and I am applying this to my life.

Jenny

December 08, 2009

Short book - first half more effective than the second. Overall - LOVE the message, and provides a helpful framework for understanding how we limit ourselves (and how to move past our own Upper Limit Problems).

Julie

July 12, 2022

Another inspiring book!

Janne

August 18, 2020

Updated 18.8.2020: Where are Gary Keller in "The One Thing" book advocates to find one thing which makes everything else easier or unnecessary, Gay Hendricks in this The Big Leap book suggests that the one problem you need to solve is your "upper limit problem."6/5 it's awesome book, which I reread it regularly and hope you will do the same ;)Original Review:The Big Leap is a book of action and calls for decisions about becoming genius that you are capable of. Gay Hendricks knows through his personal and professional experience, that even people who are already successful in many aspects of life, have limiting beliefs and behaviors that prevent them from feeling and enjoying all the positive experiences they could.I was looking for a book about excellence and I got recommended book about genius. I enjoyed this book tremendously and started to apply the lessons right away.Here are some concepts that I am working on now based on this book:* Awareness about upper limit problems. Reflecting, journaling and finally dissolving them.* Creating more capacity for positive feelings and experiences by focusing to enjoy more to them.* Quitting limiting believes and behaviors.* Becoming the master of my own time; I understand now that I am my only source of time.Right after finishing the book, I revisited my notes and highlights and I am convinced that this book will become a book of study: 5/5 stars.Updated:Create value and delight for others ;)

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