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Packed with wisdom, empowering stories, and real-world advice, this book is your guide to tackling the chaos of life with confidence and clarity. Whether you’re pursuing a passion, chasing a calling, or simply trying to navigate the messy world of adulting, Everything is Figureoutable is a powerful toolkit for finding your way forward.
Dive in—and explore how this book can transform the way you approach life’s challenges!
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Everything Is Figureoutable
Citation (APA): Forleo, M. (2019). Everything Is Figureoutable [Kindle Android version]. Retrieved from Amazon.com
2: Your Road Map to Results
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As Carlos Castaneda shared, “We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”
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insight without action is worthless. Taking action is the only path to change.
3: The Magic of Belief
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Beliefs are the hidden scripts that run our lives.
4: Eliminate Excuses
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Excuses are dream killers. If we allow them, our excuses will keep us locked in a prison of our own making. As the adage goes, if you argue for your limitations, you get to keep them.
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While I tend to dislike frameworks that ignore the nuances of life, sometimes a clear contrast wakes us up. Here’s an adage that serves this conversation well: There are two kinds of people in the world: those with reasons and those with results. If you want, you can keep all your reasons (i.e., excuses) why you can’t
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make change happen. Why you can’t figure things out. You can hang on to all your reasons— your age, your parents, your genetics, your health, where you were born, ad nauseam. No one is going to come and take those reasons away. You have every right to think and believe whatever you want. But if you do hold on to the reasons why you “can’t,” know this: You’ll never experience the depth of your love, your gifts, your strength, your creativity, and your highest potential. Neither will the world.
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No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking. Attributed to Voltaire
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As motivational speaker Michael Altshuler says, “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” There is no time fairy that’s going to swoop down and magically clear your calendar. Embrace the fact that if you were powerful enough to create an overcommitted and overstretched life, you’re powerful enough to uncreate it.
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motivational speaker Michael Altshuler says, “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” There is no time fairy that’s going to swoop down and magically clear your calendar. Embrace the fact that if you were powerful enough to create an overcommitted and overstretched life, you’re powerful enough to uncreate it.
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Nothing changes if nothing changes.
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“Create before you consume.”
5: How to Deal with the Fear of Anything
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You never get stronger if you only do easy things. I didn’t want fear to calcify in my bones. I refuse to energetically shrink down into a smaller, less capable me. Just because I made a mistake and messed up didn’t mean I was going to give up.
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Fear is not the enemy— waiting to stop feeling afraid is.
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Don’t get seduced into thinking some magical day will arrive when you no longer feel afraid and only then will you be ready to act. That’s not how it works. Action is the antidote to fear.
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Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, “What else could this mean?” Shannon L. Alder
6: Define Your Dream
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Clarity comes from engagement, not thought.
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Action is the fastest and most direct route to clarity.
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Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. . . . A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.
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you’re 42 percent more likely to achieve your goals if you write them down.
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Ambiguity is the enemy of accomplishment.
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No matter what you want to figure out, one thing is for sure: writing it down is a fundamental step to making it real.
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He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how.
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The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity. Amelia Earhart
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someday is not a day of the week.
7: Start Before You’re Ready
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“Are you ready?” Klaus asked finally. “No,” Sunny answered. “Me neither,” Violet said, “but if we wait until we’re ready we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.”
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There are two types of pain you will go through in life: the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Discipline weighs ounces, while regret weighs tons. Jim Rohn
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Normal is not something to aspire to, it’s something to get away from. Jodie Foster
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A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence. Sonia Sotomayor
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You never feel ready to do the important things you’re meant to do.
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All progress begins with a brave decision.
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Action spawns courage, not the other way around.
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You must disobey the voice in your head that says, I’m not ready yet.
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BEWARE OF PROCRASTINATION DISGUISED AS “RESEARCH AND PLANNING”
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develop a bias for action.
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GET SKIN IN THE GAME
8: Progress Not Perfection
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Perfectionism at its core isn’t about high standards. It’s about fear. Fear of failure. Fear of looking stupid, fear of making a mistake, fear of being judged, criticized, and ridiculed. It’s a fear that one simple fact might be true: You’re just not good enough.
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Know this: The fear of not being good enough is universal. Everyone— and I do mean everyone— wrestles with it. The problem occurs when this fear metastasizes into full- blown perfectionism. Because perfectionism is paralyzing. Perfectionism keeps you suffering and spinning your wheels. But the dangers reach far beyond stuckness. Once perfectionism has a choke hold on your creative life force, it will stop at nothing to snuff you out.
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Starting small and sucky beats staying stucky.
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Every pro starts off as an amateur.
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Please understand, progress is never a straight line. Progress zigs and zags. It expands, then retreats. You will move forward and then back. Up and down. Then sideways and back again. To fight the erratic rhythm of progress is futile. Expect setbacks, stumbles, and big flops along the way. They’re inevitable, and they’re also positive indicators you’re making progress.
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Above all, cultivate patience. This is one of the most critical mental strengths of the figureoutable philosophy. Everything you want to create, achieve, or experience will likely take longer than you hope. Much longer.
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Mind the gap between your ambition and your ability.
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Progress not perfection is the only way to bridge the gap between your ability and your ambition.
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1. TAKE SMALL STEPS AND IGNORE BIG DRAMA
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Real change is practically invisible as it’s happening. No trumpets sound. A marching band will not play at your door. Meaningful progress doesn’t feel particularly exciting. Most days, it feels like work. You show up, grind it out (sometimes joyfully, sometimes not), and repeat.
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2. PLAN AHEAD FOR PROBLEMS
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3. EXPECT (AND EMBRACE) SELF- DOUBT
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4. ASK, “WHAT’S THE NEXT RIGHT MOVE?”
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5. USE THE POWER OF POSITIVE QUITTING
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6. ABOVE ALL, CULTIVATE PATIENCE
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the ease and speed of tech toys doesn’t map to real life. To build skills, earn trust, develop a body of work, forge relationships, gain mastery, or solve complicated problems, it takes sustained, relentless effort. There are no shortcuts.
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Doing something is the secret to doing something.
9: Refuse to Be Refused
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Refuse to Be Refused
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You just can’t beat the person who never gives up. Babe Ruth
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Sometimes, figuring things out requires that you refuse to be refused. Just because someone else— a parent, teacher, critic, friend, loved one, flight attendant, coworker, boss, culture, or society— says, “No, you can’t” or “No, that’s not possible” or “No, that’s not how it’s done around here,” doesn’t mean you must agree with their version of reality.
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Make it a habit to question the rules.
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the otherworldly power that comes from a willingness to do whatever it takes.
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the miracles that can unfold when one person is willing to risk it all and stop at nothing.
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If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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you weren’t built to be contained. You’re here to create, to heal, and to make change. Never apologize for that. You can’t make a difference without making waves.
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Haters are confused admirers who can’t understand why everybody else likes you. Paulo Coelho
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Everyone has a right to their opinion. But opinions are subjective. Just because someone doesn’t like what you do doesn’t mean no one else will. A person’s opinion is not The Truth. It’s their truth. It’s unwise to waste time and emotional energy over the criticism of folks you don’t know, respect, or serve.
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The more you care about what others think, the more they own you.
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1. ALWAYS CONSIDER THE SOURCE
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2. FEEL SAD, NOT MAD
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3. HAVE A GOOD LAUGH
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GOLDEN RULE: Never reply when angry, emotional, or buzzed.
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In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do. Dorothea Dix
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Want to supercharge your ability to persevere, no matter what setbacks or obstacles get in your way? Make sure your dream is tied to something beyond yourself. Striving to be your best is one thing, but when you do your best for the betterment of others, you’ll be virtually unstoppable. A bigger, more expansive purpose beyond our own personal gain is what gives our lives meaning. Purpose fuels persistence. Motives matter.
10: The World Needs Your Special Gift
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There are countless people out there who need the gifts that you and you alone are here to give.
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Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows. Attributed to Michael Landon
Epilogue: The Real Secret to Lasting Success
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Ultimately, the measure of our lives is not determined by what we achieve for ourselves; it’s determined by what we share, give, and contribute to others. Do whatever you can to put yourself in an environment that focuses on contribution, not complaint. Giving, not getting. Service, not self- importance.
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
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