Game Changers
What Leaders, Innovators, and Mavericks Do to Win at Life
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Publisher Description
The bestselling author of Head Strong and The Bulletproof Diet answers the question, “How can I kick more ass at life?” by culling the wisdom of world-class thought leaders, maverick scientists, and disruptive entrepreneurs to provide proven techniques for becoming happier, healthier, and smarter.
When Dave Asprey started his Bulletproof Radio podcast more than five years ago, he sought out influencers in an array of disciplines, from biochemists toiling in unknown laboratories to business leaders changing the world to mediation masters discovering inner peace. His guests were some of the top performing humans in the world, people who had changed their areas of study or even pioneered entirely new fields. Dave wanted to know: What did they have in common? What mattered most to them? What made them so successful—and what made them tick? At the end of each interview, Dave asked the same question: “What are your top three recommendations for people who want to perform better at being human?”
After performing a statistical analysis of the answers, he found that the wisdom gleaned from these highly successful people could be distilled into three main objectives: finding ways to become smarter, faster, and happier. Game Changers is the culmination of Dave’s years-long immersion in these conversations, offering 46 science-backed, high performance “laws” that are a virtual playbook for how to get better at life.
With anecdotes from game changers like Dr. Daniel Amen, Gabby Bernstein, Dr. David Perlmutter, Arianna Huffington, Esther Perel, and Tim Ferris as well as examples from Dave’s own life, Game Changers offers readers practical advice they can put into action to reap immediate rewards. From taming fear and anxiety to making better decisions, establishing high-performance habits, and practicing gratitude and mindfulness, Dave brings together the wisdom of today’s game-changers to help everyone kick more ass at life.
This playbook for getting better at life is built on key principles of biohacking and personal development:
Cognitive Enhancement: Learn the science-backed laws for becoming smarter, from maximizing your brainpower to disrupting fear and making better decisions.Peak Performance Framework: Unlock your body’s potential with strategies for becoming faster, from optimizing sleep and sex to mastering movement and recovery.Actionable Strategies for Happiness: Discover the neuroscience of becoming happier by cultivating gratitude, finding your community, and resetting your internal programming.Leadership & Entrepreneurship Insights: Go behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs like Arianna Huffington and Tim Ferriss to learn what makes them tick.Evidence-Based Biohacking: Based on a statistical analysis of interviews with over 450 top performers, these laws distill actionable wisdom you can apply today.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
On his Bulletproof Radio podcast, life coach Dave Asprey asks every guest—from endurance athletes to neuroscientists to media figures like Arianna Huffington—for three pieces of advice on becoming smarter, happier, and faster. Game Changers organizes hundreds of those tips, ranging from acknowledging failures during your daily meditation to taking nutritional supplements every morning, into 46 “laws” of self-improvement. Not all of the advice is for everyone, but we loved that every section came with suggestions for further reading and listening. Game Changers is the perfect book to dip into for quick bursts of inspiration.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Asprey (The Bulletproof Diet) mines both conventional and unconventional techniques in this haphazard but sneakily instructive book. Core is his belief in the all-encompassing power of "the three Fs": "fear (run away, hide from, or fight scary things in case they are threats to your survival); feed (eat everything in sight so you don't starve to death and can quickly serve the first F), and the third F-word, which propagates the species." To harness these innate human desires, he builds his book around 46 high-performance "laws," which include both accepted, mainstream, and more out-there concepts. While some of Asprey's suggested techniques are admittedly controversial or of questionable merit microdosing on psychoactive drugs such as LSD to decrease anxiety, treat alcoholism, and promote self-awareness; restricting orgasms for men while promoting them frequently for women to balance hormones; adding butter to coffee for bursts of energy far more are decidedly sensible. He advises readers to investigate their own fears fear, explore dietary choices, foster positive thinking, enjoy downtime, learn the power of visualization, use the power of "no" to reduce burnout, load up on omega-3 fatty acids, and avoid "weasel words" (can't, need, bad, and try). He helpfully includes thought-provoking action items at the end of each chapter, as well as recommended podcasts from his own Bulletproof Radio. Asprey's motley collection of firsthand tips will inspire and encourage readers.
