The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level (Hardcover)

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"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 )

"Hendricks provides a clear path for achieving our true potential and attaining not only financial success but also success in love and life." (OfSpirit.com )

"Hendricks has the answers." (Elevated Existence )

"Gay Hendricks' positivity, his love, his genius fill me with hope. And in, The Big Leap, he once again names a pattern that I have always been aware of in myself but never quite brought to consciousness. Now that I have, there's no going back. " (Geneen Roth, author of When Food is Love and The Craggy Hole in My Heart )

"Gay has the corner on living life well... he has a glorious love relationship with his wife and he is hugely successful. There is no better person to inspire us all to be the best we can be at every level." (Mariel Hemingway, author of Mariel's Kitchen and Mariel Hemingway's Healthy Living from the Inside Out )

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Most of us believe that we will finally feel satisfied and content with our lives when we get the good news we have been waiting for, find a healthy relationship, or achieve one of our personal goals. However, this rarely happens. Good fortune is often followed by negative emotions that overtake us and result in destructive behaviors. "I don't deserve this," "this is too good to be true," or any number of harmful thought patterns prevent us from experiencing the joy and satisfaction we have earned. Sound familiar? This is what New York Times bestselling author Gay Hendricks calls the Upper Limit Problem, a negative emotional reaction that occurs when anything positive enters our lives. The Upper Limit Problem not only prevents happiness, but it actually stops us from achieving our goals. It is the ultimate life roadblock.

In The Big Leap, Hendricks reveals a simple yet comprehensive program for overcoming this barrier to happiness and fulfillment, presented in a way that engages both the mind and heart. Working closely with more than one thousand extraordinary achievers in business and the arts—from rock stars to Fortune 500 executives—whose stories are featured in these pages, the book describes the four hidden fears that are at the root of the Upper Limit Problem.

The Big Leap delivers a proven method for first identifying which of these four fears prevents us from reaching our personal upper limit, and then breaking through that limitation to achieve what Hendricks refers to as our Zone of Genius. Hendricks provides a clear path for achieving our true potential and attaining not only financial success but also success in love and life.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: HarperOne (April 21, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061735345
• ISBN-13: 978-0061735349
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,609 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Getting out of your own way-, July 21, 2009

By	Miriam Knight "New Consciousness Review" (Portland, OR, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

THE BIG LEAP revolves around the interesting proposition that while we all like to feel good, most of us have acquired a ceiling for our expectations in the course of growing up. The optimism and exuberance of childhood have given way to a darker view of how the world works and our place in it. We then make our reality conform to our expectations and engineer circumstances to bring us back to the "safe" upper limits our subconscious has imposed on us.

This has the effect of our putting on the brakes whenever we get out of our zone of comfort - what Hendricks calls our Zone of Competence or even of Excellence. But his mission is to get us to recognize our upper limit problem and break through it to living in our Zone of Genius. This is the sweet spot where we are doing work that nurtures our spirit and offers lasting contentment.

Hendricks has examined the human spirit and psyche for all of his working life. A PhD in Counseling Psychology from Stanford, and then a Professor at the University of Colorado for 21 years, he co-founded the Hendricks Institute with his wife Kathlyn to focus on conscious living and relationships. This book seems to be an exposition and distillation of some of the most important lessons for achieving our true potential. Through a series of questions for contemplation and other tools, he gently guides the reader to an understanding of how and where you have created limits, how to move beyond them to living in your zone of genius and succeeding in love, life and finances.

What I was most taken by was his "Ultimate Success Mantra." It is similar on the surface to many other affirmations you probably have read over the years, but I believe this one is profoundly different.

I would call it the Golden Rule for the Quantum Age, because while affirming that you expand in abundance, success and love every day, you do so by means of inspiring others to do the same. It reinforces the understanding of our interconnectedness and predicates your ultimate success on what you radiate back to others. This is the true Law of Attraction in action. Get the book and let its wisdom inspire your Genius.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, May 1, 2009

By	J. Johnston (Johnson City, Tennessee United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This really is a fantastic book that helps us take a look at how we sabotage ourselves due to our unconscious belief that we do not deserve to be happy. The author gives great examples of how to overcome these obstacles. I found the book to be very helpful. I was completely unaware of this author until reading this book. Now, I am recommending it to all of my clients.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stop the short-circuit, June 13, 2009

By	Margaret Havens "Margaret Ida" (Taylorsville, UT, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book helps you understand the one basic root of self-sabotage. That was the promise on which I purchased it. And it delivered. Mr. Hendricks not only explained the Upper Limit Problem, he offered ideas and encouragement for moving past it without giving a 'prescription' to follow.
I appreciate the clear message that while there is one major problem, there are an infinite number of personal applications - and the individual is really the only one who can synthesize a personal solution.
Besides the Upper Limit Problem and his Zones (of Incompetence, Competence, Mediocrity, Excellence, and Genius) I was also impressed enough to recommend it to associates who were complaining about 'not enough time' because of a fascinating concept he introduced and called 'Einstein time'.
Anyone who recognizes and want to get past the sense of repeated short-circuits in their efforts to get ahead in any area of their lives, would be well served to read this book and apply its principles.