After over two years of researching, writing, rewriting, and countless rounds of editing, Jay Tiegs and I are excited to announce we finished recording our audiobook over the last two weeks! With the finish line finally in sight, we want to thank you for sticking around by sharing a preview of what you can expect from Life on Offense: Do HARD Things (with links to previous articles included).
Chapter 1. Life on Offense shows you how to shift your mindset to proactively seek out opportunities rather than waiting for life to happen. We give our argument on why you should strive to live on offense and avoid the SHIT that keeps you on defense. The chapter introduces the HARD framework through the Do HARD Things Recipe for Success:
A vision: Where you want to go
A clear strategy: Offense vs. Defense
Lines of effort: Health, Affluence, Relationships, and Development
Tactics: Each subsequent chapter shares several tactics that you can immediately put to use
Chapter 2. Seeking Clarity guides you in defining your purpose and creating a compelling vision. I share my personal journey of rediscovering purpose after leaving the Army.
Chapter 3. Transform Bullshit Beliefs is your crash course in breaking through invisible barriers that limit your potential. We provide powerful tactics for converting limiting beliefs into empowering ones that drive you forward.
Chapter 4. The Goal Crusher guides you through a proven system to set goals that you’ll actually accomplish. The Goal Crusher helps you organize your goals and actions, giving you a blueprint for your future success.
Chapter 5. HARD Habits gives you the best tactics to create better habits and leverage your psychology for growth. I also tell my own story of how the habit of daily training propelled me to podium finishes in three cycling national championships.
Chapter 6. Physical Health breaks down each of the most effective tactics to enhance and maintain your body’s health, and most importantly, how to avoid a slow death.
Chapter 7. Mental Health reveals our top five tactics for building a strong mind and spirit to do HARD things, including how to be more present.
Chapter 8. Affluence explains the mindset of wealth and how to avoid limiting beliefs that keep people poor. This chapter lays out the simple steps for building wealth.
Chapter 9. Relationships gives you a framework for balancing your social life, identifying and avoiding toxic relationships, and nurturing strong, meaningful connections.
Chapter 10. Development ties the HARD framework together, giving you the tools you need to obtain mastery and continually improve your skills. Unfortunately my personal story, about pushing past panic, didn't make the final cut.
Chapter 11. Take Command pulls everything together and equips you with final tactics for personal leadership and resilience. It includes my personal favorite tactic: Embracing the suck.
Thank you so much again for being part of our journey. Our Life on Offense community through Substack really did a lot to give feedback and shape the content of the book. Please stay tuned as we finish getting everything ready for publication in the next few months.