Success Hackers

Book excerpt: "Success Hack" is a belief, a philosophy around achievement. It's taking an antiquated philosophy and turning it on its head. Success Hackers are the brave entrepreneurs who are always questioning the way "things ought to be", and then blazing their own trail. -Scott Hansen If you were to ask one hundred people how many of them want to be more successful, increase their wealth, spend more time with their family, become more influential, or find their purpose, every person's hand would go up. Yet, why is it that only a small fraction of the population would say that they are successful, and lead a life on purpose? And those individuals who have achieved success, what is it that they do they do differently from everyone else? I've been obsessed with these questions for the past 15 years. Chasing after your dreams, being your own boss, pursuing your purpose, standing out from the crowd, and impacting the world isn't for the faint of heart. It takes an insane level of commitment and persistence; along with a belief in yourself when nobody else will. When all the odds seem to be stacked against you, it's the ability to drown out all the noise and stay focused on your true desire. When I made the leap from working in the corporate world, to pursuing my passion of becoming a high-performance coach, speaker, and entrepreneur, there were doubts and fears that, at times, seemed almost insurmountable. There were many times when I wanted to quit, throw in the towel, and go back to my old life. As I went through these moments, I would always go back to the same question, "when I'm 90 years old, sitting in my rocking chair, do I want to look back on my life and wonder, what could have been if I would've only pursued my dreams?" Do you want to be remembered as someone who went after their dreams, made some noise, and was "all-in"; or someone who simply played it safe because you were afraid you might fail? This book was born from my wildly successful podcast that bears the same name. The Success Hackers podcast is one of the fastest growing entrepreneurial podcasts in Itunes, and is downloaded and listened to by individuals in 65 countries. The guests that come on my show share their strategies, golden nuggets, and success hacks with our "Hacker Nation" community of entrepreneurs.