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Chop Wood Carry Water

How to Fall in Love with the Process of Becoming Great

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Chop Wood Carry Water is the story of one boy's journey to achieve his lifelong dream of becoming a samurai warrior. Guided by "Akira-sensei", John comes to realize the greatest adversity on his journey will be the challenge of defeating the man in the mirror.

This powerful story brings the train-to-be-clutch curriculum to life in a powerful and memorable way.

Some things you will learn....

  • No matter how it feels, you are always building your own house.
  • How and why you must surrender the outcome in order to be at your best.
  • Why you never want to have your identity wrapped up in what you do.
  • Why your strength lies in faithfulness to the little things.
  • How to develop a heart posture of gratitude.
  • How to use the biggest challenges as a training ground for greatness.
  • Why the process is more important than the goal.
  • Why comparison is the thief of all joy.
  • How to develop a growth mindset.
  • Why talent is more of a curse than a blessing.

©2015 Joshua Medcalf (P)2016 Joshua Medcalf Personal Development Personal Success
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I loved it - a simple allegory of allegories. The youthful sentiments soften powerful lessons. Well worth a listen.

Great: a simple tale of powerful tales.

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If only their were patient and wise mentors in the west as described in this book..

Beautiful wisdom well presented.

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I will definitely listen to this one again soon. my teenagers will be taking full advantage too. I wish I grew up with these stories. so simple and motivational.

One of the best 'Self Help' books I've ever read.

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I have listened to this book at least 6 times now, the stories and the wisdom are amazing! It has changed my life definitely for the better!

Fantastic audiobook

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I find a lot of self help/motivational books can over intellectualize things and complicate the messaging. Whilst I notice some of the reviews spend time questionning the validity of the narrative(?!), I find it serves the purpose of breaking the lessons into small bitesize chunks and worksheets are available at the end of it.

Give it a read, as a new parent I think these lessons will be easy to pass on to kids too.

Easy, accessible read with some solid messaging.

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