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  • The Power of Starting Something Stupid

  • How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live without Regret
  • By: Richie Norton, Natalie Norton
  • Narrated by: Richie Norton
  • Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (23 ratings)
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Summary

What if the smartest people in the world understand something that the rest of us don't? (They do.) What if they know that in order to achieve success, they will sometimes have to do things that others may initially perceive as stupid? The fact of the matter is that the smartest people in the world don't run from stupid, they lean into it (in a smart way).

In The Power of Starting Something Stupid, Richie Norton redefines stupid as we know it, demonstrating that life-changing ideas are often tragically mislabeled stupid. What if the key to success, creativity, and fulfillment in your life lies in the potential of those stupid ideas? This deeply inspiring book will teach you:

  • How to crush fear, make dreams happen, and live without regret.
  • How to overcome obstacles such as lack of time, lack of education, or lack of money.
  • The 5 actions of the New Smart to achieve authentic success.

No more excuses. Learn how to start something stupid - the smartest thing you can do. Drawing on years of research, including hundreds of face-to-face interviews and some of the world's greatest success stories past and present, Richie shows you how stupid is the New Smart - the common denominator for success, creativity, and innovation in business and life.

©2013 Richie Norton (P)2013 Shadow Mountain

Critic reviews

"Perfect book for these uncertain times." (Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media)
"Richie Norton has written a book about courage. The courage to do work that matters and to do it with your heart and your soul. Go make something happen." (Seth Godin, author of The Icarus Deception)
"I absolutely love this book. . . . It energizes me, inspires me, and gives me confidence. It reminds each of us that all things are possible." (Stephen M. R. Covey, New York Times best-selling author of The Speed of Trust)

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super helpful book

this is a really helpful inspiring book with loads of great content. I reccommend it.

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Good message sullied by narrator

Good book overall basically giving the listener a kick up the backside and away from fear, pride, ego and procrastination.
However, the narrator reads the book like he's speaking to children. He keeps doing a weird chuckle while saying words and it becomes very distracting after a while.
Otherwise, it's good.
Narrator, lose that 'chuckle-read' please.

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