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Don’t Bullsh*t Yourself – Crush The Excuses That Are Holding You Back – Jon Taffer (Portfolio)

Let’s face it, you’re busy…I get it. So when you tell yourself that you don’t have time to read another business book; let me warn you in advance, time or a lack of it, is one of the excuse categories that JonTaffer, producer and host of Paramount Network’s (formerly Spike TV) Bar Rescue program, rails against in his new book, Don’tBullsh*t Yourself – Crush The Excuses That Are Holding You Back.

That is one of the great things about the book, you don’t have to slog through the entire book to get the gist of what Taffer is talking about. He breaks things down into a very actionable format serving up a summary of the problem/excuse categories in a bulleted and shaded list in each chapter, one category pre chapter. Then he provides a bulleted list at the end of each chapter he dubs the Don’t Bullsh*t Yourself Busters.

The categories are easily relatable and you will find yourself shaking your head in agreement, acknowledging that you (and I) have used these xcuses at one point or another in our careers. Fear, knowledge, time, circumstances, ego, and scarcity are things that everyone can relate to…and if you claim otherwise, stop bullsh*ting yourself, you know it’s true.

So what are you waiting for? No excuses…no bullsh*t! If you think you need more, Taffer provides a boatload of real world examples from real people who have overcome these problems/excuses and how they went about tackling them. Often the examples are worse than anything you and I have encountered. These examples tie in well with the to do lists and the steps you can start taking today.