Your Next Five Moves

The book in 3 sentences: Get to know yourself and your desires. Learn to solve problems more effectively. Build an excellent team. Favorite quotes: “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a lamb; I am afraid of an army of lambs led by a lion.” “A talented entrepreneur with bad habits will eventually become an employee. An average employee with great habits can eventually become a great entrepreneur.” “You will use experiences to either become more bitter or better. To become better, you need to reflect on your mistakes.”

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Summary + notes: Step One: Understand who you are right now!

This allows you to fully accept yourself, writes Bet-David. When you accept yourself, you can confidently pursue goals and paths that align with your truest desires and greatest strengths.

You can also assess yourself based on the Big Five personality dimensions: extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience. Each of these dimensions exists on a spectrum, meaning you, for example, fall somewhere on the spectrum between high and low neuroticism. Both genetic and environmental factors seem to influence where you fall on the spectrum for each dimension, and your traits don't change much throughout adulthood.

How can you understand who you are?

To understand who you are, Bet-David suggests asking yourself questions such as: How does the world see you, and how does this differ from how you see yourself? Asking questions is a way to get to know yourself: Asking a series of increasingly personal questions is a recommended method for creating quick intimacy between two people.