Burn the Boats
Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential
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Matt Higgins
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*A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER!*
Listen to the book that has inspired thousands of people around the world to pursue their Plan A—making bold career moves, launching dream businesses, fleeing toxic relationships, and silencing the naysayers.
Feel like you’re always settling for Plan B? Have big goals but something—or someone—is holding you back?
There is a counterintuitive but effective strategy used throughout recorded history to overcome impossible odds and achieve breakout success: Eliminate any thoughts of retreat.
In Burn the Boats, you’ll learn:
- How to break patterns that undermine total commitment (such as imposter syndrome, anxiety, and toxic leadership habits)
- How science proves that a perfectly crafted plan B saps motivation and diminishes successful outcomes
- How to achieve financial independence by leveraging the stream of data you consume in your daily life, known as ‘proprietary insights’
- How to harness the personal power of your pain and shame to turn flaws into your superpower
- How dozens of the people you admire first burned their own boats before becoming household names
In this gripping rags-to-riches instant classic, Matt Higgins provides the blueprint he used to go from a desperate sixteen-year-old high school dropout caring for his sick mother in Queens, New York, to a shark on Shark Tank. Now a serial entrepreneur with a billion-dollar portfolio of some of America’s most beloved brands, Higgins unpacks the burn-the-boats strategy with raw emotion and radical transparency.
Now translated into numerous languages worldwide, Burn the Boats is the definitive tome on the oldest life hack in history. From Sun Tzu to Tariq ibn Ziyad, the ancient Israelites to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky—when leaders want to motivate their troops for success, they self-sabotage their own retreat so all energy is directed on a singular objective. They burn their metaphorical boats that sow doubt; it’s win or perish, and their unshakable resolve propels them to victory.
But the clarity of crisis decision-making can also be harnessed in our everyday lives. Higgins draws upon extensive research, historical precedent, and dozens of firsthand case studies—from actress-turned-entrepreneur Scarlett Johansson to NFL Coach Rex Ryan—that prove merely contemplating Plan B diminishes the probability of ever achieving Plan A.
Written in the reassuring tone of a mentor and drawing upon Higgins’s experience as a teacher at Harvard Business School, Burn the Boats will carry you through any rough seas on the most exciting journey of your life.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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- Tambir I
- 18-02-23
What a story!
If there was a time to be reminded of the phase burn the boats it was when launching my first business, I left Mechanical engineering and quite literally said to myself it's time to burn the boats!
Years later after learning from David goggins to 'Carry the boats' here I am revisiting this common theme however this time we toss plan B overboard for real.
I want to Thank Matt Higgins for the time to put this together, and Gary Vee for putting out such a wholesome Podcast on the day of the drop for this book. (Serendipity)
If your reading this book your my people!
let's connect ig @itambir
Being the 1st review I feel I have to write something good, but let's keep it simple.
Read this book, Burn The Boats!
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- Richard
- 22-07-23
You connected.
Just beautiful Matt. A raw, authentic and powerful narration of the journey, the challenges, opportunities, thoughts, doubts and beliefs I have experienced in navigating life this far. Wonderful to be reassured by the solidarity of the stories told. Thanks for taking the time to write this book.
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- Samantha Howard
- 22-02-23
Excellent!
I love that self awareness is so heavily valued through this book. Inspiring stories deliver the practical, tangible advice in a way that lands. A very enjoyable and useful read.
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- Paul
- 25-02-23
Very insightful
Experience, wisdom and knowledge delivered in a very digestible and engaging way. I’ll definitely be recommending this book to my business friends
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- Martyna
- 20-05-23
Amazing
So inspiring with some incredible stories. Definitely recommend and will be revisiting this book again and again
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- Fermín
- 08-04-24
Going all in and trusting yourself
"Burn the Boats" is an inspiring book that champions the 'all in' approach to achieving goals. It's filled with stories of people who believed in themselves and their abilities to solve problems, showcasing the transformative power of a growth mindset. The book highlights how committing fully to a goal, without a backup plan, can lead to a path of growth and enjoyment. Embrace risks, believe in your capabilities, and see challenges as opportunities. It's a straightforward, motivational read.
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