In 2009, I wrote a blog post called “How to Become a Make-It-Happen Person – Part 1″, and a year or so later I started the draft on part 5. That’s when I realised that I have enough thoughts on the subject to write a book, so I did.

This book was always going to be a project that I had to complete. How can you write a book called “How to Become a Make-It-Happen Person”… and then not make it happen?

Table of Contents (subject to change)

PART I: The “Make-It-Happen” Fuel

What is a Make-It-Happen Person?... 6

Your Attitude… 14

Faith vs Fantasy… 17

Assume Solutions… 19

Self-Discipline… 20

Make a Commitment to Be Cutting Edge… 25

Aggressively Reject Complacency and Laziness… 27

Realise the Power in a Real Decision… 28

Cultivate the Skill of Being Decisive… 30

Watch Your Language… 31

Deal Correctly With Disappointment… 37

Your Purpose… 41

Your General Purpose… 56

Your Specific Purpose… 62

Symptoms of Purpose… 68

Tips to Find Your Specific Purpose In Life… 78

Your Motives… 86

Be Authentic… 87

Your Vision… 87

PART II: The “Make-It-Happen” Engine

Create A Daily Routine… 91

Create an Effective Scheduling System… 92

Create an Effective Incentive System… 94

Take Immediate Action… 95

Why People Don’t Take Immediate Action… 96

Taking Immediate Action on Tasks… 99

Taking Immediate Action on Ideas… 100

Schedule Thinking Time… 101

Develop Laser Focus… 106

Understand Results-Goals vs. Action-Goals… 107

Action Goals… 109

Results Goals… 109

Goal-Achieving vs. Tension-Relieving… 109

Set a Deadline… 111

How to Set Results-Goals (The Scope Momentum Balance)… 114

How to Set Action-Goals… 124

Take the Right Actions… 127

Managing Others’ Inability to Make Things Happen… 130

The Importance of Balance… 131

How To Be Balanced… 133

One Step Beyond… 133

PART III: “Make-It-Happen” Breakdown

Waiting For God, Coincidence or Fate… 136

Lack of Resources… 140

Pros and Cons of Being Born With Nothing… 143

Pros and Cons of Being Born With Everything… 145

What Others Will Think… 147

… If It’s Not Perfect… 148

… If We Fail… 154

… If We’re Not “Qualified”… 156

… If It’s Not How Others Think It Should Be… 162

What We Think of Ourselves… 163

Self-Sabotage… 164

Arrogance… 166

Thinking Our Contribution Is Insignificant… 167

An Unbalanced Desire For Security… 171

Laziness – a Lack of Vision… 173

Giving Up Too Soon… 173

Not Having a Plan B… 175

Not Consolidating Change… 176

The Pain of the Past… 180

Conclusion… 183