Index

A

• acceptance, importance of, 35, 44, 155
• accountability partners, 103–4, 108
• action
  • consistent and imperfect, 77–78, 80
  • massive, 77
• activist, being a, 38

B

• Black Panther, 123–24, 158
• Bloom, Linda and Charlie, 62
• Boseman, Chadwick, 123
• brakes
  • applying, 122, 127–28
  • fear as, 77
• Britten, Rhonda, 72
• Brown, James, 18
• burnout, 133–34, 140

C

• change
  • celebrating, 43, 155
  • fear of, 74
  • revolutionary vs. evolutionary, 6–7
  • six phases of, 40–44, 155
  • small, 12–15, 18–19, 154
• Chicken Soup for the Soul, 138
• CIA (consistent and imperfect action), 77–78, 79, 80
• coasting
  • as habit, 21, 23
  • meaning of, 21
• cognitive reframing, 61–65, 156
• commencement, meaning of, 153
• cost vs. price, 25
• curves, leaning into, 122–23, 128

D

• declarations, 63–65, 149, 156
  • delegating, 136
  • Diana, Princess, 27
  • Discussion Guide, 161–64
  • Disney, Walt, 139
  • Drive, 111, 112–13, 117–18
  • Drucker, Peter, 144

E

• effort, increasing, 48–50
• 80/20 Rule, 13
• emotional home
  • changing address of, 88–89, 157
  • concept of, 86–88, 93
  • identifying, 87
  • protecting, 89–90
• emotions
  • eight core, 85
  • as engine, 84, 156
  • gratitude, 91–92, 93
  • motion and, 90, 93
  • neutral nature of, 85, 87
  • personifying, 90–91
  • wheel of, 85
• engine, emotions as, 84, 156
• excellence, cultivating, 50–52, 55, 155
• excuses
  • common, 60–61
  • cost of, 61, 66
  • fear as root of, 58, 70
  • kickstand as metaphor for, 57–58, 156
  • purpose of, 58
  • reframing, 63–65, 156
• existing vs. living, 29, 48

F

• failure
  • fear of, 74
  • as privilege, 15, 19
• faith
  • replacing fear with, 71, 73–74, 75–76, 78–79
  • as throttle, 77
  • truth and, 75–76
• Farley, Chris, 27
• Fearless Friday, 71
• fears
  • as biggest kickstand, 70–71
  • as brakes, 77
  • cure for, 77, 80
  • facts about, 72–73
  • identifying, 76–77
  • as learned behavior, 73, 156
  • purpose of, 72, 80
  • replacing, with faith, 71, 73–74, 75–76, 78–79
  • as root of all excuses, 58, 70
  • top ten, 74–75
• forgiveness, 117, 119
• Frank, Anne, 27
• Fuhrman, John, 74
• fulfillment
  • barriers to, 5
  • desire for, 6
  • global average ratings for, 5–6
  • indicators of, 5
• Full Throttle Experience conference, 4, 15–16, 71, 72, 104, 111, 121, 133, 160

G

• gears
  • Drive, 111, 112–13, 117–18, 157
  • Neutral, 114–15
  • Park, 115–17
  • Reverse, 113–14
  • shift into higher, 11, 14–15, 154
• goals
  • categories of, 145
  • definition of, 144
  • disappointment at achieving, 16
  • eight R’s for manifesting, 146–50, 151
  • examples of, 145
  • lack of, 144–45
  • setting vs. getting, 143–44, 150, 151, 158
• gratitude, 91–92, 93

H

• Harry Potter, 138
• Hendrix, Jimi, 27
• Hill, Napoleon, 104

I

• “I am” statements, 90–91
• implementation tips, 159–60
• impostor syndrome, 126
• inadequacy, fear of, 75, 126
• isolation, 134–35

J

• Jesus Christ, 27–28
• Just Enough land, getting out of, 48, 55, 155

K

• kaizen, 18
• The Karate Kid Part III, 69–70, 156
• kickstands, 57–58, 65, 156, 170
• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 27

L

• leadership, three steps to, 36–39, 44
• learned helplessness, 60
• Lee, Bruce, 27
• Lewis, W. M., 3
• life
  • amount left, 22
  • daily invitation of, 17–18
  • one-dimensional, 24
  • three-dimensional, 23–32, 155
• life expectancy
  • average, 21–22
  • countries with highest, 23
  • of women vs. men, 23
• lion, as king of the jungle, 124–25, 126
• The Lion King, 123, 158
• living vs. existing, 29, 48
• loneliness
  • fear of, 74
  • pothole of, 134–35, 140

M

• Malcolm X, 27
• Marley, Bob, 27
• masterminds, 104–6, 108
• mates, 100
• mentees, 100
• mentors, 99
• Million Dollar Round Table, 17
• Morin, Amy, 74
• motorcycles. See also individual parts
  • author’s experience with, 4
  • automobiles vs., 35, 47, 98–99, 111–12
  • changing direction on, 47
  • experience of riding, 153–54
  • leaning into curves with, 122–23, 128
  • as metaphor, 1–3, 153
  • passengers on, 98–99
  • sitting on correctly, 121–22, 123, 125, 127

N

• Neutral, 114–15

O

• The Old Man and the Howling Dog story, 38–39
• 1% shift, 18–19, 154
• optimist, being a, 37–38
• overwhelm, 136, 140, 147

P

• Pareto principle, 13
• Park, 115–17
• Plutchik, Robert, 85
• positive declarations, 63–65, 149, 156
• posse. See relationships
• potholes
  • avoiding, 131, 132, 139, 140, 158
  • dangers of, 131
  • inspection after hitting, 139–40
  • types of, 133–39
• price vs. cost, 25
• pride, 15

R

• realist, being a, 36–37
• reframing, 61–65, 156
• rejection, 137–39, 140–41
• relationships. See also accountability partners; masterminds
  • closest five, 99
  • evaluating, 97–98, 102–3
  • finding new, 101–2
  • goals and, 149
  • graduating the conversation, 96
  • importance of, 95–96, 157
  • misplaced loyalty and, 101
  • types of, 99–101
  • with yourself, 107, 157
• Reverse, 113–14
• Robbins, Tony, 18, 115
• Rowling, J. K., 138

S

• secondary gain, 58–59, 65
• Selena, 27
• self-sabotage, 132
• shift, meaning of, 12
• Spielberg, Steven, 139

T

• throttle
  • faith as, 77
  • rolling, in curves, 122–23
  • symbolism of, 8

U

• uncertainty, fear of, 74

V

• van Gogh, Vincent, 139
• victim mentality, 60
• Viscott, David, 29

W

• waiting, importance of, 53–55
• Washington, Denzel, 99
• weight
  • of excellence, 50–52, 155
  • putting more in, 48–50
• wheels
  • back, 121–22, 127
  • front, 121, 127
• Winfrey, Oprah, 139