Sharpen Your Ax

In his latest book, Joe shares his seven strategies for moving from the ordinary to the extraordinary.

"If you do what you must do today, you will have the freedom to do what you want to do tomorrow"

5 Life Events Questions

One day while enjoying one of my favorite pastimes, drinking a delicious cup of Starbucks’ coffee and hanging out in a Barnes and Noble Bookstore, I ran across something that caught my attention and caused me to go to my computer and do a Google search.

  • My search revealed there are probably somewhere around one million words in the English language.
    "How many letters are there in the alphabet?"

  • The federal deficit could be ten trillion dollars a day.
    How many digits make up our numerical system?"

  • There are thousands of songs that are written, everything from country to pop.
    "How many musical notes are there?"

  • There are hundreds of colors to choose from when you decide to paint a picture.
    "How many primary colors are there?"

  • Life is made up of daily choices.
    "How many choices will you actually make in a day?"

 

With a little thought, you could answer these first four questions. By simply tapping into your subconscious, you could pull up the children’s alphabet song (A, B, C, etc.); you could also say your do-ray-me’s; and, you might even use your fingers or toes to figure out the number of digits in our numerical system, etc. But, to save you time, here are the answers.

  • There are twenty-six letters in the alphabet.
  • There are ten digits in our numerical system.
  • There are twelve musical notes.
  • There are three primary colors (red, blue and yellow)

And, finally, let me answer the fifth question. There are only two choices you must make everyday. You either choose to be dull and ordinary or, you choose to be sharp and extraordinary. That’s where I come in. I am a professional results coach and I am here to aid you in your quest to become extraordinary.

 

 

Table of Contents

  • Greeting from Coach Joe
  • A Cry of the Ordinary
     

Section One – A Dull Ax Makes For A Dull Life

  • Introduction
  • Chapter One – Accepting an Obscure Definition of Success
  • Chapter Two – Blind to the Silent Elephant Within
  • Chapter Three – Caught on the Bridge of Life
  • Chapter Four – Detoured into Survival Mode
  • Chapter Five – Electing to Act as a Thermometer
  • Chapter Six – Freely Giving Up Control of Your Destiny
  • Chapter Seven – Gambling Your Future on Compliancy “Ambition”
     

Section Two – Seven Strategies to S.H.A.R.P.E.N. Your Ax
 


 

 

My Final Word