Shawn Stevenson
The UltraMind Solution by Dr. Mark Hyman
Spark by Dr. John Ratey
The 4-Hour Chef by Tim Ferriss
Math Doesn’t Suck by Danica Mckellar
Boundless by Ben Greenfield
Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono
Thrive by Arianna Huffington
The Element by Sir Ken Robinson with Lou Aronica
TED Talks by Chris Anderson
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Imagine It Forward by Beth Comstock & Tahl Raz
Belong by Radha Agrawal
Disrupt-Her by Miki Agrawal
The Ripple Effect by Dr. Greg Wells
Exponential Transformation by Salim Ismail, Francisco Palao & Michelle Lapierre
Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty
The Alter Ego Effect by Todd Herman
How to Live a Good Life by Jonathan Fields
The Mind Map Book by Barry Buzan & Tony Buzan
The Principles by Ray Dalio
Re-Create Your Life by Morty Lefkoe
Emotional First Aid by Dr. Guy Winch
A Higher Branch by Sam Makhoul
Cancer-Free with Food by Liana Werner-Gray
Food Can Fix It by Dr. Mehmet Oz
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This is the hardest part of the book for me to write because it takes a village to bring a book into the world. One may think it’s a solo adventure of sorts but in reality, it was a heroic group effort.
In the pages I’m allotted, it would be impossible to thank by name all those who have led and supported me to this moment. The list is long—you can say it’s pretty limitless.
I know this because you all have a special place in my heart and I feel your presence when I do my gratitude exercises.
Let’s start with YOU the reader. Thank you for not only getting this book but more importantly for reading and using it.
To our podcast guests, listeners, and anyone who has ever watched and shared one of our videos, thank you for tuning in each week and getting all brainy with me.
To our online students all over the world, so much appreciation for your time and trust. Thank you for allowing our team to fulfill our purpose of building better, brighter brains.
To all our speaking and training clients, gratitude for having me share with your audiences and teams.
To my private coaching clients, you know who you are, thank you for your friendship and for teaching me so much in return.
To my longtime business partner Alexis Banc. This book and this business would not exist without you. You wear every hat imaginable, your dedication is only matched by your vision for a better brighter world, I am eternally grateful.
To James Banc, thank you, brother, for being a brain warrior.
Gratitude to my personal assistant Elena, thank you for being my right hand (and sometimes brain). Appreciate all you do.
To our amazing Kwik Team who works hard every day serving our community. Thank you for your caring and commitment, Jonie, Sasha, Brittany, Jade, Iris, Denyce, Nicole, Jessica, Kyle, Dallas, Jen, Zareen, Jena, Lauren, Louie, Romario, Elizabeth, Miriam, Julia, Matilda, Alex, Dmitri, Jena, Kristie, LJ, Arthur, Marcin, Angelo, Pawel, Radek, Agata, Natalia, Katia, Hugo, Michal, Chris, Marta, Drew, Kris, Rusty, and the rest of our team past, present, and future. (Yes, our team is mostly made up of incredible females.)
I believe everyone can be your teacher on life’s journey. From my college friend’s father who got me to read one book a week to the person who said I had a broken brain, thank you for the lessons.
To my friends Brendon Burchard, Scott Hoffman, Lewis Howes, and Nick Ortner, who encouraged and kept on me to write this book. Thank you for inspiring the world, and for inspiring me to transform my mess into my message.
I am grateful to Reid Tracy and Patty Gift, who saw the potential for this book. Honored to be part of the Hay House family. Thank you, Anne, Mary, Margarete, Lindsay, Patricia, Cathy, Alexandra, Sally, Marlene, Perry, Celeste, Tricia, Julie, Yvette, Diane, John, Karen, Steve, and everyone else who had a hand in creating the book what it is.
Special thanks to our creative team, who made significant contributions to this book.
Lou Aronica, thanks for helping me craft these pages and making this book the best it can be.
Sara Stibitz, you were invaluable. Grateful for all the research, interviews, wordsmithing and getting us to the finish line.
Clay Hebert, for years of support and for quarterbacking this project from A to Z. You put the clay in clarity.
Courtney Kenney, thank you for managing and mobilizing so many moving parts.
Jose Alonso, thanks for the new kwik design. Nick Onken, photographer extraordinaire.
Rodrigo and Anna Corral for the beautiful book cover art.
Dr. Mark Hyman, thank you for believing in our work and writing the book’s foreword. Appreciate you and Mia