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How to Fight a Hydra
- Narrated by: Josh Kaufman
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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Summary
A survival manual for ambitious ADVENTURERS
You have a Hydra: a grand, ambitious project you’ve always wanted to tackle. It feels overwhelming, unconquerable. Chop off one of a Hydra’s heads, and two more grow in its place.
How will you ever defeat such a terrifying monstrosity - and live to tell the tale?
In this illuminating fable, productivity expert Josh Kaufman explores the uncertainty and fear inherent in facing down any ambitious challenge, from starting a new business to completing a work of art.
The risks involved can never be eliminated, but they can be understood, anticipated, and mitigated. Armed with an adventurer's insights into tackling unknown and fearsome challenges, you can tame a project of epic proportions.
How to Fight a Hydra is an essential handbook for artists, creative professionals, and entrepreneurs tired of ignoring the call to adventure.
So prepare for battle, brave soul. Draw your sword. Light your torch.
In the darkness ahead, your Hydra awaits.
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"Originally I expected the title to be just a metaphor - I was delighted to learn that the book is, in fact, a short guide to fighting a Hydra. Using metaphor makes it much easier to have a clear view of reality. The way Josh tells the story is great: it starts with a picture of a world not quite like your own - but very much parallel - and then slowly the two worlds merge. By the time you put the book down, a feeling of possibility is unavoidable." (Joey Cofone, CEO of Baron Fig)
"From start to finish, How to Fight A Hydra felt like my brain on loudspeaker. This book is a map for venturing, risking, and living how I know I must. It's not easy, but I'll take the risk. The reward is finding out WHO I AM. I just took one of the biggest risks I've ever taken in my work; this book came at the perfect time. I'm ready to quest: to find the Hydra and defeat anything that gets in the way... even if it's me." (Ishita Gupta)
"As I read How to Fight a Hydra, I immediately thought of my journey as an entrepreneur. There were so many moments that mirrored the adventure of building my own business. This book is like The War of Art and Rules for a Knight tossed into a blender and combined to create a beautiful and insightful story about the quest any adventurer faces." (James Clear, author of Atomic Habits and writer)
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-11-18
On point!
I needed this, facing a hydra-like feeling of going into a PhD "adventure". I felt described over and over again. Thank you
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- Will
- 22-01-20
How to fight a hydra
My business coach recommended I read this. I now see why. This is an incredible book that cut to the heart of my real challenges - myself.
I’ll listen again. Josh - thank you for this work.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-03-19
perfect choice!!!!
i very rarely listen or read a full book!! but the way the author makes the book and the content of metaphors, it captures the eyes and mind of the reader to stand his ground (;.
this is my first ever book review and i can say that anyone who considers reading this shall be doing it instead!!!
Warm Regards,
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- Anonymous User
- 29-03-19
Fictional and good short read
This is a good book which is basically centered around metaphorical ambition and triumphs. I enjoyed it and an insight into both the messages and the author. I enjoyed it.
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- Daniela
- 28-11-20
I was surprisingly amazed
I have the previous books from Josh Kaufmann and I was surprised when I realised this was a fictional book. But I was even more surprised that I love it. I love phantasy stories and I think Josh is brilliant, so maybe there’s no way I couldn’t like it.
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- James Uscroft
- 03-10-20
Is That It!!!???
A pathetic, cliched allegory teaching the equally pathetic and cliched 'Fortune Cookie' truism that "Creating Things & Founding Businesses, Etc Is Hard & Unglamorous Work Demanding Constant Perseverance." And to be honest, even if the story used to frame this simplistic moral wasn't so painfully generic, like something plagiarised from the most hackneyed Fantasy novel known to humanity, I still would have resented this intelligence insulting waste of time.
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