Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Crown Archetype, and imprint of the Crown Publishing group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 2011

Stop hitting the snooze button : gain power by taking action -- Anti-actions, fake limits and other ways your brain betrays you -- Routines : why your freedom depends on breaking them -- How to outsmart your brain -- Step one : face it, you are not fine -- Step two : admit what you want -- Step three : go public with what you want -- Step four : zoom out and create a map -- Step five : lean in to change -- Push through the mental walls that block your path -- The seven-day stamina program

Mel Robbins, one of America's top relationship experts, combines the latest scientific research with her own hard-earned wisdom in a self-help book that goes beyond offering tired platitudes and instead delivers real, effective techniques for getting what you truly desire out of life