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A captivatingconstructive Adam Grant 1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again guide to breaking free from the thoughts habits jobs relationships and even business models that prevent us from achieving our full potential

Almost everyone feels stuck in some way Whether youre muddling through a midlife crisis wrestling with writers block trapped in a thankless job or trying to remedy a fraying friendship the resulting emotion is usually a mix of anxiety uncertainty fear anger and numbness But it doesnt have to be this way Anatomy of a Breakthrough is the deeply researched and compelling Cal Newport New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism roadmap we all need to escape our inertia and flourish in the face of friction

Adam Alter has spent the past two decades studying how people become stuck and how they free themselves to thrive Here he reveals the formula he and other researchers have uncovered The solution rests on a process that he calls a friction audita systematic procedure that uncovers why a person or organization is stuck and then suggests a path to progress The friction audit states that people and organizations get unstuck when they overcome three sources of friction HEART unhelpful emotions HEAD unhelpful patterns of thought and HABIT unhelpful behaviors

Despite the ubiquity of friction there are many great unstickers hidden in plain sight among us and Alter shines a light on some exceptional stories to share their valuable lessons with us He tells us about the subelite swimmer who unstuck himself twice to win two Olympic gold medals the actor who faced countless rejections before gaining worldwide fame the renowned painter who became paralyzed and had to relearn to paint with a brush strapped to his wrist and Alters own story of getting unstuck from a college degree that made him deeply unhappy

Artfully weaving together scientific studies anecdotes and interviews Alter teaches us that getting stuck is a feature rather than a glitch on the road to thriving but with the right tweaks and corrections we can reach even our loftiest targets