′A BOOK FOR THE BRAVE!′
BEAR GRYLLS
DO YOU WANT TO LIVE A BIGGER LIFE THAN THE ONE YOU′RE LIVING?
Make Your Mark is the roadmap to the rest of your life. It holds an invitation to dig a little deeper and live a little braver to discover your life′s highest purpose, rewrite your story and reset your compass on the bravest path to your biggest life.
Packed with practical advice, proven tools and powerful questions, you′ll gain the clarity, confidence and courage you need to enjoy soul–level success in every area of your life.
Your best thinking got you here. It′s time to lay aside old answers, sit with the big questions and reconnect with the biggest life you were born to live.
Table of Contents
About the author x
Acknowledgements xii
Introduction xiv
STEP 1 DECIDE WHAT YOU STAND FOR 1
Before setting out, decide how you want to finish
How will you measure success? 6
Know your why 12
Live on purpose 16
Accept the call to adventure 22
My Life Manifesto 26
STEP 2 SET YOUR COMPASS 27
Live your life by design, not default
Begin where you are 32
Paint your boldest vision 38
Commit to action 42
Be Do Have 48
My Big, Brave Goal Plan 52
STEP 3 UPGRADE YOUR MENTAL MAPS 53
Your best thinking got you here
Write your own story 58
Shelve your shoulds 66
Park your excuses 72
Limit your labels 78
My Life, My Story 81
STEP 4 EXIT THE SAFE LANE 83
Growth and comfort can t travel the same path FearLess 88
Own it: what you resist persists 92
Tame it: stop catastrophising 96
Name it: call out your inner critic 104
Flip it: rethink risk 108
Embody it: hold yourself in your power 114
Risk it: embrace discomfort! 118
Build it: train the brave 124
My Courage Pledge 128
STEP 5 LEAN INTO THE CURVES 129
Life doesn t happen to you, it happens for you
Quit wrestling reality 134
Give yourself permission to fail 140
Use stress, don t spread it 146
Shed your old baggage 152
My Hard–won Wisdom 156
STEP 6 BUILD YOUR TRIBE 157
We re braver together than we can ever be alone
Back yourself, be yourself 162
Enlist your cheer squad 166
Lift as you climb 170
Speak from the heart 174
Enlist people in your cause 178
My Tribal Treaty 181
STEP 7 RUN YOUR OWN BEST RACE 183
Bring your best self to your biggest challenges
Expand your capacity for life 186
Take nothing for granted 194
Own your enoughness 198
Ditch comparisons 202
Trust your inner sage 206
Prioritise what truly matters 210
My Best Self Game Plan 216
Stay inspired, stay connected 218
