Focus on Action, Collect Results - by André Heller

Give new meaning to your limitations: they are not your private prison, but possibilities for improving your skills and abilities.

Have you ever come across a challenge in your life that felt like a huge wall blocking your path and preventing you from achieving your biggest goals? We've probably all been in situations like this. André Heller, a professional athlete for twenty-five years, twelve of which with the Brazilian Volleyball Team, was no exception. But, in his case, there really was a wall in front of him and a difficult task to be accomplished.

It's very easy to think that an athlete like André was born with talent and that, therefore, getting to where he is was something simple and natural, isn't it? But it's not quite like that, and that's what André teaches us with this book: we all have limitations, however, they cannot prevent us from achieving our dreams. According to the author, the secret lies precisely in identifying, understanding and giving new meaning to limits and difficulties and then transforming them into a starting point and, thus, achieving excellence.

Through Journey Architecture, a method he developed throughout his life and career, André teaches us how to build and celebrate the path that takes us to the desired destination and how intelligent effort and dedication combined with the recognition of the journey, takes us towards achieving our biggest dreams.

Focus on action, collect results comes from combining experience with high-performance sports with the author's knowledge of management and entrepreneurship. Here, in addition to the strategies used by André to overcome the challenges he faced on his journey of overcoming and achievements, you will find interviews with personalities such as Bruninho Rezende, Lars Grael, Ricardo Amorim, José Salibi Neto, Sandro Magaldi, Adriana Fellipelli, Marcos Rossi , Bernardinho and José Tolovi Jr.

Here, you will learn that:

Recognizing skills, competencies and talents is an essential task to draw up an effective plan;

Creating strategies not only brings us closer to our goals but also awakens a mindset in which we understand the priority of our actions in a logical and more efficient order;

We are what we constantly do. Excellence, therefore, does not come from an action, but from a habit;

Success is the journey itself experienced fully: mistakes and frustrations along the way are opportunities to adjust the route, learn and improve;

Limitation is a temporary condition, therefore it is a starting point. With strategy, planning and assertive actions, we build the best route to be taken;

It is essential to be clear about the mission and purpose we project for our life.

And much more!