A Life of Heart: Unlocking Your True Potential

By Jason Atkinson

Do you get the feeling like you just arent doing enough? What if you could get some help unlocking the rest of your potential in life? Perhaps my book could offer some assistance!

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Nov 8, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524649302

Jason Atkinson

I did not want to live an ordinary life any longer. It was time for me to make a change and start using my mind in a completely different way. A Life of Heart is a reflection of that, and I hope that it becomes something of a statement for readers as well. I didn’t deal with a life-altering tragedy until my midtwenties, and it took me a few years to really grasp what was and is still happening to me. But that doesn’t stop me from pursuing my dreams and living a life of heart in the process. I currently live with my wife and son in the Midwest, and even though life isn’t always fast paced, my mind began to work that way. I love where I live, and I love my family. Writing this book just showed me more ways in which I can compliment them with my actions and my words.

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A Life of Heart

Unlocking Your True Potential

JASON ATKINSON

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© 2016 Jason Atkinson. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 11/04/2016

ISBN: 978-1-5246-4931-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5246-4930-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016918581

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What Lies Ahead

The Welcome

Chapter 1 Finding My Heart

Chapter 2 Changing Your Mind—Changing Your World

Chapter 3 Achieving Success, Even in the Mundane?

Chapter 4 Five Habits of a Successful Day

Chapter 5 Relating to Relationships

Chapter 6 Money Matters

Chapter 7 Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone

Chapter 8 Speak Boldly or Not at All

Chapter 9 A Life of Heart: The Beginning

THE WELCOME

Welcome to a new opportunity. Welcome to a new version of yourself. At least that is the goal of A Life of Heart. If you are not pursuing a higher goal or purpose for yourself, what are you doing instead? One could argue that the person who doesn’t strive to push forward is simply slowly moving backward.

I am here to assist you in finding the true potential inside yourself that will help you become someone better and, perhaps, a version of yourself you have always wanted to be. Throughout these pages, we will look at why having a life of heart is so important, and we will talk about why changing your mind can change your world. We will also look at relationships, money, and good habits and even talk about your comfort zone. There are other things that I haven’t mentioned here because I don’t want to give it all away in the beginning. As you can see, we will to spend time getting into some great areas of life in which we can always use a boost and a push in the right direction.

Let me start by saying a little about where this book came from. A Life of Heart was written from a place in my own life where I knew a change needed to take place. Not all changes happen at once. Some happen immediately, while others grow and bloom over time.

I’ve had my share of ups and downs. My childhood seemed normal at first. But that was only a fairy tale, or so it seems. The different tragedies I have gone through, starting when I was as young as eight years old and extending into even my late twenties and early thirties, have helped me find that the way I live is compelling toward the people around me. Regardless of our individual belief systems, I think we can all agree that people see and hear what we do and that those actions and words make an impact on other people.

To be more specific, one event in my life finally kicked me into gear so I could get this book written. That event took place when I was twenty-five years old. Not only had I become a citizen of the United States of America, but I had also enlisted in the United States Air Force (USAF). It was a proud moment in my life. That is not to say that something like getting married wasn’t up there too. But this moment sticks out a little differently.

Sadly, not long after I’d enlisted, I found out I would be going home because of a problem with my heart. I would later learn the specifics of the problem, with which I struggle to this day—heart failure. Everything I knew and loved stopped in those moments. Learning what I have and then trying to process that took a long time—a few years, in fact. But from this learning opportunity and new lifestyle has come a new sense of direction. From this new direction has sprouted a book.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to read A Life of Heart for yourself. I hope you find it compelling and challenging at the same time. It is not meant to scare anyone away from a new kind of life or into pushing the life you already have further. Instead, I hope you take it as a commitment to yourself and the people you love to make something new of yourself.

Enjoy each chapter as we dive into the very things that make us who we are, and can also be the keys to unlocking our true potential in this life.

I extend a special thank-you to readers for buying and reading my book, as well as a very special thank-you to my family for encouraging me and supporting me.

CHAPTER 1

Finding My Heart

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