The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive

by Brendon Burchard

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In the hyper-connected, hyper-digitized world in which we are living, the time has come to revise Abraham Maslow's classic "hierarchy of needs"--a pyramid of human drives that places the basic needs of safety and sustenance at the bottom. Burchard, a world-renowned motivational speaker and bestselling author, makes a compelling case that it's time for an entirely new approach to understanding what drives human ambition and achievement today; it's time to change the conversation about what it show more takes to succeed and feel alive and fulfilled in a stressful, chaotic, distracted world. In The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives that Make You Feel Alive, Burchard, using pioneering studies from the fields of positive psychology and neuroscience, as well as great stories from his own experience, identifies the ten simple drives of human emotion and happiness: Control, Competence, Congruence, Caring, Connection, Change, Challenge, Creative expression, Contribution, and Consciousness. The Charge provides the keys to understanding and activating these drives in clear and concrete ways that will inspire and help everyone find the one thing we all are searching for: more life in our lives. show less

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I've never been a huge Brendon Burchard fan, but when this book came across my radar from multiple sources I thought I'd pick it up... and I was pleasantly surprised.

In the book, Brendon comes across as caring, compassionate, and understanding. I appreciated his take on the 10 human drives (although I argue there are way more than 10, and he just chose the ones that resonated the most with him, but whatever). I was surprised to see him include Consciousness in the list, as that's not something I often see mentioned in most personal development books.

I also walked away with a couple of great tools I can share with my clients, and with a deeper understanding of what I want from my life and my business. And honestly, that's exactly why I show more read these types of books, so I'm happy to have picked it up. show less
The Charged Life, the truly lived life, is not a routine existence in some quaint, picturesque village of safety and certainty. No, the life worth living is out there, in the wooded wilds of the unknown, on the craggy battlefields that test our wits and wills in the daily fights with our own demons.
Received this free from the author and I was pleasantly surprised. Usually when I get something free it was for a reason and I never seem to enjoy it, but this time I learned a few new things and enjoyed the way he framed the ten charges and provided activators for each.

Overall a pretty easy read and helps put some areas of focus into perspective.
Received this free from the author and I was pleasantly surprised. Usually when I get something free it was for a reason and I never seem to enjoy it, but this time I learned a few new things and enjoyed the way he framed the ten charges and provided activators for each.

Overall a pretty easy read and helps put some areas of focus into perspective.
Good book.Challenging to live at that level.

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Brendon Burchard is a trainer on the topics of motivation and marketing. He has written numerous books including The Millionaire Messenger, Life's Golden Ticket, The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives that Make You Feel Alive, and The Motivation Manifesto: 9 Declarations to Claim Your Personal Power. (Bowker Author Biography)

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2012

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Nonfiction, Business, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature
DDC/MDS
153.8Philosophy & psychologyPsychologyConscious mental processes and intelligenceDecision Making And Persuasion
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BF503 .B87Philosophy, Psychology and ReligionPsychologyPsychologyMotivation
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