Get Out of Your Own Way

The concept of the lizard brain – the idea that the strongest portions of our brains are those that helped us survive in a more primitive time – has grown popular, especially as we understand those portions of our brains often work against us in the modern world, where risk-taking and innovation reap the biggest rewards. Unfortunately, the practical advice for how to manage your lizard brain is limited to “stop listening to it,” which isn’t a lot of help.

Enter Get Out of Your Own Way, the insightful and often surprising book that introduced the game-changing idea that you could train your lizard brain to take a backseat to your better self. This book showcases practical advice for how to train your brain out of the habits that hold you back, switching off the counterproductive parts and turning up the volume on the parts of your brain that help you succeed in today’s world. Cooper’s extensive research creates five counterintuitive keys to circumvent the archaic limits of your brain and tap into the next level of human capacity.

“A truly inspiring book on winning in a changing world. Filled with fresh insights, bold strategies, and practical tools, this is vital reading for leaders and teams.” – Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

“Get Out of Your Own Way is a powerful program for anyone aspiring to peak performance in leadership and life.” - Charles Garfield, Ph.D., clinical professor of psychology, University of California Medical School at San Francisco, and bestselling author of Peak Performance and Second to None