A friction audit is when you find an area of your life where there's some friction. A lot of the time, people would go shopping and they'd fill their carts with stuff but not actually buy it. So malls built jungle gyms somewhere in the center of the mall as a centerpiece to make them more eye-catching. You can build these for a few thousand dollars and save hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars of lost merchandise.
At some point, we all get stuck. Maybe it’s in a job or career. Maybe it’s a relationship or business venture.
Though it’s something we all experience, when it happens, we can feel alone and out of our depth. Emotions may overwhelm us. Mental traps lure is in. In no time at all, we can’t see a way out.
Award-winning professor, researcher, and author, Adam Alter, has spent decades studying how successful people get unstuck. In his latest book, Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most, he shares what we can do to move forward. Adam’s recommendations can help us with what might be the most important times in our lives.
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