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From Spending Hours Scrolling on Your Phone to Living a Life You Don’t Want to Escape From.
You Don't Need Another Self-Help Book...
I didn’t set out to write a book.
I set out to survive being stuck.
There were days I thought I was doing everything “right” — showing up, grinding through the motions, keeping pace with life. Yet inside, I knew I wasn’t moving anywhere that mattered. Maybe you know that feeling:
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Scrolling on your phone instead of tackling the thing you care about.
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Carrying a quiet hum of guilt and frustration through the day.
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Starting projects with fire only to watch them fizzle out.
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Going through life’s checklist without ever feeling fully alive.
If that’s you, you are not broken. You are not alone. And most importantly—you are not powerless.
Why This Book Exists
This isn’t another hollow pep talk.
It’s not a list of “10 hacks to change your life.”
This book was born out of real seasons of frustration, the kind that make you question whether change is even possible. And it grew out of countless conversations with people who whispered their own version of the same story: “I feel stuck, and I don’t know how to get out.”
Inside, you’ll find:
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The hidden physics of stagnation (why willpower isn’t enough, and what actually moves the needle).
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The psychology of small wins that snowball into unstoppable momentum.
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How to silence the inner narrator that keeps replaying “not ready,” “too late,” or “not me.”
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The crack vs. the leap — why progress doesn’t come in giant leaps, but tiny cracks that spread.
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The bounce-back blueprint for when you’ve fallen flat and don’t know how to return.
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The confidence loop that helps you rebuild belief in yourself (and keep it alive).
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Practical resets, toolkits, and challenges to create forward motion—daily, weekly, seasonally.
This isn’t theory from a distance. It’s lived experience, stitched with research, story, humor, and practices that work in careers, relationships, health, finances, and creativity.
Who This Book Is For
This is for you if:
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You feel like you’re circling the same ground without progress.
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You’ve tasted momentum before but lost it.
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You’re tired of “someday” and ready to take a messy, honest next step.
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You want to stop being a spectator in your own life and start designing it.
The Promise
By the last page, you won’t have a perfect life.
But you’ll have something far more powerful:
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The tools to create motion anytime you stall.
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The courage to take the smallest next step—even if it feels insignificant.
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The confidence to believe in your own story again.
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And the clarity to stop circling, and finally move where you want to go.
Because progress isn’t about a single leap. It’s about building cracks that eventually break the cage wide open.
Presented by Michael Mangione,
Founder & CEO at The Mangione Group.
I hope this book finds you in the exact moment you need it.
I hope its pages remind you that being stuck isn’t a personal flaw, but a deeply human experience.
I hope you feel less alone, less ashamed, and more willing to believe in the quiet power of your next step — no matter how small, messy, or uncertain.
And above all, I hope this book gives you the courage to rewrite your story while you’re still in the middle of it.
Get In Touch
I wrote this book to walk beside you, not ahead of you. If this book resonated with you, reach out below — I’d love to hear your story.