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  • Not a Life Coach

  • Push Your Boundaries. Unlock Your Potential. Redefine Your Life.
  • By: James Smith
  • Narrated by: James Smith
  • Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (1,039 ratings)

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Publisher's Summary

The follow-up to James Smith’s international number one best seller, Not a Diet Book

  • Do you love your job?
  • Does your future excite you?
  • Are your relationships working for you? 

James Smith is back to challenge everything you thought you knew about the path to fulfilment and happiness. With hard-hitting home truths and a helping of tough love, be prepared to reset your outlook, redefine your goals and truly consider: What does success truly mean to you? 

Now, more than ever, is the time to take back control. Time to stop sleep-walking through your life, to challenge the status quo and to truly ask yourself if you’re on the right path to success, happiness and fulfilment.  

Only you can take the reins of your own life and choose to make a change, but with invaluable experience, a hunger for genuine happiness and a drive to be the kind of coach he needed when his life was broken, James can give you the tools to do it.

©2020 James Smith (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

"Meet the man changing the way you think about fitness. One of the most sought-after personal trainers in the world (who has) knocked current fitness It boy @JoeWicks for six and stolen the coveted crown of the fitness world." (Sunday Times Style)

"Not a Diet Book mercilessly takes down every fad diet, workout and health drink you have been sold and instead explains [James’] mission to make understanding weight-loss as two words – calorie deficit." (The Sun)

"Personal trainer James Smith’s new book, Not a Diet Book, offers frank advice on getting in shape and busts some major diet myths." (Grazia)

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Epic read !

Loved it!
Such an inspiring book. And even better to hear James read it 🤣🤤

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Inspiring for everyone at any stage of life.

Loved it all, it rang true for me. I realise I am already changing, but I need reminders of where I have come from. Thank you.

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Listen. Now.

Amazing life advice without pretention. Really makes you re-evaluate things on both a small and large scale.

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Luke howard

To one of the best trainers Sydney has to offer thanks for the recommendation matey!

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Good plain old common sense.

Good Chat

Key takeaways:
I liked the bit about the sip of water in a meeting.

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Life changing

Ever wondered why you feel like you’re not reaching your potential?! Stuck in a job that makes you miserable but don’t know how to get out? I’d highly recommend listening to this book. It helps you to understand all of life’s aspects from relationships, jobs, friends, sports and various other fields from a completely new and refreshing perspective. It’s definitely made me question where I place my time and energy and inspired me to rethink what truly makes me happy. Cheers, James. Thanks for always keeping it real.

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Absolute Power

Snippets from the greatest books the world of personal development, delivered in an incredibly relatable and articulate way, for the everyday people with real actions steps to creating a better life!

True inspiration! Killed it

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Amazing! Change the way you think

Absolutely fantastic book, it will make you question yourself and your life! Give it a listen

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Enjoyed it from start to finish

Not being much of a reader/listner of books, I really enjoyed this book with sound common sense advise and just what I needed to hear.

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Worth the listen :)

Great work, good insights to life as long as your willing to listen to different ideas.

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