Category: “Book written by Gerald Crawford”

Here is a  30-day action plan should turn the central message of The Place Where We Get Stuck: Choosing Between Hunger and Thirst from an idea into a lived practice. The goal is not simply to understand your hunger and thirst, but to learn to choose, act, accept the price of that choice, and stop …

Why This Book Matters There is a place in life where many people become stuck. It is not necessarily because they do not know what they want. It is not because they lack intelligence, ability, opportunity, or even desire. Sometimes, they are simply standing between two choices. They are hungry for one thing, but thirsty …

Premise The Place Where We Get Stuck: Choosing Between Hunger and Thirst There is a place in life where many of us get stuck—not because we do not know what we need, but because we cannot decide which need we are willing to pursue. We hunger for something, while at the same time we thirst …

Foreword There are moments in life when the greatest obstacle standing between us and the life we desire is not a lack of opportunity, ability, knowledge, or even resources. Sometimes, the greatest obstacle is the inability to choose. We know we are thirsty, yet we continue reaching for food. We know what we need, yet …

Introduction The Donkey Between the Water and the Carrots There is an old philosophical story about a donkey standing exactly halfway between two equally tempting choices: a pile of carrots on one side and a bucket of water on the other. The donkey is hungry. The donkey is thirsty. The carrots represent what it wants. …