Repossible Collection 3: Repossible Box Sets, #3

Repossible Collection Three

Surrender, Play, Celebrate

Bradley Charbonneau

Contents

Introduction

Surrender

Preface

Introduction

Prologue

Foreword

I. Accept

1. Introduction to Accept

2. All of those Caterpillar Legs Holding On

3. You Don’t Have to Tell Your Body to Heal Your Broken Arm

4. Basecamp to Control Center: Surrender Control. Thank you.

5. Yelling and Screaming, Anger and Regret

II. Believe

6. Introduction to Believe

7. Create to Surrender and Surrender to Create

8. A Vision of the Future Instead of a Memory of the Past

9. It’s not hope, it’s not wishing, it’s not maybe someday

III. Surrender

10. Introduction to Surrender

11. We’re Already in Our Worst Case Scenario

12. Try

13. Rise Up (Instead of Falling Down)

14. Matter to Matter, Energy to Matter, and Remembering Pin Code at the Bank

IV. Behind the Scenes

15. Under the Hood

16. Acronym Challenge: S.U.R.R.E.N.D.E.R.

17. 5-Word Hooks: Surrender

Afterword

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Also by Bradley Charbonneau

The End

Play

Preface

Introduction

Prologue

Foreword

I. P | Permit

1. Plant

2. Parade

3. Plunge

4. Plastic

5. Prepare

6. Practice

II. L | Leap

7. Loosen

8. Lose

9. Laugh

10. Leonard

11. Louise

III. A | Anchor

12. Anchor

13. Adwynna

IV. Y | Yield

14. Yell

15. Yodel

16. Yield

Afterword

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Also by Bradley Charbonneau

The End

Celebrate

Introduction

Preface

Prologue

1. Out of the Blue

2. Celebrate Others

3. I can't believe this actually exists.

4. It’s Not a Zero-Sum Game

5. Everyone Gets a Trophy!

6. A Cardboard Box of Dreams Come True

7. My Job Title: Celebrate

8. Goddamn Attitude

9. It’s Not a Competition

10. Alive

Epilogue

About the Author

Also by Bradley Charbonneau

The End

Afterword

Introduction

Welcome to the third Repossible box set!

If you’ve arrived here new to the series, here is the entire lineup to give you an idea of the Repossible Roadmap:

Repossible

Every Single Day

Ask

Dare

Create

Decide

Meditate

Spark

Surrender

Play

Celebrate

Evaluate

Elevate

The first book, Repossible, is an introduction to the series and the rest of the books.

Every Single Day is both an introduction to the case study of the first Repossible experiment as well as something of an autobiography.

Now we’re at Surrender, Play, and Celebrate. Each one very different yet crucial in the process.

Enjoy.

Bradley Charbonneau

Praise for Every Single Day

A quick selection of book reviews from people who are not my mom

If you’re new to my work play, you might like to have a quick read of what other books of mine have done to help transform the lives of readers just like you.

I hope Surrender transforms and transcends as much as Every Single Day did.

I especially like how P.C. writes below "There’s a spark within me that has been relit."

I get my inspiration and content from you and I hope to keep up that connection.

"Somehow, I found myself devouring this today. It’s rare that I allow myself this indulgence as the list of what I need to be doing in my head is endless.

Deliciousness to my soul, is the description that comes to mind as I reflect on my experience of consuming this book. I have no idea how to write a review and put into words how deeply this resonated within me.

There’s a spark within me that has been relit. I know ESD is the kindling I need to get the fire crackling and roaring … there are flames here that need to breathe and light the world.

Thank you Bradley Charbonneau for accepting the challenge of ESD, so that today, you could influence my ESD."

5 stars from P.C. via Amazon

"I love how you handle deep subjects in such a light-hearted way."

Kay Bolden

"Before reading this book I was ashamed of myself.

For years I had called myself an artist but I knew the truth. I was only masquerading as one. … But could I continue to call myself an artist when I stoped making artwork? The answers is no.

I am not entirely sure what happened to me from the time I was in college until now, eight years later. There was a shift that took place in my mind during that time.

I developed a fear of making artwork. I would always make excuses as to why I just couldn’t create. I was too tired, the dog needed a bath, I needed to do dishes. What was the point of painting anyway because no one would want to buy or look at my work etc.

I have spent many years working dead end jobs just to pay bills. I never even allowed myself a chance at having a career because I would give up at the slightest failure or rejection.

The few times I did really try, I won awards at competitions.

I now have a two-year-old son. I have used him as an excuse to not make art for the past two years. I feel guilty that I put so much blame on my son. Taking care of him was just a convenient excuse that is easily believed by most people.

After reading this book, there is no going back. I have no choice.

I make artwork everyday and I am happy. … I know there is no going back.

I was miserable with guilt and now I am not.

I was afraid to create and now I happy to learn once more.

When I started to draw again I was really rusty but I got through it. I find time even though I take care of my son all day and I babysit my nephew for eight and a half hours a day.

I wrote this review in the hope that I could inspire someone else to change their life.

Take the Every Single Day challenge. Read this book it just might change your life."

Paige

The author shows us how to get past analysis paralysis" to actually start projects and see them through until completion.

A theme of this book is to dream about doing something until the dream itself is internalized along with the willingness to progress toward goal completion in iterative steps taken each day. Readers will learn the importance of getting past inertia in order to begin complex tasks and progress toward a completion date with certainty.

Everyone who moves toward a meritorious goal must first start, stumble, reassess and move ahead with a refined approach toward reaching the goals set forth at the outset. Very few, if any, tasks are completed with zero failure points or stumbles. A strong point of the book is that the author sets up readers for roadblocks which must be overcome as part of the learning process. The book could be labelled alternatively as what it takes to succeed!"

Dr. Joseph S. Maresca, Amazon Hall of Fame Reviewer

"Maybe you've let your dreams rust.

Author Bradley Charbonneau has published several children’s books and travel books, but in this ‘self-help’ genre he unveils his own secrets for making life meaningful and successful.

… the author opens the gates to his pathway for fulfillment and success. ‘I transformed myself when I made the decision to change my behavior.’ He places bold statements throughout to make sure he has our attention, phrases such as ‘Dreaming the dream was a whole lot easier than living the dream.’

This fine book encourages us to take a very deep breath, start afresh, and make or lives what they CAN be. A very fine book."

Grady Harp, Amazon Hall of Fame Top 100 Reviewer

This author has provided an excellent how to" book, to move past procrastination, and getting past fear—teaching the reader how things made habitual can result in transformational success. This book could be a really important read for the new, young person looking to start his life journey, or switch directions after a rocky start. His writing is humorous, friendly, and engaging. I have bought two copies - one for both of my adult children."

Robert Enzenauer

" … for anyone with dreams hidden in the attic, cellar or heart."

Amazon Reviewer

He lights a path that you can choose to walk down.

Ray Simon, accomplished speaker, and a no-longer-secret trumpet player

"A very earnest sharing by someone who has found his destiny and a way to achieve it."

Bandaluse

Preface

A preface is written by the author and tells readers how and why the book came into being.

Had anyone told me even a few short years ago that I was going to be writing a book called Surrender, I would have laughed, then shrugged it off, taken another sip of my brew, turned around to talk about something else, and maybe not ever thought about it again.

Then my dad got cancer.

I didn’t know what to do but I knew I wanted to help. I needed to help.

I read so much you’d think I was doing a Ph.D. thesis on cancer.

I stumbled onto special diets, I wade my way through drugs and medicines and even medicine men in Peru. Blueberries, celery juice, trips to Brazil. Maybe hallucinogenic drugs, maybe tapping, possibly hypnosis. No, I know! Everything at the same time.

Whew.

I read, I listened, I studied.

I tried to be patient. I struggled. I cried. I gave up. I started again. I thought I was helping. I knew I was helping. Was I helping?

I doubted, I feared, I kept going.

I practiced, I tried, I learned.

One of the books I read was called Radical Remission. It was written by a conservative doctor who was baffled by all of the people who healed from their cancer through other means—means other than the normal pathways of chemo,