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Name: Shift Into a Higher Gear
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Author: Delatorro McNeal II

Delatorro McNeal II

Better Your Best and Live Life to the Fullest

4.2 (273 Bewertungen)

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What’s in it for me? Learn how to shift your life into a higher gear.

Delatorro McNeal II isn’t your typical motivational speaker. When he gives a talk, he doesn’t just walk out onto the stage. He brings his motorcycle with him.

But it’s more than just an unusual prop. It’s a powerful symbol. Motorcycling has changed his outlook on life, and it’s provided him with a lucid metaphor for understanding how to navigate challenges, achieve personal and professional growth, and accomplish goals and dreams.

Do you feel like you’ve stalled out, gone into reverse, or gotten stuck in a low-speed gear? Do you wish you were moving faster, going farther, and getting more out of the ride of your life? Then climb on board, hang on tight, and get ready to shift into a higher gear!

In these blinks, you’ll learn

the difference between shifting and leaping;
which riding partners you need to add to your posse; and
how to steer your life in the direction you want to go.

Make sure you’re facing life in the right direction – with the past behind you and the future in front of you.

Imagine you’ve got a motorcycle and you want to take it for a ride. You put on your helmet, zip up your jacket, and mount your bike. You’re ready to hit the road – except for one little problem: you’re sitting backward! The rear wheel is in front of you, and the handlebar is behind you.

Of course, you wouldn’t actually do that. Even if you’ve never ridden a motorcycle, you know the right way to sit on one. Your body should be facing the front of the bike. Pretty obvious, right?

But obvious as it might be, many of us are, in fact, sitting on the motorcycle of life backward, metaphorically speaking. And that brings us to one of the first things you’ve got to do to shift into a higher gear.

The key message here is: Make sure you’re facing life in the right direction – with the past behind you and the future in front of you.

Most motorcycles are rear-wheel drive. The engine’s power goes to the back wheel – spinning it to make the bike go forward. Meanwhile, the front wheel rotates freely and can be turned in different directions, allowing you to steer the bike.

If you think of a motorcycle as a metaphorical representation of your life, the rear wheel is your past: the skills, knowledge, and lessons you’ve learned from previous experiences. By leveraging the gifts you’ve gained from the past, you can move forward in the present

But where are you going? That brings us to the other end of the bike: the front wheel, which is your vision for the future – the goals and dreams that give you direction in life.

Unfortunately, many of us lose sight of our vision for the future and become preoccupied with the past. We idealize the “good ol’ days” and tell ourselves our best times are behind us. Or we dwell on our mistakes, failures, and perceived shortcomings, like not having the “right” credentials to succeed.

Either way, we end up trapping ourselves in backward-looking, self-limiting mindsets, attitudes, and beliefs. Fixating on the past, we see it as something that disqualifies us from achieving our desired future.

The solution? Turn around. Look ahead. Focus on the vision of the future in front of you, and let that be the wheel that steers you. Keep your past where it belongs: behind you, propelling you forward.

Overcome your excuses and fears through cognitive reframing and faith.

Of course, letting go of backward-looking, self-limiting beliefs and adopting a more forward-looking, self-empowering mindset is easier said than done. How do you actually do it?

One simple but powerful technique is to practice cognitive reframing. That means taking a negative belief and recasting it in a positive way. Let’s say you think you’re too old to start a new career. You could reframe that belief by reminding yourself that you’ve got a wealth of life experience, which will enable you to start a new career more wisely than younger folks.

Shift your life by making small, steady changes.

Let’s go back to our motorcycle of life metaphor. We’ve looked at the front and rear wheels. Now we can add another component: the kickstand.

On a motorcycle, the kickstand not only keeps the vehicle upright when it’s parked; when the kickstand is down, it also prevents the engine from starting – a safety feature meant to avert accidental ignitions. To turn on a motorcycle, you’ve got to show the bike you’re ready to ride by putting up the kickstand.

Don’t live your life in park, neutral, or reverse.

Even if you’ve never ridden a motorcycle, you’re probably familiar with the basic idea of shifting gears on a vehicle. In cars with automatic transmissions, there are four gears you can shift among: park, neutral, reverse, and drive.

Metaphorically speaking, many of us live our lives in one of the first three gears. Some of us are coasting along the road in neutral – just going through the motions and doing the same old things in the same old ways through sheer inertia. Some of us have pulled over to the side of the road and shifted into park – completely giving up and coming to a standstill. And some of us are stuck in reverse – endlessly replaying the past, repeating patterns of behavior we developed years ago, and still feeling pain from old wounds that never healed.

Shift into drive, and harness the power of your emotions.

Have you ever seen a motorcycle driving backward? Probably not – and that’s because most motorcycles don’t even have a reverse gear. If you want to back up, you’ve got to do it manually, with your feet.

A motorcycle only “knows” how to move forward. You put up the kickstand, turn on the engine, and shift into first gear. From that point on, you’re always in some form of “drive” – shifting into higher and higher gears as you speed up.

See things both as they are and as they could be – and then work to shift potential to reality.

Imagine you’re on a motorcycle once again. This time, you’re sitting on it the right way, and you know all about putting up the kickstand and shifting into drive. Now you’re really ready to hit the road, right?

Well, there’s one more little problem: the weather is cold and rainy. It’s not going to be the idyllic ride you might have been envisioning.

Make sure you’re leaning in the right direction, with a “posse” supporting you.

To get where you want to go, you’ve got to make sure you’re heading in the right direction. If you’re driving a car, that’s a pretty easy task. Want to head left? Just turn the steering wheel that way.

But on a motorcycle, it’s a much bigger effort. You’ve got to lean your whole body and shift your weight in the direction you want to turn. And if you’re riding with someone sitting behind you, it’s also a team effort. If you lean left, your riding partner has to lean left as well. Otherwise, you could end up crashing.

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Worum geht es in Shift Into a Higher Gear?

Shift Into a Higher Gear (2021) uses the metaphor of a motorcycle to deliver some inspiring lessons on pursuing your dreams, achieving self-growth, and living your life to the fullest. Drawing from the author’s years of motorcycling experience, its teachings are equally applicable to your personal and professional lives.

Wer Shift Into a Higher Gear lesen sollte

People who want to fire on all cylinders in life
Motorcycle enthusiasts and those curious about motorcycling
Anyone who can relate to that ’90s song about always being “stuck in second gear”

Über den Autor

Delatorro McNeal II is an internationally renowned motivational speaker, performance expert, and entrepreneur. He’s given more than 4,000 presentations around the world to a variety of prominent organizations, professional sports teams, church groups, conventions, and companies, including Johnson & Johnson, JP Morgan Chase, Prudential, and the Million Dollar Round Table. He is also the author of eight books, including Thriving Through Your Storms and Caught Between a Dream and a Job.

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