Empty Your Backpack

Unpack Your Beliefs, Take Consistent Action, and Create a Life of Meaning

De: Sam Demma

Narrado por: Sam Demma

In Empty Your Backpack, Sam Demma demonstrates that your dreams are in reach, and it's the beliefs you carry and the actions you take that determine whether you will achieve them. Demma provides a guide on how to move closer to your dreams faster than you ever imagined. He shows that by cultivating empowering beliefs while committing to consistent actions that fuel your creativity and growth, you can make things happen in your life the way you envision. Are you weighed down by people dismissing your dreams as unrealistic? You have big dreams. There are things you want to accomplish, but maybe they feel out of reach—especially when people tell you they're impossible. That heavy feeling of doubt is your backpack. It's full of limiting beliefs and dreams crushed by the opinions of others. It's time to empty your backpack and release that weight from your shoulders. Demma's guide offers actionable ideas to help young people keep faith in their dreams even when those around them lose theirs. He reveals pathways that can help bring dreams to life and empower you to be the best version of yourself. Empty Your Backpack is an easy-to-follow guide filled with tried-and-tested principles and inspiring stories from Demma's remarkable life that will help you optimize your beliefs and actions to get you where you want to be.

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wonderful book

This book offers great perspectives on life events and how to remove judgements. remove self doubt and be more confident about yourself. listen with an open mind and to learn new philosophies of life.

A Motivational Push I Didn’t Know I Needed

I didn’t just listen to this book—I felt it. Sam Demma has a way of speaking directly to you, like a friend who’s been where you are and wants to help you carry a lighter load. The “backpack” metaphor hit home right away. I realized how much weight I’ve been carrying—beliefs, doubts, and voices from other people—that were holding me back.

What I loved most was that it’s not just motivational fluff. Sam mixes his own personal stories with practical steps you can start using today. It’s inspiring but also realistic—you don’t feel like you have to change your whole life overnight, just start with one small action and keep going.

His energy and authenticity make the audiobook easy to connect with, and you can tell he genuinely wants people to succeed. This is especially great for young adults or anyone feeling stuck and needing a reminder that you can create a life that excites you.

If you’ve been carrying around doubts for too long, this book will help you start unpacking them—one belief at a time.

Inspiring Dreams

Empty Your Backpack is an inspiring and practical guide for anyone who’s ever been told their dreams are “unrealistic.” Sam Demma does an incredible job breaking down how our beliefs and actions shape our reality. His writing is relatable, clear, and filled with powerful lessons that encourage you to take ownership of your mindset and your future.

What stood out most to me was how actionable the book is, it’s not just motivation, it’s a roadmap. Demma helps you identify the “weight” you’ve been carrying (self-doubt, fear, other people’s opinions) and gives you simple tools to let go of it so you can move forward with confidence and clarity.

Whether you’re a student, young professional, or just someone looking for renewed direction, Empty Your Backpack is a powerful reminder that you already have what it takes, you just need to believe it and take consistent action. Highly recommend!

Loved it! A great read, especially for high schoolers and young adults.

The author, Sam Demma, is one of the youngest professional speakers in North America, and he’s a very compelling speaker who connects well with young adults. This book does the same: it offers connection. It compels young adults to consider what beliefs they want to carry through life, and it encourages readers to take small consistent actions in order to make their dreams a reality. As a full-time high school teacher in Colorado, I highly recommend this book, and I hope one day I get to see this author speak on stage in person. He’s a world traveler and a positive influence on youth and in the world at large. He’s a rising star and I give his book five stars. Give this book to a loved one as a X-Mas gift, especially if they’re a young adult struggling to find their place in this world! I’m currently finishing the audio version of this book on Audible, and loving it.

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Excellent book based on real world problems and solutions in all situations!! Thank you Sam for the eye opening conversation

I feel inspired!

I ❤️❤️❤️'d the book. I feel very inspired and encouraged, to go after my dreams and be a better person.

Positivity

Good book, paints a clear picture highly recommend! I would enjoy more work from tour author

that you don't need a big circle of friends. and you can get big things done if you take small steps

the thing I didn't like is that there wasn't more of the book to listen to

Entrepreneurship Inspiration

Empty Your Backpack isn’t full of motivational fluff. It’s a call to look at what you’re carrying that’s holding you back. Sam reminds us that growth requires being honest with yourself, hard work, and the courage to follow your true calling even when nobody else believes in it can happen.

Taco-Bout a life sparking book for young (and adult) minds. This Book Should Be in Every High School Curriculum

I meant every word in that title. This book belongs in every high school across the country. It’s also one that every adult should read, especially those whose inner dreamer dimmed somewhere between high school and their early twenties.

This isn’t just a book. It’s mind fertilizer. The kind that awakens something dormant, something ready to come alive with the right spark. For students, it’s the kind of message that can shift a path entirely. For adults, it’s a reminder of what’s still possible.

If there were a way to have Sam speak at my stepson’s graduation here in Northern Canada, I’d put it on my line of credit today. That’s how deeply I believe in the impact of this book.

What makes it so powerful isn’t that the ideas are brand new, it’s that they’re delivered with such clarity, honesty, and connection. It bridges the gap between dreaming and doing, between compassion and courage, and between who we are and who we could be.