The Motivation Manifesto

By: Brendon Burchard

Narrated by: Brendon Burchard

Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

The Motivation Manifesto is a pulsing, articulate, ferocious call to claim our personal power. World-renowned high performance trainer Brendon Burchard reveals that the main motive of humankind is the pursuit of greater Personal Freedom. We desire the grand liberties of choice - time freedom, emotional freedom, social freedom, financial freedom, spiritual freedom. Only two enemies stand in our way: an external enemy, defined as the social oppression of who we are by the mediocre masses, and an internal enemy, a sort of self-oppression caused by our own doubt and fear.

The march to Personal Freedom, Burchard argues, can be won only by declaring our intent and independence, stepping into our personal power, and battling through self-doubt and the distractions of the day until full victory is won.

Recalling the revolutionist voices of the past that chose freedom over tyranny, Burchard - at times poetic yet always fierce - motivates us to free ourselves from fear and take back our lives once and for all.

©2015 Hay House (P)2015 Hay House

Critic reviews

" The Motivation Manifesto is a poetic and powerful call to reclaim our lives and find our own personal freedom. It’s a triumphant work that transcends the title, lifting the reader from mere motivation into a soaringly purposeful and meaningful life. I love this book." (Paulo Coelho)

Don't.

Written like a poorly translated collection of Japanese motivational aphorisms that are obvious, and nowhere near as emotive as they were meant to be. Obvious content, stilted delivery, could've been abridged to about 17 mins of eye-rolling.
Save your time & money.

Credit to the author: he has a productivity system called The One Page Planner.
It's so simple and brilliant, and it works; this was the reason I unfortunately bought this digital paperweight for my ears.

Motivational...

I'll never forget the first time I listened to a book by Tony Robbins. Perhaps it was Awaken the Giant Within, or something like that. It stressed me out, and I remember having this feeling of mediocrity. As if Tony wanted me to be like him – or run an IRONMAN triathlon – to be proactive and energized and buzzed-up enough.

Tony Robbins was/is Brendon Burchard's mentor. They're friends, and it shows.

Brendon seems to have a good heart, but I doubt his integrity when he goes down the bestseller-manipulation route. Should be no reason to do that. Borderline fake reviews of this book are plentiful on both Amazon and on Audible.

Do I disagree with the books content?
No, not really. It all sounds well-intended, meaningful, and to many; downright obvious. Stoic values throughout, though.

Who should read the book?
Anyone looking for a Motivation Manifesto. Is that you? I guess it is if you're addicted to Tony Robbin's books, and never do anything to live your dream.

Hmm, that's not me. But at least the title of the book doesn't lie.

Self righteous fluff, not much accessible content

Any additional comments?

I lost interest in this book. I listen to and read a lot of books like this, but this was a lot of poetic fluff rehashing other people's topics, except they were more to the point than this author. People seem to like it, it just didn't do it for me.

Vanilla and pretty generic.

What would have made The Motivation Manifesto better?

Building context through a story instead of just pronouncing orders.

What do you think your next listen will be?

A more practical book, with clearer and precise contextual advice and formulas.

What aspect of Brendon Burchard’s performance would you have changed?

Not sure, the performance was OK.

What character would you cut from The Motivation Manifesto?

Not sure, there weren't any characters to start with.

Any additional comments?

Very demotivating and an old school style of motivation through fear and anxiety.

rehashed topics

really nothing new here. author restates many well known facts and theories. I didn't find it motivating at all. intact I thought it was really boring and a waste of time and money

Exactly what I needed!

It is easy to get caught up in the cultural phenomenon that all is in the hands of the divine. The problem with this is that believing this removes our own personal responsibility for how we live our lives and how our lives unfold. Brendon does an unprecedented job at describing exactly why we have more control over our lives than most seem to believe and how to take back control and own how we choose to live. This is a great read that will come off my shelf at least once a year and any time I need a little Motivation.

Positive quotes but lacks spark or feeling...

This audiobook sounds like one very long graduation speech. Nothing new or inspirational. It makes a great effort, but it's not for me.

Not worth it

To much empty talk, couldn't finish it. This manifesto feels like forced pop culture book on motivation.

Lame

This book just points out the obvious and doesn't use any stories or examples to back up what he's saying. At least in the first half I stopped listening half way through it wasn't worth my time but maybe the dry context could benefit someone else.

Light a fire under your arse

This audiobook is delivered speech style, much of it is in the form of declarations. It's not aimed to explain how motivation works or anything like that. It's more like a long motivational speech.

I enjoyed listening to it on my morning commute to fire me up. If you take note of the declarations and integrate them into your life, you'll get results without a doubt.

Brendon is a great motivational author and is a great narrator. You could really feel the passion in his voice as he delivered his own material.

This is an audiobook I'll come back to whenever I need a pick-me-up.

pretentious nonsense

Written like an essay with such a strong determination to use the loftiest of language that any message is entirely lost. Grammatically it is a disaster and as an audio book it is an endurance test. It is written in the style of an address by Lincoln or Jefferson but without the quality, content or credibility.

There's nothing in here to raise your motivation other than the strong motivation to turn this dribble off.

Fantastic!

I've already read the book, accessed the online course and now have the audio version too!
This is book I'd recommend to anyone wanting to push themselves in the right direction. A nice approach to fundamental principles.
Keep up the good work Brendon!
All the best
Joe

Not my cup of tea...

I'm sure this book will be found as amazing by many. But to me, it was just far too preaching and repetitive.

I wanted a book on How to Generate Motivation.

What disappointed you about The Motivation Manifesto?

Does not reflect the title, lots and lots and lots and lots of waffle . . . . .about . . .

Has The Motivation Manifesto put you off other books in this genre?

I just wasted 1 credit

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Great if you can't get to sleep.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Definitely disappointment.

Any additional comments?

Should have been titled "The Personal Freedom Manifesto"

Hard slog

Any additional comments?

I've never written a review before and I bought this after hearing an interview with the author about it but was extremely disappointed. Nothing resonated with me and as far as motivational goes the only thing I feel motivated to do is write my own book on the subject!

It's good, but couldn't get into it

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Nope

Who was your favorite character and why?

Brendon?

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

It was inspiring at times

Did The Motivation Manifesto inspire you to do anything?

To live more in the moment

Any additional comments?

It's a good book, I just kept getting distracted

Doesn't hit the spot

Having read other work by Brendon I was excited by this book but was very disappointed. It feels preachy and doesn't give any new knowledge on the subject. I'm guessing it's meant to inspire, like a motivational talk, but instead it had the opposite effect. Such a shame.

Awesome Read

This is a very inspirational piece of work. The totality in which is covered encompasses all disciplines

Not sure why this book gets negative reviews

I’ve not finished this book but I’m finding really good so far and I’m not sure why all the bad reviews

Brilliant!

Some self-help books are formulaic. This is not. It's got an edge and the advice is laced with compassion and directness. Love it!