Impossible: The Manifesto
The wait is over.
–>You can now download your very own copy of Impossible: The Manifesto. (Click to open or right click to download the PDF. Download the kindle version and ePub version here).
What is the Impossible Manifesto?
It’s a challenge to push your limits, live a life worth writing about and do the impossible. More than anything though, it’s a challenge to stop waiting around for life to happen and do something. Anything.
What’s In It?
I’m not big into promoting word counts or page numbers (they really don’t mean anything anyways) and I have better things to do than try and convince you that the number of characters on a page mean more than the quality of them. The bottom line is that this will take you less than 20 minutes to read. In it you’ll find the following things:
- A Closer Look Into My Story
- The Question That Changed Everything For Me
- What Limits Really Are
- Three Stories From People Who Literally Did the Impossible.
- The Fear Barometer (and How to Make Scary Decisions)
Along with a few other really important concepts I wanted to include.
Where Can I Get It?
You can download it for free right here. Just right click to download the pdf version, kindle version or ePub version. You can also get it on amazon if you prefer.
Spread The Word
I usually refrain from asking people for favors, but I would love to hear what you think about the manifesto. Leave a comment below with your thoughts and pass the link along to a friend or two if you think it’s worth their time and review the manifesto on Amazon. Also, you can tweet or stumble this using the buttons below, by doing so you can help this reach more people. Thanks.
Enjoy the manifesto. Keep doing something impossible.
-Joel
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Hey Joel, i’ve just read the manifest and i gotta say that it was synchronic the way it got to me, exactly when i needed it, so Thanks. Now i will spread it, because i believe and i share the way you think. Keep up the good work!
Cheers!
Thanks for writing this! I will have to re-read it a couple of times to let the concepts sink into that voice with the Fear, but I already feel some of it not being so scary.
Looking forward to My Story!
I just read the manifesto, and i would like to ACT NOW, but since i had party last night, maybe its better to rest a while.
greetings from Croatia!
Read it with an E.S.Posthumus playlist in the background. You won’t regret it.
Hello Joel! I just wanted to thank you for this amazing manifesto, thank you for sharing your perspective and the new approach you gained about life. I used to plan so many things, and always quited because I thought I wasn´t good enought to complete them. Now I think differently…I want to tell an amazing story with my life and today´s the day I´ll begin my new journey!!
Well done, Joel! A great message and a beautiful lay out. My favorite part was the Fear Barometer.
Amazing. Just what I needed to hear today. I have just moved to another Country and I am trying to start a business which does, some days seem impossible. But now I am just going to go ahead and do it…and maybe sign up for a marathon. No not maybe definitely
Loving the heading on the Limits section. Excellent manifesto and, yes, it tells a great story. Hope the message spreads and more people recognise how fragile and often completely invented our ‘limits’ are. Thanks for sharing it.
Hey Joel! Just read the whole thing at once (saw it through Colin Wright’s FB). It’s really beautiful and the kind of thing I needed to read today, so thank you so much!
Santiago
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Joe,
Thanks so much for sharing your journey with us. Over the past decade I have been pushing my limits and trying new things on a daily basis. Reading this inspires me further to keep looking ahead at what is possible. I hope more people find you and read this to help achieve a better life.
Cheers!
Jordan
Nice job, I would write more but I have to go out and work on making my impossible, possible.
Thanks for the vote of confidence.
Love IT!!! Great message, now let’s spread the word to the masses.
Thanks for this! Great read and I’ll be linking to it from my Impossible List.
I enjoyed reading your manifesto. Thanks for writing it and good luck with all you do!
Joel, I had a browse through it for now until I have more time. I am already highly motivated and inspired. Thank you so much for sharing this manifesto.
Loved it dude. Especially the part about how successful people search out conflict or challenge simply to overcome it. Rather than run from the pain, they charge directly into it.
Damn Joel. Well done. My favorite section is “Vicarious Living & Inspirational Cocaine”. You did a wonderful job of creating a manifesto that’s inspirational but actionable. I got way more than my money’s worth
. Thanks a million.
Nice job with this one brotha. Got your shirt today! Woot!
Thank you for this manifesto!
My motto/quote I’ve been thinking about lately is:
“Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage and confidence in the doing”
~ Michelango
congrats on this joel – an awesome accomplishment and i know it will give many (including me) the push/kick we’ve needed!
Needed this today. Needed this … period. Thank you for making this available.
A great birthday present… for ME! Thanks for making the Manifesto available.
And to think… it all started with a “to do” list.
“The world belongs to those who reach out and grab it with both hands. It belongs to those who do something more than wish and hope and plan and pray, intending to do something someday, when all conditions seem just right.” -Brian Tracy
Brian Tracy understood what your manifesto, blog, league, and your life is screaming– the impossible is possible for those who rise up and face it head on, who push through fear and failure in search of a trueness of self that can only be discovered by refusing to accept that they cannot do something.
Keep doing what you do man. The world needs to hear it.
Joel, this is awesome! It was definitely thought provoking, inspiring of course but most motivational. Thanks so much for sharing your words of wisdom. I can completely understand why you received marriage proposals.
Joel,
I finally got to reading the MM and I found it very thought-provoking. I especially like the Vicarious Living & Inspirational Cocaine part. It has always bothered me when I see people do that (I did too for the longest time until no more). Not to be hypocritical, but it reminds me of a quote by Seneca (his book Letters from a Stoic is probably my favorite book ever) – “This is why I look on people like this as a spiritless lot – the people who are forever acting as interpreters and never as creators, always lurking in someone else’s shadow.”
I am also getting started on an Impossible list. I always had a bucket-list of sorts in the back of my mind but nothing written down. I’ll post it on my blog, fishingbuddha.com, and let u know when I do.
Good luck,
Amit
BRAVO !!!!!!! KEEP ON KEEPING ON !!!! BLESSINGS !!!!!!!!!
Caleb’s Dad
Joel, I have never read something that I can literally write by myself, thank you so much for doing this. As I was reading it I was seeing my life just as you described, as someone write over; it synchronize with decisions I´m making now, just to do the Impossible.
I wish all the success to everyone who dare to live, to do the impossible.
Humberto (MEXICAN)
The universe has been conspiring against me lately, and your manifesto is the latest kick in the ass. Either I need to change or my ass is going to fall off.
I’ve already passed the Manifesto along to some co-workers.
Awesome work! I’m sharing this with my FB friends. The piece on Vicarious Living and Inspirational Cocaine was eloquently put. Thanks for posting this. Normally I put aside blog stuff to read later but decided to open this one today – glad I did since I’m busy writing MY story. Synchronicity!
Downloaded and read the manifesto last night and really enjoyed it. I pretty much already think in this way, but thought it was succinct, clear and well-written and would certainly pass it to others to try to get them on my ‘wavelength’.
A refreshing read, Joel. Great stuff…and I agree with Vic – the Fear Barometer is awesome. Here’s to just doing something. Cheers!
Nicely done, Mr. Impossible. As the ‘famous greek god from Portland’ says: Just Do It, already. Just as a bit more more fuel to saying yes to possibilities, in my first year of running ever I ran two full marathons and am closing my first year of triathlons this year with a 70.3 Ironman, among a number of other fun imPOSSIBLE things. Looking forward to seeing everyone out there in 2012 Just Doing It!
My favorite part was the case study on Team Hoyt. He is the epitome of a father. I would have liked more case studies from your blog readers as well, but maybe there I go again, living vicariously?
P.S. There are typos on page 7, 11, 26.
Love the Manifesto. I absolutely loved the Vicarious Living & Inspirational Cocaine section. Thanks for the great content and inspiration – time to act instead of react.
Take action – Be great! That is my summary of the manifesto. The graph about fear was the best part of the whole thing. I let feat get hold of me and decide ‘not to bother.’ BUT the graph points out that the exciting stuff is where the uncomfortable lives. That is where I want to live. I look forward to the IMPOSSIBLE. I already have a few things that are just crazy enough to work.
Joel, it makes me think of theeee question! What’s the one thing, that one “crazy idea” you not only stopped sharing with friends and family but you rarely share with yourself anymore?
Love your stuff Joel!!
Love the manifesto! My favourite line: “most decisions don’t end up with
you dying” speakes volumes. It puts fear into perspective and makes it seem also trivial. Good job!
Liked the Manifesto a lot. Have already shared it with a few friends. Thanks so much. This came at the right time. Keep up the good work.
Cheers !
A friend shared this with me earlier this evening – read the manifesto and it is great. I have started a list and shared it with my daughter Madeleine, so stand by for some action. Thank you Joel
i just want to thank you for the story. the idea is great. the website is great. i wish i can live a rewarding life by helping others just like what you do. it should start now. thanks for the inspiration. cheers.
Joel,
The work you’re doing here is completely inspiring. I stumbled upon the blog last night while sitting in the filth of inaction and now I’m prepared to get out and do the impossible. You’ve put into words many of the things I’ve been feeling for a while: the need for activity, beauty of success, and pointlessness of excuses. You’ve got a great story, and you’re inspiring others to do the same.
thank you,
Dan
thank you for the Impossible Manifesto. I hadn’t read it cover to cover until today. thank you.
mary
This is fucking amazing. I never read anything like this before. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO WRITE THIS.
This came to my life on the right moment.. I loved it and now i’ve realized i need to change my perspective and be aware of the story im telling with my life.
THANK YOU FOR SAYING OUT LOUD WHAT NO ONE DARES TO… U REALLY MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE ONES THAT READ THIS…
Hi, Joel! I’ve just read your manifesto. It’s great! Seriously. I loved it. So many basic and obvious stuff, but so inspiring! I just wanted to say thank you.
i liked it mr immpossible.
Nice one! The manifesto is awesome to read. Things inside just sounds so familiar. I like watching movies a lot and when you talked about it in the Manifesto I realize I need to change and start writing my own GREAT story instead of watching others!
I read it in a sitting: thanks for the great work!
This is great. Thank you!
I will out-Impossible you.
I will out-Impossible everyone else.
Not because I want to win or because I want them to fail, but because I making the Impossible, possible.
And then raising the bar for next time.
Thanks for sharing, this clarified things that I need to change. I’m in my journey wanting to do well when my perspective was wack. thanks again, must read for everyone.