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Additional Praise for Get Momentum

“The first step of any new endeavor can be the most difficult. Too many options can leave you feeling demotivated. With Get Momentum, Jason and Jodi Womack distill their 20 years of experience into easily understood, action-oriented steps to simplify the process so you can not only get momentum for a new project or goal but bring it to fruition.”

—KEITH FERRAZZI
Author of the number-one New York Times bestseller Who's Got Your Back and Never Eat Alone

“In Get Momentum, Jason and Jodi lead us into a bright future, where stuck is the language of the past, and start is our battle cry for the future we envision.”

—FRANCES R. HESSELBEIN
President and CEO of the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute and

1998 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient

“Jason and Jodi Womack know how to Get Momentum and how to help others do the same! Their strategies are sound, their tactics achievable and practical and the results are amazing. I've been working with them for three years, and I've gotten two promotions, built an incredible team and am enjoying life at a whole new level. Don't wait, Get Momentum now and get started on your path to an even greater level of success.”

—CHRISTI HARRIS
Vice President of Corporate Technology, Outerwall, Inc.

“Simple, effective, and a good recipe to get started. Womack powers activate!”

—CHRIS BROGAN
CEO, Owner Media Group

“The Womacks remind us that we are never going to be done—and then they give us a ton of great advice for dealing with that reality, maximizing our momentum, reaching key milestones, and making real progress on the things that matter most to us. Their advice is practical, actionable, accessible…like all the best advice, something that we can all use right away and keep using. This book will give you a new way of thinking about the best paths to being successful.”

—DAVID DEACON
Chief Talent Officer, MasterCard

“Jason and Jodi will guide you clearly, safely, and swiftly past the blocks that have kept you from sharing your best work with the world. If you are tired of feeling stuck, you need this book!”

—PAMELA SLIM
Author of Body of Work

“If you realized that a new time management method or a new smartphone app is simply not enough to be as productive as you would like to be, it's time for you to meet Jason and Jodi Womack.”

—ANDREA ARESCA
Production Planner at Bestply srl, Italy

“I've been working with Jason and Jodi for years. They've helped me define and focus on what really matters in my life. Not only am I reaching my goals faster with their help, I'm defining very carefully exactly what those goals should be. More than once, I've drawn on what I've learned from them so I can get started when I'm stuck.”

—Dr. ART CARDEN
Economics Professor, Samford University

“When you allow this bright yellow book to speak more loudly than the bright yellow sticky notes on your desk, you'll get momentum on the things that matter most.”

—DAN LLOYD
Director of Business Development Information Systems, Allegro MicroSystems, LLC

“As a writer, I've spent more time staring at that damn blank first page than I care to admit. So the concept of being stuck is one with which I'm very familiar. Thanks to Jodi and Jason, I now have the tools to get momentum and move forward more easily.”

—DAVE HACKEL
Network Television Writer/Producer

“I give bonus gold stars to Jason and Jodi for developing a master work that takes into account different learning styles and ways of being. They offer us options we didn't know were there.”

—DYANA VALENTINE
Creator of SuperConditions

“We all get stuck. Jason and Jodi know that the secret is how you respond when you're stuck. This book provides practical methods to get your energy and thoughts aligned, so you can move forward with clarity and focus. It's all about building momentum that drives you closer to your goals, and creating habits that help you every day.”

—DWAYNE MELANÇON
CTO, TripWire

“There are times when you know reading the directions makes it easier. Get Momentum: How to Start When You're Stuck…these are THE directions.”

—IVOR SUBOTIC
Vice President of Global Sales, getAbstract

“As an entrepreneur, I am constantly performing a high wire balancing act while trying to juggle competing priorities. To get projects started and keep them from stalling you need to ‘Get Momentum.’ Jason and Jodi Womack's latest book is a practical guide for those, like me, who need to motivate themselves and others to keep moving toward a shared goal.”

—JON PETERS
CEO, AthenaOnline

“In their signature fashion of keen business savvy mixed with an entrepreneur's empathy, the Womacks lay down real talk that gets you real results. The best part? They walked the walk on everything in this book. Now stop reading my words, and get onto the really important ones Jodi and Jason wrote.”

—KARA DEFRIAS
White House Presidential Innovation Fellow 2012

Get Momentum is the must-read book from the team of Jason and Jodi Womack. Their commonsense step-by-step approach delivers the real-world proven tools you need to live your best, most truly meaningful life filled with achievement in the areas that matter most to you—your work, family, and life. Be ready to roll up your sleeves and transform your world with their practical guidance.”

—TORRY BURDICK
Senior Vice President, Product Marketing, Vantage Production, LLC

“Getting stuck happens by chance, but staying stuck is a matter of choice. If you're ready to move forward and escape from a rut of uncertainty about where your life is going, this is the book for you.”

—MARTIN JONES
Digital Marketing Leader, Strategist, Speaker

“Jason and Jodi's advice gets to the beautiful simplicity of personal success: Stop doing what used to work, get unstuck and build the momentum necessary to win!”

—MARC EFFRON
Author, One Page Talent Management

Get Momentum is the most practical and powerful book I have seen about making progress at work, at home, or in the community. It provides a straightforward, proven approach through the Five Stages of Momentum and I will make it a must-read book for my leaders and colleagues.”

—STEINAR HJELLE
Senior Director, Global Talent Development, Micron Technology, Inc.

“Jodi and Jason Womack bring together a combination of credible data and world tested wisdom to provide practical and actionable steps to break through whatever may be holding you back. An inspirational and informative read, not only for those seeking fresh momentum, but for anyone interested in a deeper understanding of motivation and the role it plays in our behavior every day.”

—MIRIAM ORT
Head of HR, PepsiCo

Get Momentum provides clear, practical advice to help you break through the bonds of the inertia that is holding you back from achieving your potential. These principles helped me take a product line with a decade of incremental improvements and transform it to a contemporary solution by breaking through the status quo.”

—PETER S. MAHONEY
Senior Vice President, Dragon | Nuance

“Jason and Jodi are living the Get Momentum principles every moment of their lives and now gifting all of us with the tools we can really use every day to get out of our life ruts, the big ones and the not so big. Thank you both for the willingness to share!”

—JACQUI BURGE
Bossy, desk yogi

“Jason and Jodi are an unstoppable force. If I can pick up my game just 10 percent being in their orbit anything is possible. This book provides an opportunity to internalize their own experience and for each of us to be more unstoppable in turn.”

—PIP COBURN
Principal, Coburn Ventures

“Jason and Jodi have helped hundreds of entrepreneurs get momentum on projects that matter most to them. They have captured the best of their insights on the topic in this gem of a book. If you are pursuing bold goals and want to reach them faster, this is a must-read.”

—RAJESH SETTY
Cofounder, Audvisor and several other technology companies, and Author of Gratitude and 15 other books

“Big companies, successful professionals, and even athletes—all have one thing in common. They had a starting point. Get Momentum is your ultimate guide to building processes, systems, and confidence to build a better business and be a better person.”

—RAMON RAY
Publisher, Smart Hustle magazine

“Jason and Jodi have more momentum than any pair I have ever known. When you read their books or work with them directly, it's their accessibility that sets them apart. You realize your momentum gives them theirs. True to form, in Get Momentum, they're right here with you, giving you everything they have.”

—RANDY HARWARD
Vice President of Material Innovation, Under Armour Inc.

GET MOMENTUM

How to Start
When You're Stuck

 

 

JASON W. WOMACK
JODI WOMACK

 

 

 

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To all Get Momentum members:We are in awe of all the people who signed up for the Get Momentum program over the years, for raising their hand to the question: “Who wants to keep learning, growing and creating?”You've showed up each month to keep getting better at what you do, enhance your skills, share your successes and ask yourselves: “What's next?”

You've pushed us to keep learning and growing along with you.

You've made us better at what we do. And we're grateful to have shared in your journey. Onward. . .

Jodi and Jason