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Anatomy of a Breakthrough How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most

Adam Alter

A groundbreaking guide to breaking free from the thoughts, habits, jobs Almost everyone feels stuck in some way. Whether you’re muddling through a midlife crisis, wrestling writer’s block, trapped in a thankless job, or trying to remedy a fraying friendship, the resulting emotion is usually a mix o...

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The Mel Robbins Podcast

The hosts highlighted the book as a practical guide that offers a three-step roadmap to help listeners get unstuck and unlock their potential. Adam Alter explained that the roadmap, including a friction audit, provides clear steps many people lack, while Mel Robbins expressed excitement about the advice and called it a must‑read. Both episodes conveyed strong enthusiasm for the title as a useful tool for personal growth.

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Episode: How to Get Unstuck: Do This to Create the Future Y...

The book explores the concept of being stuck and provides a three-step roadmap, a friction audit, to get unstuck. It also addresses the universal experience of feeling stuck and offers practical advice on how to move forward.

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That one's called The Anatomy of a Breakthrough. I cannot wait for you to get the roadmap to unleashing your full potential.

Oh, where the hell have you been my whole life?

The whole point of this book was to say there is a roadmap and if you follow the steps you will get unstuck. It's just that most of us don't know what those steps are. That's what the book is designed to do.

The way life is structured for us today, there is a lot of emptiness. And a lot of what we spend our time doing does not build on the other moments we spend so that we're building towards something that feels meaningful, that is substantial.

It turns out that constraining yourself and having very prescribed steps is really useful.

Episode: 6 Simple Science-Backed Hacks That Will Make Your...

Dr. Alter mentioned this book as one of his New York Times bestsellers. He mentioned the book when introducing himself and his work.

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And he's the author of three New York Times bestsellers, Irresistible, Drunk Tank Pink and the brand new bestselling book Anatomy of a Breakthrough.

Hidden Brain

Alter's book was referenced as explaining mental obstacles that keep people stuck and offering strategies to become unstuck.

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Adam, in your book, Anatomy of a Breakthrough, you illustrate one of these obstacles with a story about a musician.

— Episode: You 2.0: How to Break Out of a Rut

Episode: You 2.0: How to Break Out of a Rut

Alter's book was referenced as explaining mental obstacles that keep people stuck and offering strategies to become unstuck.

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Adam, in your book, Anatomy of a Breakthrough, you illustrate one of these obstacles with a story about a musician.

Adam Alter is a psychologist at NYU. He's the author of the book, Anatomy of a Breakthrough, How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most.

Episode: You 2.0: How to Break Out of a Rut

Adam Alter's book was introduced as the source of the episode's ideas about getting unstuck and taking action.

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He is the author of the book, Anatomy of a Breakthrough.

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

The podcast focused on Adam's latest book, discussing how to identify and overcome feeling stuck in various aspects of life, from career and finances to personal relationships.

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Your book Breakthrough or Anatomy of a Breakthrough.

— Episode: How to Get Unstuck — with Adam Alter

Episode: How to Get Unstuck — with Adam Alter

The podcast focused on Adam's latest book, discussing how to identify and overcome feeling stuck in various aspects of life, from career and finances to personal relationships.

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Your book Breakthrough or Anatomy of a Breakthrough.

Our interview with Adam today comes from a live stream we did together with Section, our higher education startup where we discussed his latest book, Anatomy of a Breakthrough, how to get unstuck when it matters most.

Welcome back. Here's our conversation with Adam Alter, a professor of marketing at NYU Stern and the author of Anatomy of a Breakthrough, how to get unstuck when it matters most.

The Bobby Bones Show

It was mentioned in relation to midlife crises, suggesting that the constant questioning of life is more cyclical than a singular event tied to a specific age.

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Psychological research reveals that we're constantly questioning our lives. There's never really a so-called midlife crisis.

— Episode: Tues Full Show: Eddie's Possible Kidney...

Episode: Tues Full Show: Eddie's Possible Kidney Donation &...

It was mentioned in relation to midlife crises, suggesting that the constant questioning of life is more cyclical than a singular event tied to a specific age.

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Psychological research reveals that we're constantly questioning our lives. There's never really a so-called midlife crisis.

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