Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

The Quantum Leap Strategy by Price Pritchett, Ph.D.

15 May 2020 · 2 min

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In this brief YouTube segment, Nick Hutchison addresses his "Bookmakers Family" audience with a personal recommendation of Price Pritchett’s short work, The Quantum Leap Strategy. He introduces the book’s central prompt—what you would pursue if success were guaranteed—recalling how the author asks listeners to set aside doubt. Hutchinson reflects on the question, noting his own desire to make “big changes” such as launching a podcast and expanding the Book Thinkers initiative. He highlights a key line from the book: avoiding action guarantees failure, emphasizing the paradox of fear‑driven inaction. Throughout, Hutchinson’s tone is conversational and motivational, interspersed with a brief promotion of Elevate Tees, a personal‑development‑themed apparel line. He concludes by encouraging viewers to read the book and have a great day.

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Hello, Bookmakers Family! What would you go for if you knew your success were guaranteed? Today's book tip is going to come from The Quantum Leap Strategy by Price Pritchett. This was a short book. It was recommended to me by my friend Phil, and in the beginning of the book, he asks that question: what would you go for if you knew your success were guaranteed? Leave all of the doubt aside and then think about that situation. And so I've heard that question before, asked in various forms, but this time, because the book was so short, I thought I might as well journal about it and reflect on it a little bit. And I decided that I need to make some big changes. Those will be to be determined, but I have a couple ideas floating around, including a podcast and some other things that Book Thinkers is doing. And so later in the book, there's a statement that says, where's the logic in not trying because you might not succeed. When in not trying, you guarantee failure. I love that. Sometimes people are so scared that they won't succeed, they don't even try in the first place. And so when I'm thinking about this ultimate situation, if success were guaranteed, what would I be doing? The fear starts to creep in, like, what if those changes aren't right? What if I can't reverse them? What if they don't work out? Well, if I don't try in the first place, then failure is guaranteed. So this was a short little book, but I really enjoyed it. The Quantum Leap Strategy. It's also a pretty cool title. And if you like this shirt, by the way, Elevate— my buddy runs Elevate Tees. They're tagged in this, and you can check them out. He sent me this for free. I love the shirt. I'm all about the Elevate mindset. He's all about personal development, so it works out perfectly. With that, take care. Go read something. This was a pretty good book. And have a fantastic day. Bye.