Overall, this book was OK. I don't think I was the audience. I see the correct audience being men, first of all. I also think this is more of self-help for beginners. I think Dave is really smart but wasn't necessarily giving out his BEST ideas.

Dave Hollis matches his wife’s ability to pump people up in his first book “Get Out Of Your Own Way”.

While his wife Rachel Hollis seems able to push herself into motivation by being “on” all the time, Dave started with a skeptical frame of mind. While I adore me some Rachel Hollis, I found Dave’s vulnerability and candor to be more relatable to me personally. I can relate to his insecurities (from a woman’s point of view) and his history of codependency.

I highly recommend this book for anyone on a journey looking for some truth on how to examine your life from a new lense and believe in yourself to be the best version of yourself that you can be.

Get Out of Your Own Way gives you the other side of the coin to Girl Wash Your Face & Girl Stop Apologizing. Dave had a very successful career but was unfulfilled and in a rut. He gives the reader a glimpse into what he did to work through all the lies and insecurities to become a better husband, dad & person. Dave uses his own experiences, both good & bad, to encourage the reader to make changes to improve their own lives. I felt connected with Dave because I use to have a similar mindset regarding self improvement. Dave has helped me change that mindset and begin to life a more fulfilled life. I would recommend this book for both men & women.

**I received a free copy of the book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.**

Oh, the Hollises. I have a love-hate relationship with them. You can read my reviews of Rachel's books to see how my opinion has changed over the years. As an original fan-girl of Rachel's, I WANT to like everything they do. But the more "famous" they get, the harder it is for me.

This book, in particular, is a struggle for me. I'm not sure who the intended audience is. Ostensibly, it's men. But I can't imagine any man voluntarily purchasing or reading this book. Whoever the target audience is, I think the actual purchasers are going to be women who think their husbands/sons need to read this.

My biggest struggle with the book is how similar it is in tone to Rachel's books. I know they're best friends and spouses, but this reads as if they share a brain. Or a ghostwriter. Or as if Rachel wrote it for him (or at least heavily edited it).

For most people, I would suggest that you instead flip to the back of the book, to the bibliography, and read Dave's source material:
High Performance Habits
Mindset, by Carol Dweck
The Five Love Languages
The Power of Habit
Atomic Habits
The Tipping Point
The Sacred Enneagram
Anything by John Maxwell
The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins (which I don't love, but the Hollises do)

I really vacillated between giving this 2 and 3 stars. But at the end of the day, reading this book is a lot like drinking Walmart's Dr. Thunder when what you really want is a Dr. Pepper. If you are 100% new to the Hollis empire, you may enjoy this book. I can't say that the advice or content is bad...it's just all repeat material. The stories, the advice...I've heard it all before, multiple times. It is a "man-friendly" repackaging of <u>Girl Wash Your Face</u> and <u>Girl Stop Apologizing</u>.