For the past 5 years, Steve Kamb has transformed himself from wanna-be daydreamer into a real-life superhero and actually turned his life into a gigantic video game: flying stunt planes in New Zealand, gambling in a tuxedo at the Casino de Monte-Carlo, and even finding Nemo on the GreatBarrier Reef. To help him accomplish all of these goals, he built a system that allowed him to complete quests, take on boss battles, earn experience points, and literally level up his life.
If you have always dreamed of adventure and growth but can’t seem to leave your hobbit-hole, Steve’s book, Level Up Your Life, is for you. He will teach you exactly how to use your favorite video games, books, and movies as inspiration for adventure rather than an escape from the grind of everyday life. Hundreds of thousands of everyday Joes and Jills have joined Steve’s Rebellion through his popular website, NerdFitness.com, and leveled up their lives–losing weight, getting stronger, and living better.
In Level Up Your Life, you’ll meet more than a dozen of these members of The Rebellion: men and women, young and old, single and married, from all walks of life who have created superhero versions of themselves to live adventurously and happily. Within this guide, you’ll follow in their footsteps and learn exactly how to:
• Create your own “Alter Ego” with real-life super powers
• Build your own Epic Quest List, broken into categories and difficulty levels
• Hack your productivity habits to start making progress
• Train your body for any adventure
• Build in rewards and accountability that will actually motivate you to succeed
• Travel the world freely (and cheaply)
• Recruit the right allies to your side and find powerful mentors for guidance
Adventure is out there, and the world needs more heroes. Will you heed the call?
The perfect balance of “how to” and inspiring adventure. I like to think I’m a guy who has his sh*t together. But I stand in awe of what Steve has been able to accomplish with his own life and with Nerd Fitness. This is simply one of the best books I’ve read in recent memory, and I have three reasons why:
The call to adventure in my life has never been more real and worth pursuing Nerd Fitness has meant a lot to me over the years. It all began when I had the weird good fortune of meeting Steve back in the early days of Nerd Fitness when I too was writing online about health and fitness within an unconventional life. An unabashed fan of hero’s journeys of all kinds, I knew instantly that my early writing didn’t contain the same magic as Steve’s. He was on to something truly special. I knew that it was only a matter of time before he amassed a small army…
I expected it to be good. But I did not expect the book ITSELF to be an adventure to read… There I was, buckling my seatbelt at the start of a 3 hour flight from Dallas to Indianapolis. I exchanged a verbal hello to the people crammed next to me, before twisting my body to retrieve my copy of Level Up Your Life from my laptop bag.