In Burn the Boats, you’ll How to break patterns that undermine total commitment (such as imposter syndrome, anxiety, and toxic leadership habits) How science proves that a perfectly crafted plan B saps motivation and diminishes successful outcomes How to achieve financial independence by leveraging the stream of data you consume in your daily life, known as ‘proprietary insights’ How to harness the personal power of your pain and shame to turn flaws into your superpower How dozens of the people you admire first burned their own boats before becoming household names In this gripping rags-to-riches instant classic, Matt Higgins provides the blueprint he used to go from a desperate sixteen-year-old high school dropout caring for his sick mother in Queens, New York, to a shark on Shark Tank. Now a serial entrepreneur with a billion-dollar portfolio of some of America’s most beloved brands, Higgins unpacks the burn-the-boats strategy with raw emotion and radical transparency.