博客來Sovereign is the handbook for outsiders ready to bend reality in their favour - a practical guide to rewriting the limits of work, wealth, and life.
’A must read for any ambitious outlier’ JASON SHEN
’A book bursting with energy and ideas’ STU PATIENCE
We live in an age of overload: too many goals, too many options, and too much noise. Sovereign is a manual for cutting through the clutter and learning to live with clarity, conviction, and control.
In Sovereign, David Elikwu invites readers to step off the conveyor belt of conventional success and rethink what it means to lead a remarkable life. Through stories, mental models, and field-tested principles, he shows how to take ownership of your time, your choices, and your trajectory-without needing to escape to a monastery or hustle harder than everyone else.
Sovereign combines timeless philosophy with grounded insight; from Stoicism to neuroscience, from street-smart decisions to the psychology of effort. You’ll learn how to think clearly, act deliberately, and stay focused in a world designed to distract you.
’Deeply practical and deeply human’ KELLY WILDE MILLER
’A refreshingly sane voice’ THE WORKING MIND JOURNAL
READERS LOVE SOVEREIGN BY DAVID ELIKWU
＂A manual for life - modern stoicism at its best＂
＂Will stay with you long after you put it down＂
＂An excellent book if you’re trying to figure things out＂
＂Inspiring as well as empowering＂
＂Excellent insight...and the right dose of stoicism＂
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Dramatis Personae:
Adam Grant (II.26.2); Adam Neumann (II.22.3); Admiral James Stockdale (III.33.3); Alvin York (III.31.3); Aron Ralston (III.29.1); Barry Marshall (III.28.3); Bessie Coleman (Preface); Bill Clinton (II.25.2); Brandon Sanderson (II.14.2); Dick Fosbury (I.1.3); Drew Lynch (III.32.3); Elon Musk (II.24.1); Ernest Shackleton (II.20.2); Epictetus (III.33.5); George Dantzig (II.13.2); Gertrude Stein (II.26.4); Guillermo del Toro (II.18.5); Isaac Newton (I.3); J.K. Rowling (II.26.1); James Baldwin (II.18.1); Jerry Seinfeld (I.3.2); Jimmy Donaldson - MrBeast (III.28.2); Joseph Plateau (I.3); Josh Peck (II.12.4); Katherine Graham (II.22.4); Kobe Bryant (I.2.2); Kurt Warner (III.30.2); Leonardo da Vinci (I.3); Lionel Messi (I.8.2); Marvin Gaye (I.4); Mary Shelley (I.7.1); Muggsy Bogues (I.2.3); Paul MacCready (II.19.3); Phil Helmuth (III.31.2); Queen Elizabeth I (II.15.2); Ralph Lauren (I.3.3); Richard Branson (II.22.1); Rick Guerin (II.20.2); Roald Amundsen (II.20.2); Robert Hooke (I.3); Roger Bannister (I.1.1); Steve Jobs (II.25); Stephanie Shirley (I.3.3); Tara Westover (II.18.1); The Beatles (II.14.1); The Spartans (III.32.1); The Wright Brothers (III.30.1); Tiger Woods (III.29.2); T-Pain (II.12.1); Tsutomu Yamaguchi (III.33); Venus Williams (II.13.1); Virgil Abloh (I.3.2); Virginia Woolf (III.33.2).
