Absurd Hope, The Book by Mo Haque

New book, Absurd Press

ABSURD HOPE

Making High Performance Contagious
and Wellbeing Infectious

At 31, Mo Haque was handed a death sentence: Stage 4 cancer, inoperable. A year later, even that small chance was gone. In the silence that followed, he refused to accept "nothing" as an answer. Instead, he asked a different question: So what can we do?

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ISBN 978-1-0676429-0-7 (paperback)
ISBN 978-1-0676429-1-4 (ebook)

The book

A keynote.
A framework.
A permission
slip to act.

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At 31, Mo Haque was handed a death sentence: Stage 4 cancer, inoperable. He was given a small chance.

A year later, even that was gone. The diagnosis was terminal. He was told there was nothing more that could be done. In the silence that followed, he refused to accept "nothing" as an answer. Instead, he asked a different question: So what can we do?

What followed was improbable. A £200,000 crowdfunding campaign for experimental treatment. One unshakeable conviction: I'll raise the money, or die trying.

More than a decade later, Mo is not only alive. He has taken the principles forged in that crisis to TEDx stages, global conferences, and the leadership teams of companies navigating their own high-stakes moments, and distilled them into a repeatable system for performing under pressure.

In Absurd Hope, he reveals the framework. ABSURD. The Doing engine. Six action principles for executing when it matters most. But even the most capable people hit walls. Mo names the 6 B's, the hidden barriers that stall determined people beneath the surface, and shows leaders exactly how to dismantle them.

For audiences facing pressure, change, or uncertainty, Absurd Hope is more than a book. It is a keynote, a framework, and a permission slip to act.

Inside the book, Part One

The ABSURD Framework

The Doing engine. Six action principles for executing when it matters most.

Ask The Audacious

"Change the question, change your story."

Equips your people with a repeatable playbook for setting and delivering on stretch goals that challenge conventional limits and stimulate innovation.

Belief That Fuels Action

"Without belief, action limps. With belief, action leads."

Re-energises stalled initiatives by rebuilding confidence loops and cutting decision turnaround time.

Show Up Anyway

"Showing up is how doors, and luck, open."

Transforms passive attendees into active opportunity-seekers who spark new collaborations and take initiative.

Unshakeable Conviction

"I'm going to raise the money, or die trying."

Instils founder-level grit in teams, keeping initiatives alive from launch to finish even when momentum is hard to find.

Resilience Over Resistance

"Resilience turns resistance into results."

Instils a resilience habit that transforms setbacks into performance surges. Setbacks are inevitable. Excuses are optional.

Do The Damn Thing

"Turn delays, distractions and doubt into decisions, discipline, and DONE."

Builds a finish-line mindset that channels distractions and doubt into clear priorities, rapid choices, and visible wins.

Inside the book, Part Two

The HOPE Framework

The Being fuel. Four pillars that sustain high performance without burnout.

Harmony

Aligning who you are with how you work, so energy flows instead of leaks.

Optimise

Ruthless focus on what moves the needle. Removing what doesn't.

Presence

The capacity to be fully here, in the room, in the conversation, in the work.

Environment

You don't rise to your goals. You fall to the level of your environment. Design it accordingly.

Inside the book, Part Three

The 6 B's

The hidden barriers that stall determined people beneath the surface, and how to dismantle them.

Barrier 01

Belief

The inner teacher that decides whether you back yourself, or talk yourself out of it.

Barrier 02

Boundaries

The lines that protect your time and energy, when they aren't held, everything leaks out.

Barrier 03

Too Big

The overwhelm that freezes you at the starting line. The thing is too big to start, so you don't.

Barrier 04

Beyond The Horizon

Leaving everything to the last minute, because the deadline feels far enough away.

Barrier 05

The Bar Set Too High

Perfectionism dressed as standards. Nothing ships because nothing is ever quite right.

Barrier 06

Boredom and the Monkey Brain

The distraction that steals your focus the moment the work stops being stimulating.

Take the 6 B's Diagnostic

Also by Mo Haque

Choosing To Stay

Mo's debut book, published in 2018, documenting the journey from diagnosis to treatment and the deeper questions it raised about how we choose to live. The book that preceded the framework and started the speaking career.

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A keynote.A framework.A permissionslip to act.