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#1 international bestseller
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The Toronto Star bestseller
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From Neil Pasricha—New York Times, million-copy bestselling author of The Book of Awesome series and The Happiness Equation, thought leader for the next generation, and one of the most popular TED speakers in the world—comes a revelatory and inspiring book that will change the way we view failure and help us build resilience.

We are lucky. For most of us, famine, plague, economic depression, and other life-threatening catastrophes are the stuff of history books. We’re living in an era with the highest-ever rates of longevity, education, and wealth. Cars drive us home as our phones entertain us before we arrive to food delivered to the front door. We have it all!

But there’s just one side effect. We no longer have the tools to handle failure...or even perceived failure. When we fall, we lie on the sidewalk crying. When we spill, we splatter. When we crack, we shatter.

We are turning into an army of porcelain dolls.

A rude email from the boss means calling in sick. Only two likes on our post means we don’t have friends. Cell phones show us we’re never good enough. Yesterday’s butterflies are tomorrow’s panic attacks. Record numbers of students have clinical anxiety. And what about depression, loneliness, and suicide?

All rising!

What do we desperately need to learn?

RESILIENCE. And we need to learn it fast.

Read You Are Awesome to learn:
• The single word that keeps your options open after failure
• What every commencement speech gets wrong
• 3 ways to dramatically accelerate your ability to learn and adapt
• The 2-minute morning practice that helps eliminate worry
• Why you need an Untouchable Day (and how to get one)
• and much, much more...

Because the truth is, you really are awesome.

ISBN-13: 9781982135881

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Gallery Books

Publication Date: 11-05-2019

Pages: 288

Product Dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.10(d)

Series: Book of Awesome Series, the

Neil Pasricha thinks, writes, and speaks about intentional living. He is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including The Book of Awesome and The Happiness Equation, which together have spent over 200 weeks on bestseller lists and have sold over a million copies. He hosts the award-winning podcast 3 Books, where he’s on a fifteen-year quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world by interviewing people such as Malcolm Gladwell, Judy Blume, and the world’s top-ranked Uber driver. He gives more than fifty speeches a year, appearing for audiences at places such as Harvard, SXSW, and Shopify. He has degrees from Queen’s University and Harvard Business School, and lives in Toronto with his family. Connect with him on social media @NeilPasricha or get his latest writing for free at Neil.blog/Newsletters.

Table of Contents

Introduction; You Need to Be More Resilient xv

Secret #1 Add a Dot-Dot-Dot 1

1 A 500-year-old invention we can use today 9

2 What happens when you see past the period? 13

3 "I don't waltz … yet." 17

4 Keep your options infinite 21

5 The single word that makes it happen 23

Secret #2 Shift the Spotlight 29

1 Who fails hardest and what can we do about it? 41

2 You think you don't fit but you do 43

3 Don't magnify. Don't biggify. Don't amplify. 47

4 The spotlight effect 51

5 How do you shift the spotlight? 57

Secret #3 See It as a Step 63

1 The end of history illusion 71

2 Go back to the beginning 79

3 Have you had enough one-night stands? 83

4 "What's a blog?" 87

5 Soak if up 89

Secret #4 Tell Yourself a Different Story 95

1 The swamplands of the soul 105

2 Who's really to blame in the shame game? 107

3 What story are you telling yourself? 111

4 Tilt the lens 115

5 Three big questions to help achieve this secret 119

Secret #5 Lose More to Win More 127

1 "Do it for free for ten years." 133

2 Lead the failure parade 135

3 What do wedding photographers, the T-1000, and Nolan Ryan have in common? 141

4 The life-changing magic of hypertrophy 145

5 What every commencement speech gets wrong 147

6 Three simple ways to achieve this secret 151

Secret #6 Reveal to Heal 161

1 What's the world's fastest growing religion? 169

2 A million postcards show us what we need 173

3 The two-minute morning practice 181

Secret #7 Find Small Ponds 191

1 The life-changing story from the dean 195

2 What's wrong with the $5 million condo? 203

Secret #8 Go Untouchable 211

1 The two questions you must ask before you quit your job 217

2 The barrage is getting louder 221

3 How to disappear completely 223

4 The 3 excuses you'll get when attempting this secret 227

Secret #9 Never, Never Stop 233

1 There is magic in doing things simply 239

2 They're not wrong. You're not right. 243

3 Every connection is an opportunity 249

4 You can only go forward 253

Acknowledgments 257

Sources 259