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How to Fail

byElizabeth Day

Genres: Self Help Health Career Advancement Stress Management Personal Finance

Who is this book for? Readers interested in personal development and self-help.

Topics Building resilience through failureEmbracing imperfectionCoping with failureResilienceGrowthOvercoming adversityPersonal developmentEmotional intelligenceLife lessonsInner strengthIdentitySurvivalChange and Transformation

MoodHopeful, Humorous, Reflective

Female protagonist

HumorOccasional Humor

Inspired by her hugely popular podcast, How To Fail is Elizabeth Day's brilliantly funny, painfully honest and insightful celebration of things going wrong. This is a book for anyone who has ever failed. Which means it's a book for everyone. If I have learned one thing from this shockingly beautiful venture called life, it is this: failure has taught me lessons I would never otherwise have understood. I have evolved more as a result of things going wrong than when everything seemed to be going right. Out of crisis has come clarity, and sometimes even catharsis. Part memoir, part manifesto, and including chapters on dating, work, sport, babies, families, anger and friendship, it is based on the simple premise that understanding why we fail ultimately makes us stronger. It's a book about learning from our mistakes and about not being afraid. Uplifting, inspiring and rich in stories from Elizabeth's own life, How to Fail reveals that failure is not what defines us; rather it is how we respond to it that shapes us as individuals. Because learning how to fail is actually learning how to succeed better. And everyone needs a bit of that.

Language

Published on

26/12/2019

Pages

352

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780008327354

Price Comparison

9.99 £

12.99 €

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