The Fear-Fighter Manual

Lessons from a Professional Troublemaker

The Fear-Fighter Manual
Luvvie Ajayi Jones
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Hardback
h218 x 140mm - 304pg
2 Mar 2021 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781529409017
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' You could spend a lifetime and fortune finding the perfect therapist, mentor, minister, career coach, and girlfriend - or you could just spend a day reading PROFESSIONAL TROUBLEMAKER. ' Glennon Doyle, author of #1 NYT Bestseller UntamedFrom the New York Times bestselling author of I' m Judging You, a hilarious and transformational book about how to tackle fear - that everlasting hater - and audaciously step into lives, careers, and legacies that go beyond even our wildest dreams. Luvvie Ajayi Jones is known for her trademark wit, warm voice, and exceptional integrity. But even she' s been challenged by the enemy of progress known as fear. She was once afraid to call herself a writer because she was afraid of the title. She nearly skipped out on doing a TED talk that changed her life because of imposter syndrome. And, as she shares in The Fear-Fighter Manual: Lessons from a Professional Troublemaker, she' s not alone. We' re all afraid. We' re afraid of asking for what we want because we' re afraid of hearing "no. " We' re afraid of being different, of being too much or not enough. We' re afraid of leaving behind the known for the unknown. But in order to do the things that will truly, meaningfully change our lives, we have to become professional troublemakers: people who are committed to not letting fear talk them out of the things they need to do or say to live free. With humor and honesty, and guided by the influence of her professional troublemaking Nigerian grandmother, Funmilayo Faloyin, Luvvie walks us through what we must get right within ourselves before we can do the things that scare us; how to use our voice for a greater good; and how to put movement to the voice we' ve been silencing-because truth-telling is a muscle. The point is not to be fearless, but to know we are afraid and charge forward regardless. It is to recognize that the things we must do are more significant than our fears. This book is about how to live boldly in spite of all the reasons we have to cower. Let' s go!
You could spend a lifetime and fortune finding the perfect therapist, mentor, minister, career coach, and girlfriend -- or you could just spend a day reading PROFESSIONAL TROUBLEMAKER. This book - Luvvie Ajayi Jones' s most helpful, bold, vulnerable, hilarious, and relevant work yet -- is equal parts catharsis and wake-up call, both comforting and galvanizing. I laughed and cried so hard that my family asked me to read in the other room. With her razor-sharp mind, soul on fire, and heart of gold --- Luvvie is the activist and artist the world needs right now. This will be my go-to gift for all the beloved troublemakers in my life. * Glennon Doyle, author of #1 NYT Bestseller Untamed and founder of Together Rising * There' s nobody quite like Luvvie Ajayi Jones. She' s a force and a powerhouse, the thunder and the lightning-and Professional Troublemaker shows us exactly how she got that way. This is a great book about reaching deep down inside yourself, crushing your fears, unleashing your ' too-muchness,' and giving yourself permission to shake the world. In a voice that is funny, wise, bold, and always generous, Luvvie encourages, inspires, and dares us to follow our dreams, fight against injustice, soak up the pleasures of life, and take up all the space in the room. If this book doesn' t make you feel bolder and braver by the final page, then you weren' t reading it right. I loved every passionate word of it * Elizabeth Gilbert, author of City of Girls and Eat Pray Love * This book is a comfort and a challenge. It inspires, encourages, heartens, and invigorates in equal measure. You should read it * Jenny Lawson, New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy and Let' s Pretend This Never Happened * As an oft-scared chickenhead, who cares too much about what others think, it' s so comforting to be guided through my own crippling fear and self-doubt by one of the bravest, most incisively honest, hysterical voices I know. This book was so real, relatable and so much of it had me belly laughing. This is the essential manual for anybody who is ready to take that leap of faith to bet on the best, uninhibited, whole version of themselves * Issa Rae, Actor and New York Times Bestselling Author of The Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl *
Luvvie Ajayi Jones is an award-winning author, podcast host, and sought-after speaker who thrives at the intersection of comedy, justice, and professional troublemaking. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller I' m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual, and her site, AwesomelyLuvvie, is where she covers all things culture with a critical yet humorous lens. She runs her own social platform and app, LuvvNation, which is a safe space in a dumpster fire world.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781529409017
Published: 2 Mar 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Quercus Publishing
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Format: Hardback
Height: 218mm
Width: 140mm
Spine: 28mm
Weight: 402g
Pages: 304

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