num_pages: 288
description: #1 international bestsellerPublishers Weekly bestsellerThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Toronto Star bestsellerThe Vancouver Sun bestsellerFrom 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 worldcomes 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. Were 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 theres 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 dont have friends. Cell phones show us were never good enough. Yesterdays butterflies are tomorrows 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  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.
language: English
title: You Are Awesome: How to Navigate Change, Wrestle with Failure, and Live an Intentional Life
publisher: Gallery Books