num_pages: 299
description: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck and Get Your Sh*t Together comes more straight talk about how to stand up for who you are and what you really want need and deserve--showing when it's okay to be selfish why it's pointless to be perfect and how to be difficult. Being yourself should be easy yet too many of us struggle to live on other people's terms instead of our own. Rather than feeling large and in charge we feel little and belittled.Sound familiar? Bestselling anti-guru Sarah Knight has three simple words for you: YOU DO YOU. It's time to start putting your happiness first--and stop letting other people tell you what to do how to do it or why it can't be done. And don't panic! You can do it without losing friends and alienating people. Knight delivers her trademark no-bullsh*t advice about:The Tyranny of Just BecauseThe social contract and how to amend itTurning flaws into strengths--aka mental redecoratingWhy it's not your job to be niceLetting your freak flag flyHow to take risks silence the doubters and prove the haters wrongPraise for Sarah KnightGenius. --CosmopolitanSelf-help to swear by. --Boston GlobeHilarious... truly practical. --Booklist
language: English
title: You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want
publisher: Little, Brown and Company