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Unfollow your passion : how to create a life that matters to you / Terri Trespicio.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Atria Books, 2021Edition: First Atria Books hardcover editionDescription: viii, 278 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781982169244
  • 1982169249
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Contents:
Introduction -- Unsubscribe. How to unsubscribe from other people's agendas ; Why you can stay in your comfort zone ; Unfollow your passion ; Dump your bucket list and figure out what (actually) matters ; Why you probably overpacked for this trip ; It's not a sin to get wickedly curious -- Uncover. You've got mad skills ; Practice makes purpose ; No one was given a script ; Why you didn't miss your calling ; Making a livings vs. living your life ; How to stand out when everyone's peddling the same ship ; Never rely on anyone again -- Unleash. Abandon your plans ; Boredom is a detox for your soul ; Questioning commitments doesn't make you noncommittal ; Tell your critic to STFU so you can get some work done ; Stop fixing what isn't broken ; Why it's not worth obsessing over forever ; Set yourself free.
Summary: "Is following your passion the key to personal and professional success? Your average self-help book or motivational speaker would likely respond to this question with a resounding YES and proceed to offer a detailed how-to guide to finding that passion and living up to it. Unfollow Your Passion does the unconventional opposite. In the spirit of Pixar's Soul, it encourages you to consider what you lose when you get laser-focused on a single pursuit. There is more to life than a single "spark." By narrowly focusing on the constant search for your one, defining passion-you might miss the infinite number of sparks that exist in anything and everything around you. Rich in playful banter, psychological research, and personal anecdotes, Terri Trespicio encourages you not to succumb to the pressure of defining yourself by your passion. Instead, it emboldens you to keep moving and engage passionately with your present"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 158.1 T798 Available 33111010632335
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Named a Best Feel-Good Book of 2021 by The Washington Post

A hilarious and honest not-quite-self-help book in the vein of Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies and I Used to Have a Plan .

Every person on the planet wants their life to mean something. The problem is that you've been told there's only one way to find that meaning.

In Unfollow Your Passion, Terri Trespicio--whose TEDx talk has more than six million views--questions everything you think you need: passion (fun, but fleeting), plans (flimsy at best), and a bucket list (eye roll), to name a few.

Instead, she shows you how (and why) to flip society, culture, and the #patriarchy the bird so you can live life on your terms. Trespicio effortlessly guides you through her method of unhooking yourself from other people's agendas, boning up on the skills to move you forward, and exploring your own creativity, memory, and intuition to unlock your unique path to meaning--while also confronting the challenges that stop you in your tracks, like boredom, loss, and fear.

Trespicio delivers a personal growth book unlike any other with insights that are "wildly funny and infinitely compelling," (Farnoosh Torabi, host of the So Money podcast). Fans of Glennon Doyle's Untamed and Luvvie Ajayi Jones's Professional Troublemaker will love this fresh and fearless take on what it means to unfollow the rules you were given.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-271) and index.

Introduction -- Unsubscribe. How to unsubscribe from other people's agendas ; Why you can stay in your comfort zone ; Unfollow your passion ; Dump your bucket list and figure out what (actually) matters ; Why you probably overpacked for this trip ; It's not a sin to get wickedly curious -- Uncover. You've got mad skills ; Practice makes purpose ; No one was given a script ; Why you didn't miss your calling ; Making a livings vs. living your life ; How to stand out when everyone's peddling the same ship ; Never rely on anyone again -- Unleash. Abandon your plans ; Boredom is a detox for your soul ; Questioning commitments doesn't make you noncommittal ; Tell your critic to STFU so you can get some work done ; Stop fixing what isn't broken ; Why it's not worth obsessing over forever ; Set yourself free.

"Is following your passion the key to personal and professional success? Your average self-help book or motivational speaker would likely respond to this question with a resounding YES and proceed to offer a detailed how-to guide to finding that passion and living up to it. Unfollow Your Passion does the unconventional opposite. In the spirit of Pixar's Soul, it encourages you to consider what you lose when you get laser-focused on a single pursuit. There is more to life than a single "spark." By narrowly focusing on the constant search for your one, defining passion-you might miss the infinite number of sparks that exist in anything and everything around you. Rich in playful banter, psychological research, and personal anecdotes, Terri Trespicio encourages you not to succumb to the pressure of defining yourself by your passion. Instead, it emboldens you to keep moving and engage passionately with your present"-- Provided by publisher.

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