Failosophy : a handbook for when things go wrong / Elizabeth Day.
By: Day, Elizabeth [author.]
.Publisher: London : 4th Estate, 2020Description: 148 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780008420383.Subject(s): Failure (Psychology) | Self-actualization (Psychology)DDC classification: 158.1 Summary: "In Failosophy Elizabeth Day brings together all the lessons she has learned, from conversations with the guests on her award-winning How to Fail podcast, from stories shared with her by readers and listeners, and from her own life, and distils them into seven principles of failure. Practical, reassuring and inspirational, these principles offer a guide through life’s rough patches. From failed exams to romantic break-ups, from career setbacks to confidence crises, from navigating anxiety to surviving loss, Failosophy recognises, and celebrates, the fact that failure connects us all. It is what makes us human. With insights from Malcolm Gladwell, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Lemn Sissay, Frankie Bridge, Nigel Slater, Emeli Sande, Alain de Botton, Mabel, Fearne Cotton, Meera Syal, Dame Kelly Holmes, Andrew Scott and many, many more, Failosophy is the essential handbook for turning failure into success. Front matter.
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| WELLBEING 155.937 MIT One last thing : how to live with the end in mind / | WELLBEING 155.937 REN A manual for heartache / | WELLBEING 158.1 CHA How to heal your inner child : overcome past trauma and childhood emotional neglect / | WELLBEING 158.1 DAY Failosophy : a handbook for when things go wrong / | WELLBEING 158.1 HAM The art of rest : how to find respite in the modern age / | WELLBEING 158.1 MOR A manual for being human : what makes us who we are, why it matters and practical advice for a happier life / | WELLBEING 158.1 SCA It shouldn't be this way : learning to accept the things you just can't change / |
"In Failosophy Elizabeth Day brings together all the lessons she has learned, from conversations with the guests on her award-winning How to Fail podcast, from stories shared with her by readers and listeners, and from her own life, and distils them into seven principles of failure. Practical, reassuring and inspirational, these principles offer a guide through life’s rough patches. From failed exams to romantic break-ups, from career setbacks to confidence crises, from navigating anxiety to surviving loss, Failosophy recognises, and celebrates, the fact that failure connects us all. It is what makes us human. With insights from Malcolm Gladwell, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Lemn Sissay, Frankie Bridge, Nigel Slater, Emeli Sande, Alain de Botton, Mabel, Fearne Cotton, Meera Syal, Dame Kelly Holmes, Andrew Scott and many, many more, Failosophy is the essential handbook for turning failure into success. Front matter.