Average is the new awesome
a manifesto for the rest of us
Average is the new awesome
a manifesto for the rest of us
Book - 2020
"Crappy apartments, lame relationships, getting passed over for a great job (again)--not what we expected for our adult lives. Americans tell their children you can become anything! But let's face it--most of us can't. Sure, some of our peers go on to become astronauts or billionaires. But most of us don't. In Average Is the New Awesome, Samantha Matt offers encouragement to us regular humans. This is a manifesto for ordinary awesomeness--for the beauty that can be found when we acknowledge that good enough really is good enough, and that greatness is yours to define"--
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| Barcode | Status | Material Type | CallNumber |
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| 37413318629609 | متاح | Non-fiction | 158.1 MATT |
| المؤلف الرئيسي: | |
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| التنسيق: | كتاب |
| اللغة: | English |
| منشور في: |
New York :
Seal Press,
2020.
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| الطبعة: | First edition. |
| الموضوعات: |
MARC
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| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Seal Press, |c 2020. | |
| 300 | |a xvii, 219 pages : |b illustration ; |c 21 cm | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: help me, I'm average -- Average doesn't mean unsuccessful...and other thoughts about being mediocre at work and money -- In praise of subpar social lives...and other thoughts about fair-weather friendships and sporadic get-togethers -- No one is judging your average body-except you...and other thoughts about striving for healthy happy mediums -- Our love lives are pretty unexceptional compared to the movies...and other thoughts about ordinary relationships and good enough love -- Is everyone more impressive than you on social media?...and other thoughts about overachievers' Pinterest-perfect lives -- Why does it feel like we've accomplished nothing when we have?...and other thoughts about life on the hump of the bell curve -- Conclusion: it's okay to do it your way. | |
| 520 | |a "Crappy apartments, lame relationships, getting passed over for a great job (again)--not what we expected for our adult lives. Americans tell their children you can become anything! But let's face it--most of us can't. Sure, some of our peers go on to become astronauts or billionaires. But most of us don't. In Average Is the New Awesome, Samantha Matt offers encouragement to us regular humans. This is a manifesto for ordinary awesomeness--for the beauty that can be found when we acknowledge that good enough really is good enough, and that greatness is yours to define"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Contentment. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Encouragement. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Civilization |y 21st century. | |
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