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You're Not That Great
You're Not That Great: (but neither is anyone else) | Elan Gale
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I am addicted to positivity. I am addicted to positivity. I am addicted to positivity. I care more about feeling great than being great. I am NOT THAT GREAT. The self-help industry tells you that if you're positive, if you put your best foot forward and if you just believe in yourself that you will find happiness. Let's be real, you can read all the inspirational quotes you want. You can spend your days giving yourself affirmations in your heart-shaped mirror and trying to learn to love yourself. You can say your mantra over and over again while sitting cross-legged on a yoga mat in a Whole Foods parking lot. But the truth is, you're not a badass and you still don't have the life you want. That's where You're Not That Great (but neither is anyone else) comes in. This book teaches you how to harness all the negativity in the world and use it to improve your life, taking everyday feelings like self-loathing, regret and shame and making them work for you. Positive thinking is for assholes. Negative thinking is for winners.
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kidamy
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"Maaail caaaaaall in the camp office!" Do any of my fellow #canadians remember Camp Caribou? They used to show it on YTV. I think only about 20 of us watched it when we were kids.

Aaaaanyway, yay for #bookmail! Also #junkmail. I'm so glamourous.

RaimeyGallant I watched it. :) 6y
lil_ms_spitfire I watched it too!!! 6y
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TheWellAccompaniedBook
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Easy to read and some great points to encourage is to not be so damn precious. A lot of it was really refreshing to read. And my first book after a bit of a slump, especially since work started again, and read it in a few hours. Lazy Saturday might even call for another book...

kidamy I love him; I've been meaning to grab this one. 6y
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ElleSkel
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This book was funny. But once I stopped laughing I found it to be repetitive despite its very short length. I respect what the author was trying to do, and actually tend to agree with the criticism of the extremist positivity movement and how we as a society tend to coddle one another. The writing itself was more conversational than artistic and I think it worked for this type of self help turned humor selection. I give this one a solid 🌟🌟🌟1/2.

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ElleSkel
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Nice Work.🔖😮😯🤐🤔🙄🔖

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ElleSkel
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This one is small but I'm hoping also mighty! Digging into this now despite being in the middle of 2 others.
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