Bøger af Paul Angone

What do you do when you hit your twenties and realize the life you knew for the last two decades has been changed, twisted, or hash-tagged into something you weren't expecting?Secret #12: Your twenties will produce more failure than you'll choose to remember. The key is: when you fail, don't begin calling yourself a failure.Secret #35: Obsessive Comparison Disorder is the smallpox of our generation. Remember that everyone is too busy putting a PR spin on their Facebook profile to care much about yours.Secret #44: The Freshman-Fifteen is nothing compared to the Cubicle-Cincuenta. Don't sit at your computer perched like a Roman gargoyle letting office birthday cake be forced upon you.Discover ninety-eight other secrets for rocking your post-college, grown-up life in this book!"This book is a must-read for twentysomethings and beyond who are struggling with how to navigate in today's hyper-connected, chaotic world--and the book itself is formatted as a fun, engaging page-turner."--Jenny Blake, author of Life After College: The Complete Guide to Getting What You Want"I always tell people that I'm enjoying my 30s way more than my 20s and now I know why: I didn't have this book! Secrets #21 and #36 alone would have helped me through so many situations. I can't tell you how happy I am that this book exists for the next generation!"--Bryan Allain, author, creator of Killer Tribes

What are you supposed to do with your life? What deserves your limited reserve of energy, attention, and time? What's making you anxious or frustrated right now? What would make you happy and fulfilled? The world is shouting its answers to these questions, but the real answers are quieter--and right in front of you. They are in the details of your day, every day. But we usually look right past them. Or we are simply so distracted we've lost the ability to see and hear the life going on right in front of us. If we're not intentional about changing this trend, this "inattentional blindness" can rob us of years of joyful productivity. But when we learn to observe the details of our days, we discover new lenses through which to see and new practices of paying attention that add meaning to life.Stop drifting. Stop worrying. Stop living distracted. Walk purposefully through life with a firm grasp on what's important to you and what you're working toward--all by listening to the details of your day.

"I got distracted while writing this endorsement. If you got distracted while reading it, thank goodness Paul wrote this book for both of us! Paying attention is a lost art. If you're ready to master it, read this!"--Jon Acuff, New York Times bestselling author of Soundtracks***What are you supposed to do with your life? What deserves your limited reserve of energy, attention, and time? What's holding you back from having better relationships? What's making you anxious or frustrated right now? What would make you happy and fulfilled? The world is shouting its answers to these questions, but the real answers are quieter--and right in front of us. They are in the details of our day, every day. But we usually miss them. In this distracted age, we're losing the ability to pay attention to the things that matter. Listen to Your Day helps you- overcome what's stealing your attention- discover new mindset models through which to view your everyday life- build better relationships through intentional practices of paying attention- form new practices of observation that add meaning and purpose to your lifeIt's time to stop drifting, stop worrying, and stop living distracted. Discover how you can walk purposefully through life with a firm grasp on what's important to you and what you're working toward--all by listening to the details of your day."Paying attention just may be the most important thing we do as humans, and we often do such a terrible job at it. Paul Angone's new book shows us how to fix that; it teaches us how to be more human. This one is especially overdue."--Jeff Goins, bestselling author of The In-Between"Spend just a few short hours with this book, and you will already gain a lifetime of habits to help you build a more meaningful, fulfilling life."--Jenny Blake, podcaster and author of Free Time, Pivot, and Life After College

Your twenties are your defining decade, the time in which you are setting the course for the rest of your life it. You don't want to look back later and realize you ended up somewhere you never intended to go in the first place. How do you block out all the lies, half-truths, and "supposed-to's" constantly assaulting you from articles, social media posts, and well-meaning friends and family? How do you find something real, something true, something infused with purpose and meaning?Funny, vulnerable, and to the point, this book exposes the false beliefs that can derail your current happiness and future impact, like- having big dreams is naïve- success just happens- everyone else is experiencing the success you were supposed to- when you fail you're a failure- and many moreThis story-driven book shows you that you're not alone in your insecurities and second-guessing, then shows you how to replace the lies with the truth--that you can live a life of purpose, earn a good paycheck, leave a legacy, and have fun doing it.

All Groan Up: Searching for Self, Faith, and A Freaking Job! is the story of the GenY/Millennial generation told through the individual story of author Paul Angone. It's a story of struggle, hope, failure, and doubts in the twilight zone of growing up and being grown, connecting with his twentysomething post-college audience with raw honesty, humor, and hope.