The Hidden Power of F*cking Up by The Try Guys

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The Try Guys deliver their first book—an inspirational self-improvement guide that teaches you that the path to success is littered with humiliating detours, embarrassing mistakes, and unexpected failures. To be our best selves, we must become secure in our insecurities. In The Hidden Power of F*cking Up, The Try Guys - Keith, Ned, Zach, and Eugene - reveal their philosophy of trying: how to fully embrace fear, foolishness, and embarrassment in an effort to understand how we all get paralyzed by a fear of failure. They’ll share how four shy, nerdy kids have dealt with their most poignant life struggles by attacking them head-on and reveal their - ahem - sure-fail strategies for achieving success. But they’re not just here to talk; they’re actually going to put their advice to work. To demonstrate their unique self-improvement formula, they’ll each personally confront their deepest insecurities. A die-hard meat-lover goes vegan for the first time. A straight-laced father transforms into a fashionista. A perpetually single sidekick becomes the romantic lead. A child of divorce finally grows more intimate with his family. Through their insightful, emotional journeys and surprising, hilarious anecdotes, they’ll help you overcome your own self-doubt to become the best, most f*cked up version of yourself you can be!

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The Try Guys have created a guide to taking chances and making mistakes. You'll learn how jumping out of your comfort zone can lead to inspiration and a boost in self-confidence. And you'll learn that sometimes things don't turn out the way you expect them to and it's ok. It just means you need to try again and do it in a different way. Learning what works best for you, is part of the experience.

I think fans of The Try Guys will absolutely love this book. I highly recommend the audio because each of The Try Guys reads their own sections. Hearing their humor and personalities really made the lessons stand out. Will people who haven't heard of The Try Guys enjoy this? Ned, Keith, Eugene, and Zach each have unique personalities and perspectives of life. I think just about anyone can connect with at least one of the guys. And their approach to giving advice is different from other self-help books.

The greatest part about this book is that The Try Guys don't just give you advice. They use their advice throughout the book to show how real-life examples work. Is it hard? Absolutely. They dive into some of the most insecure areas of their life and talk about how they feel during the process of their try. The Try Guys also don't gloss over the difficulties they have each faced in their lives. The challenges of work/life balance, being comfortable in their physical appearances, the dynamics of their families, there is a myriad of topics available for readers to learn from.

Not only do they venture into different tries, but they also have no problem complaining about them and explaining why they may not work for them. This truly is a book about mistakes. Not every decision you make is going to be a good one. That's the course of life. But just because you made a mistake, doesn't mean the next time you try something it will be bad. Just keep trying, and you'll find some amazing results.

I loved this book. The humor each Try Guy brought into the narration was fantastic. While self-help books can be educational they tend to also be dry. This is educational and entertaining at the same time. I was laughing at their antics while also enjoying the lessons they were sharing. I would read another book by The Try Guys in a heartbeat.

I really liked the format of the book and how the Try Guys narrated it.

If you haven't read or listened to The Hidden Power of F*cking Up then I definitely recommend it. I've enjoyed all of the guys' perspectives so far - and with four perspectives, that's four for me to really connect to and that can connect with me and my life, like how I can connect more with Zach's perspective on health because hey, chronic pain buddies (I have fibromyalgia so very different from AS but still sucks majorly), but I can connect more with Eugene about love and family.

If you're a fan of Keith, Zach, Eugene and Ned and haven't read/listened to this book, please do; their personalities truly come out making the book feel alive - sometimes it feels like a conversation with friends, and the book has made me genuinely laugh a few times which I've bookmarked parts to go back to for a laugh. But there's a lot of good advice and thoughts on the subjects included in the book.

There's plenty to be taken away from in this book and again, there's four perspectives to connect to - and none of them act like they know better or their way is the only way, it's simply their experiences, their thoughts and feelings put forth for us to listen and for us to make our own decisions to try