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by Alexandra Franzen (Author)
- Alexandra Franzen is the author of the bestselling Q&A a Day which sold 390,000 copies! - Author Franzen has a popular blog, website and a newsletter that goes to 20k fans with a 50%= rate of engagement. - Her writing has been featured on websites like Time, Forbes, Newsweek, HuffPo, and Lifehacker, in song lyrics, and stenciled onto fine art paintings. She's also one-half of the creative team behind HunnyMilk, a brunch restaurant in Portland.
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We've all been there... Smack-dab in the middle of a stressful, discouraging day at work. Your inbox is bursting with urgent demands. Your presentation flops. Your proposal gets rejected. You launch a new project, but nobody seems interested. Your ego is bruised. Everything feels overwhelming. On tough days when you could use a friendly, encouraging voice... open this book. Inside, you'll find inspiring stories from writers, chefs, lawyers, actors, business leaders, and more, each describing one of the worst moments in their career, how they got through it, and what they learned in the process. With each story, you'll see that rock-bottom moments can lead to breakthroughs...that not getting your dream job might be a blessing in disguise... that everyone goes through difficult times, and no matter what you're dealing with, you are never alone. Dive into You're Going to Survive whenever you need a mental boost, uplifting stories, and strategies to conquer the day.
Author Biography
ALEXANDRA FRANZEN is a writer, consultant, and entrepreneur based in Portland, Oregon. Her writing has been featured in places like Time, Forbes, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, and Lifehacker, and she's been mentioned in places like You're The Boss! The New York Times Small Business Blog, The Atlantic, and Inc. She writes about creativity, productivity, communication, goal-setting, and how to deal with adversity in your life and career-negative reviews, projects that don't pan out, all kinds of painful moments that can rattle your self-esteem-and how to keep marching forward, no matter what. Alexandra's latest book, YOU'RE GOING TO SURVIVE, is a collection of true stories from people who've endured soul-crushing moments in their careers-failure, rejection, disappointment, public humiliation-and how they got through it, and how you will too. You can find all of Alexandra's current projects at: AlexandraFranzen.com.
