Failosophy A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

Elizabeth Day (author)

‘Most failures can teach us something meaningful about ourselves if we choose to listen'

In Failosophy Elizabeth Day brings together all the lessons she has learned, from conversations with the guests on her award-winning How to Fail podcast, from stories shared with her by readers and listeners, and from her own life, and distils them into seven principles of failure.

Practical, reassuring and inspirational, these principles offer a guide through life’s rough patches. From failed exams to romantic break-ups, from career setbacks to confidence crises, from navigating anxiety to surviving loss, Failosophy recognises, and celebrates, the fact that failure connects us all. It is what makes us human.

With insights from Malcolm Gladwell, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Lemn Sissay, Frankie Bridge, Nigel Slater, Emeli Sande, Alain de Botton, Mabel, Fearne Cotton, Meera Syal, Dame Kelly Holmes, Andrew Scott and many, many more, Failosophy is the essential handbook for turning failure into success.

Elizabeth Day is the author of The Party and other books, as well as one of the most influential podcasters at work today. Her show, How to Fail, has become the go-to hitmaker, launching authors such as Meg Mason and Glennon Doyle onto the bestseller list in the UK. Day divides her time between London and Los Angeles, where she is filming the next season of How to Fail. One of Us is her latest novel.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fourth Estate

Publication date ‏ : ‎ 2021

Print length ‏ : ‎ 160 pages

ISBN : ‎ 9780008420413