Genre: Self-Help

Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ five out of five hearts= awesome!

About:

Start building a life of purpose, passion, and lasting impact today
Hate to break it to you, but you're never going to "find your passion." Why? Because your passion and purpose are something you create--actively--day by day. How? Glad you asked.

In her signature tell-it-like-it-is fashion, entrepreneur Liz Forkin Bohannon shows you how to cultivate the mindsets that will help you live like you were made on purpose and for a purpose. Sharing the hilarious and heartbreaking stories of her own screwups and successes, Liz shows you how to

· embrace your Inner Beginner
· dream small
· choose curiosity over criticism
· own your average
· and so much more

It's within your power to build a life of purpose, passion, and impact. All you need is a little bit of pluck.

Publisher's description

My Review:

When I first picked up this book, I had no idea what I was going to discover. Would it be an informational text, telling me the best way to live my life?  Shoot for the stars, live out my dream, discover my passion, and all that slightly intimidating stuff? 

NOPE.

Liz turns all the "inspirational" sayings about dreams and passions on their head and instead gives you a much more realistic way of approaching life. It's really very refreshing. And the way she writes pulled me in from page one, just as if I was reading a novel. 

You see, Liz was one of those people who had no idea what they were going to do in life, what their passion was, or how to pursue it. And what she did decide to pursue got thrown on its head and shaken into something very, very different. She doesn't have doctor written in front of her name like so many other self-help authors out there, she just has years and years of experience, of trying, and failing and trying again- and again. And you know? That makes her the perfect person to write this book. 

A life of purpose and passion can't be found. It is the result of being brave, curious, and dare I say, plucky?  -Liz Forkin Bohannon

Liz isn't offering you "10 Steps to Living the Dream Life", she's just sharing her hard-won advice. And the honesty and hilarity she does this with makes Beginner's Pluck a winning book! (Plus, I loved her asterisks and notes all over the book. I had many "aha!" moments as well as laughs while reading.) 

In short, READ THIS BRILLIANT THING! You'll thank me later.  

I received this book from Baker Books in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.