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Failosophy for Teens

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Failosophy for Teens by Elizabeth Day is a guide for young readers focusing on embracing failure and turning it into a positive force for personal growth. Through relatable anecdotes and practical advice, it encourages teenagers to view setbacks as opportunities for learning and self-improvement. The book aims to empower teens by shifting their perspective on failure, fostering resilience and confidence.
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This book may appeal to you if you're a teenager looking to embrace personal growth through understanding failure as a positive step toward success. It's an empowering guide that offers relatable stories and practical advice, perfect for anyone wanting to redefine their relationship with setbacks and find resilience on their journey.

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Failosophy for Teens

A game-changing guide to being happier, healthier and succeeding better, from Sunday Times bestselling author Elizabeth Day!

Bestselling author Elizabeth Day’s new illustrated book for children aged 12+ on turning failure into success

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A game-changing guide to being happier, healthier and succeeding better, from Sunday Times bestselling author Elizabeth Day!

A HANDBOOK FOR WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

Pretty much all of us would like to feel happier, less anxious, more successful and at ease with ourselves. Right?

The key may surprise you: FAILURE!

Failosophy for Teens is an inspiring and empowering guide to those moments when life doesn’t go to plan. Using personal experience and stories shared by guests on her award-winning podcast, How to Fail, Elizabeth’s book is full of creative and inspiring advice on how to:

  • talk openly about failure
  • turn failure into success
  • build resilience for when life sends you curveballs
  • reframe negative thoughts about yourself

...and much more!

Failing better is the key to learning, growing and ultimately loving yourself as the truly AWESOME human being you are. Failosophy for Teens will challenge your self-perception and change your life!

‘An indispensable guide for teenagers everywhere’ Matthew Syed, author of You Are Awesome

Perfect for fans of Marcus Rashford’s You Are a Champion and Bryony Gordon’s You Got This.

Failosophy (adult edition) is a Sunday Times bestseller and has reached over 150,000 readers.

PRAISE FOR FAILOSOPHY (adult edition)

‘A beautiful timely and humane book. If there's one philosophy the world needs more of right now, it's Failosophy Alain de Botton

‘A pragmatic and pocket-sized guide to failure – how to cope with it and what to learn from it … a must readGlamour

The timing of this guide couldn’t be better . . . Day’s advice is both practical and reassuring.Evening Standard

Witty and likeable . . . thoughtful and probing’ Guardian

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Failosophy for Teens by Elizabeth Day is described as a sensible, kind, and practical tool for teenagers, offering support through relatable and pragmatic advice. Reviewers highlight its timely nature and the reassuring message that failing is okay, making it a helpful and important read for young adults facing life's challenges. The book extends the philosophy of learning from failure, providing insights in a witty and compassionate manner.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008582616

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 January 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Red Shed

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Kim Hankinson

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 148.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 190g

Pages: 144

About the Author

Elizabeth Day is the author of four novels and Sunday Times bestelling memoir, How to Fail. Her acclaimed debut Scissors, Paper, Stone won a Betty Trask Award and Home Fires was an Observer book of the year. Her third, Paradise City, was named one of the best novels of 2015 in the Evening Standard, and The Party was an Amazon bestseller and a Richard & Judy bookclub pick. She is also an award-winning journalist and has written extensively for The Times, the Telegraph, the Guardian, the Observer, Harper's Bazaar and Elle. She is currently a columnist for the Mail on Sunday's You magazine and host of the iTunes chart-topping podcast, How To Fail With Elizabeth Day.

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