Tryhard

A Cautionary Tale of Clocking In and Spinning Out

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Beschreibung

<p><b>"Funny, brutally honest and compulsively readable.” — BookPage, STARRED review</b></p><p><b>"An insightful, funny, and refreshingly personal journey into workaholism and the pathological Type A mind." — Cat Marnell, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>How to Murder Your Life</i></b></p><p><b>A superstar podcast producer delivers a unique, laugh-out-loud, cry quietly invitation to examine our delusional obsessions with work in this eye-opening book—part memoir, part mentoring, part confessional guide—that dissects the emotional ties that bind us . . . to our desks.</b></p><p>For any type-A, high achiever out there, this is the book that sees you. And provides a cathartic, funny, emotionally charged insight into what drives the perfection-oriented.</p><p>Laura Mayer was born a girlboss. As a child in suburban Illinois, she played "V.P. of Sales" in her bedroom, dictating important memos to her twin brother and swapping Judy Blume for the buzzy business books of the day. While other kids dreamed of being pop stars or pro athletes, little Laura had a single-minded focus: the corporate ladder.</p><p>Some thirty years later, from a dizzying perch on that very ladder—as Executive Producer of Podcasts at ABC News, with such blockbuster shows as <i>Revisionist History, Bad Blood,</i> and <i>Happier with Gretchen Rubin</i> to her credit—and with an identity shaped by annual reviews, performance indicators, and “executive presence” (whatever that means) a disillusioned Laura is calling "bullshit" on the whole work-is-life thing. Sort of.</p><p><i>Tryhard </i>is a gonzo memoir for 9-to-5 devotees who have read every business book and C-suite-or-bust instruction manual yet still find we’re burnt out and unhappy. It is also a deeply personal and poignant examination of why we race at all. Laura detangles this delusional mess of priorities we've created, rejects the “boss-at-any-cost” culture, and invites us to laugh at ourselves (and her) along the way. She offer

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780063380509

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

212 x 142 x 28 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Harper Collins Publ. USA