By Dave Ellis Falling Awake: Creating the Life of Your Dreams

by Dave Eggers

Life can work. Twelve major Success Strategies are presented to assist people in reaching the life of their dreams.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help

Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Dave Eggers is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He is best known for his 2000 memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, which became a bestseller and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Eggers is also the founder of several notable literary and philanthropic ventures, including the literary journal Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, the literacy project 826 Valencia, and the human rights nonprofit Voice of Witness. Additionally, he founded ScholarMatch, a program that connects donors with students needing funds for college tuition. His writing has appeared in numerous prestigious publications, including The New Yorker, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine.

Reviews

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reread in 2021-2022

This is mostly a self help book that helps you attain and experience joy, serenity, health, wealth, peace, confidence, and other positive attributes. In each chapter it gives you goals, exercises to places to write your experiences. It has taken me two years to finish this book but, it has been a constant friend. I will probably go back through it again, with fresh eyes and a different heart.

[Douglas Lord · Rating 3 out of 5]

Businessman and philanthropist Ellis admits that this workbook “sounds like a late-night television advertisement for an expensive self-help program.” He’d like people who are already successful to become more so and shows how readers can create their ideal life. One will find ample material here, loosely organized into 12 “success strategies” (e.g., No. 3, “Move Toward Love,” gives readers five reasons to celebrate mistakes). These strategies touch on many topics that are dealt with more clearly and completely in other books. Like Winnie the Pooh, Ellis loves to ponder rather than present concrete advice. He also encourages readers to keep a journal and complete fill-in-the-blank exercises. An optional purchase, especially for those that own Ellis’s similar Creating Your Future: 5 Steps to the Life of Your Dreams.
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