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Awkwardly Awesome: Embracing My Imperfect Best
Embark on an awkwardly awesome and imperfect journey with your guide, Jason Freeman, as he endeavors to uncover life's most elusive qualities: success and satisfaction.
Eager to enter the world, Jason's umbilical cord became kinked like a garden hose. He lost a bit of oxygen, gifting him with a pronounced speech impediment and coordination awkwardness, a fitting introduction into the imperfect nature of life. Jason promptly ignored this wisdom, and tried for stressful decades to attain perfection. For many years, he assumed his quest was a solitary one, until eventually discovering that perfectionism has a way of plaguing most of us. Like many people, Jason had perfect dreams but on too many occasions found himself sitting on the sidelines of life. Out of misery and desperation, he discovered, and began to implement something that would become key to his success and satisfaction, a simple game-changing concept: ‘Doing your Imperfect Best.’
Today, Jason does what eight years ago he thought was impossible for him: yoga, owning his own business, speaking to audiences across the country and, now, authoring a book.
In 'Awkwardly Awesome - Embracing My Imperfect Best', Jason takes you along on his journey of obstacles, frustrations and epiphanies leading to the powerful Imperfect Best Concept. Part memoir, part self-help guide, the narrative pauses on occasion, asking you, the reader, direct questions relevant to your own life as it introduces concepts intended to transform your journey.
Eager to enter the world, Jason's umbilical cord became kinked like a garden hose. He lost a bit of oxygen, gifting him with a pronounced speech impediment and coordination awkwardness, a fitting introduction into the imperfect nature of life. Jason promptly ignored this wisdom, and tried for stressful decades to attain perfection. For many years, he assumed his quest was a solitary one, until eventually discovering that perfectionism has a way of plaguing most of us. Like many people, Jason had perfect dreams but on too many occasions found himself sitting on the sidelines of life. Out of misery and desperation, he discovered, and began to implement something that would become key to his success and satisfaction, a simple game-changing concept: ‘Doing your Imperfect Best.’
Today, Jason does what eight years ago he thought was impossible for him: yoga, owning his own business, speaking to audiences across the country and, now, authoring a book.
In 'Awkwardly Awesome - Embracing My Imperfect Best', Jason takes you along on his journey of obstacles, frustrations and epiphanies leading to the powerful Imperfect Best Concept. Part memoir, part self-help guide, the narrative pauses on occasion, asking you, the reader, direct questions relevant to your own life as it introduces concepts intended to transform your journey.
182 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 1, 2017
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April 9, 2018
I won a digital copy in a Goodreads giveaway; this did not influence my review.
I liked Freeman's personal anecdotes about his life and his "catch phrases" about life such as doing one's imperfect best or being awkwardly awesome. I found many of the anecdotes too general but enjoyed the few where he shared specific and difficult things that he overcame. I did not use the self-help questions, and given that I am close in age to Freeman and have a similar amount of life experience, I didn't think most of them would be particularly useful to me. However, I could see this being a sweet gift for a high school or college graduate wanting a new way to organize their thoughts. This is a quick read, and while I enjoyed it, I wished Freeman had expanded the memoir portions.
I liked Freeman's personal anecdotes about his life and his "catch phrases" about life such as doing one's imperfect best or being awkwardly awesome. I found many of the anecdotes too general but enjoyed the few where he shared specific and difficult things that he overcame. I did not use the self-help questions, and given that I am close in age to Freeman and have a similar amount of life experience, I didn't think most of them would be particularly useful to me. However, I could see this being a sweet gift for a high school or college graduate wanting a new way to organize their thoughts. This is a quick read, and while I enjoyed it, I wished Freeman had expanded the memoir portions.
May 11, 2017
The author was so refreshingly REAL and honest it made me realize that true vulnerability is irresistible. Aside from being a very interesting read, this book is a breath of fresh air in a world where image is everything. Jason didn’t have the luxury of hiding his imperfections. As a result he bravely choose to come to terms with them. By sharing his struggle to accept and love himself “as is” he has given his readers a great gift. This sweet, funny and ultimately illuminating guide to self-compassion invites me to fearlessly let down my guard and show the world my imperfect best. I accept!
April 9, 2018
What a inspiring book Jason tells about his life and
Struggles since birth. He strives for perfection but
realizes perfection is not possible so changes his
goal to perfectly imperfect. What a great book for
all of us. I recommend this book highly. I received
a ARC.
Struggles since birth. He strives for perfection but
realizes perfection is not possible so changes his
goal to perfectly imperfect. What a great book for
all of us. I recommend this book highly. I received
a ARC.
January 11, 2018
I met Jason in college. This book is a great, simple, quick & uplifting read.
March 13, 2018
I won this book from Goodreads Giveaways. Thank you.
IMPERFECT BEST. My new mantra. What a witty and insightful book that includes at least one nugget for everyone. Loved it!
IMPERFECT BEST. My new mantra. What a witty and insightful book that includes at least one nugget for everyone. Loved it!
October 22, 2018
Good motivational book. Fun and down to earth. It need get a little repetitive. Disclosure: I received this book through Goodreads giveaway.
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