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Success Hangover: Ignite your next act. Screw your status quo. Feel alive again.
The milestones of success are obvious: the huge promotion, the big merger or sale of your company--maybe even an IPO. Once we achieve these milestones we'll finally feel complete, accomplished and whole, right?
That's the biggest lie in business. The truth is, success creates a wicked hangover...and it's not one that aspirin can help.
Kelsey Ramsden knows. After achieving every conceivable business milestone, scaling multiple companies to millions of dollars and being named Canadian Female Entrepreneur of the year twice (while battling cancer and raising three children), she didn't feel complete. Others had her on a pedestal. She felt hollow. Frustrated, she studied why. She studied this "success hangover" and talked to others who felt the same way. She explored why success doesn't mean fulfillment and how "what's next" can be the most difficult question to answer. She explored how our work becomes our identity...and how holding on to that identity can be crippling.
This book isn't an answer key. It's a new set of glasses and a wingman to help you find your cure that's right for you. Kelsey explains why your big moment is often underwhelming (and why that's completely normal) and how to shorten the period of numbness and despair that can follow. She'll show you how to clear the fog, reclaim your drive and create a next act that makes you feel alive again. This book is your Success Hangover cure.
That's the biggest lie in business. The truth is, success creates a wicked hangover...and it's not one that aspirin can help.
Kelsey Ramsden knows. After achieving every conceivable business milestone, scaling multiple companies to millions of dollars and being named Canadian Female Entrepreneur of the year twice (while battling cancer and raising three children), she didn't feel complete. Others had her on a pedestal. She felt hollow. Frustrated, she studied why. She studied this "success hangover" and talked to others who felt the same way. She explored why success doesn't mean fulfillment and how "what's next" can be the most difficult question to answer. She explored how our work becomes our identity...and how holding on to that identity can be crippling.
This book isn't an answer key. It's a new set of glasses and a wingman to help you find your cure that's right for you. Kelsey explains why your big moment is often underwhelming (and why that's completely normal) and how to shorten the period of numbness and despair that can follow. She'll show you how to clear the fog, reclaim your drive and create a next act that makes you feel alive again. This book is your Success Hangover cure.
306 pages, Hardcover
Published October 20, 2018
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November 22, 2018
As a young entrepreneur, I truly have no idea what the future holds, it is something I often question and ponder. For myself and other young innovators, Kelsey has laid out tools which will enable us to make these forecasts based on our current values, but more importantly just to be comfortable in the now. Kelsey shares a unique account on ‘future proofing.’ Describing the value of constant learning, relationship enhancement, combined with a willingness to embrace constant change (even on a micro-level) and the ability/confidence to follow one's intuition. Kelsey has laid out timeless, practical tools and processes to enable this in a way that is simple, humorous, and fun. I have never written in a book before, tearing out a page was an energizing experience.
In a time where much of the conversation is surrounding automation - even so far as CEO's wearing the same thing every day, it's easy to get caught in a routine and ultimately a lack of presence/learning due to the mindless comfort of ones own reality. This notion of micro-change as well as adding ingredients constantly is something I found unique and refreshing. I recommend this book to both seasoned innovators and young entrepreneurs alike!
In a time where much of the conversation is surrounding automation - even so far as CEO's wearing the same thing every day, it's easy to get caught in a routine and ultimately a lack of presence/learning due to the mindless comfort of ones own reality. This notion of micro-change as well as adding ingredients constantly is something I found unique and refreshing. I recommend this book to both seasoned innovators and young entrepreneurs alike!
November 26, 2018
Kelsey talks with authority about what nobody else is talking about - what do you do when you have reached the pinnacle of success and think....meh.
With real world street cred and wisdom from the trenches of being a top entrepreneur, Kelsey challenges you, in a funny yet firm way, to start building your own hoops and finding your path once the one laid before you peters out.
Funny, easy to read and with actionable suggestions, read this book if you feel like there should be more - while others are thinking you have it all.
With real world street cred and wisdom from the trenches of being a top entrepreneur, Kelsey challenges you, in a funny yet firm way, to start building your own hoops and finding your path once the one laid before you peters out.
Funny, easy to read and with actionable suggestions, read this book if you feel like there should be more - while others are thinking you have it all.
January 4, 2020
I heard Kelsey speak so reading this book was neat in that I could literally imagine her speak the words I was reading. It was thought-provoking, and although the concept of futureproofing isn’t new, it was important to be reminded that we will become obsolete if we become content with where we are at in the present. I look forward to doing the activities on the latter half of the book.
January 16, 2021
The book has a bigger promotional campaign than for what it is in reality. I wish I could have read some personalized stories from Kelsey's life and how she managed to overcome them but the book was mainly a motivational speech in written which didn't really occupy my head and heart well.
January 19, 2019
Success Hangover: Ignite your next act. Screw your status quo. Feel alive again.
Whether you've been at the entrepreneurial game for a decade, just starting or you have a desire to start, Success Hangover motivates you to look outside your normal routine, adapt to new situations and prepare your own success toolbox for anything unexpected. This book makes you question your future so you can work on making it better now.
What I liked about Success Hangover
First I've got to say I'm so happy Kelsey sent me her book all the way from Canada. Her experience in the business field is amazing and it shows in the way she writes. It's much better to read a self-help book from someone who is completely honest with you. That's exactly how Kelsey's writing is. Good thing she does it in a humorous way. At times I was laughing out loud because of her jokes. Everything in this book is relatable to most people and she tries to include different point of views.
What's the point?
To survive one's own success, one must engage in futureproofing. The notion of futureproofing is to break free from the rut: screw stagnation, come alive again, and start act two by collecting ingrdients.
You won't get confused about this message. In fact, Kelsey explains futureproofing so well in many different ways its message will get engrained in your head. It's clear and that's exactly what I like in books.
Recommended Reading: Rethink Creativity by Monica Kang
The exercises in Success Hangover
Another fantastic thing about Success Hangover is the fact that there are meaningful exercises you can even print from successhangover.com for easy access and memory. I actually still have to work through a few of the exercises myself, but the ones I did do were very valuable. I've even got one of the exercise sheets hanging in front of my desk as a reminder to follow through with my goals. The exercises are made to make you think and hopefully create the present and the future you really want to live.
What I didn't like about Success Hangover
The only thing I didn't like was that, at times, the book was repetitive asking some of the same questions in different ways. It's 230 pages long not including the pages for the exercises. This is a petty complaint which I shouldn't be complaining about but if the editing process could have cut 30 pages from the body of the book it would have made for a tighter argument.
My Favorite Quotes from Success Hangover
-Stuck in the missionary sex of my career. It's decent. It counts. But it's hardly memorable.
-I'd beaten myself up for so long about not being good or smart enough, and none of those skills had anything to do with success as I define it, because there's so much that school can't teach.
-It's not us against the world, it's us making the world a better place to live.
-We must recognize when we've plateaued and build our next steps instead of waiting for them to appear. To build new steps, we must make daily adaptations away from our defaulted norm.
-When what we have mastered becomes mundane, we feel pain. The antidote is pursuit.
Final Thoughts
Don't get stuck in a rut. No matter how far you've worked your way up the chain, life should be a life-long learning journey. If you stop learning then you stop growing. If you stop trying new things then you stop being creative. Opening your mind to new experiences is a way to connect ideas from different fields in order to create new ones.
So start taking a different way to work, eating different foods or traveling to the place you've always wanted to travel. It doesn't matter what you do or where you go, always remember to continuously adapt.
Originally posted on http://bookmattic.com/reviews/success...
Whether you've been at the entrepreneurial game for a decade, just starting or you have a desire to start, Success Hangover motivates you to look outside your normal routine, adapt to new situations and prepare your own success toolbox for anything unexpected. This book makes you question your future so you can work on making it better now.
What I liked about Success Hangover
First I've got to say I'm so happy Kelsey sent me her book all the way from Canada. Her experience in the business field is amazing and it shows in the way she writes. It's much better to read a self-help book from someone who is completely honest with you. That's exactly how Kelsey's writing is. Good thing she does it in a humorous way. At times I was laughing out loud because of her jokes. Everything in this book is relatable to most people and she tries to include different point of views.
What's the point?
To survive one's own success, one must engage in futureproofing. The notion of futureproofing is to break free from the rut: screw stagnation, come alive again, and start act two by collecting ingrdients.
You won't get confused about this message. In fact, Kelsey explains futureproofing so well in many different ways its message will get engrained in your head. It's clear and that's exactly what I like in books.
Recommended Reading: Rethink Creativity by Monica Kang
The exercises in Success Hangover
Another fantastic thing about Success Hangover is the fact that there are meaningful exercises you can even print from successhangover.com for easy access and memory. I actually still have to work through a few of the exercises myself, but the ones I did do were very valuable. I've even got one of the exercise sheets hanging in front of my desk as a reminder to follow through with my goals. The exercises are made to make you think and hopefully create the present and the future you really want to live.
What I didn't like about Success Hangover
The only thing I didn't like was that, at times, the book was repetitive asking some of the same questions in different ways. It's 230 pages long not including the pages for the exercises. This is a petty complaint which I shouldn't be complaining about but if the editing process could have cut 30 pages from the body of the book it would have made for a tighter argument.
My Favorite Quotes from Success Hangover
-Stuck in the missionary sex of my career. It's decent. It counts. But it's hardly memorable.
-I'd beaten myself up for so long about not being good or smart enough, and none of those skills had anything to do with success as I define it, because there's so much that school can't teach.
-It's not us against the world, it's us making the world a better place to live.
-We must recognize when we've plateaued and build our next steps instead of waiting for them to appear. To build new steps, we must make daily adaptations away from our defaulted norm.
-When what we have mastered becomes mundane, we feel pain. The antidote is pursuit.
Final Thoughts
Don't get stuck in a rut. No matter how far you've worked your way up the chain, life should be a life-long learning journey. If you stop learning then you stop growing. If you stop trying new things then you stop being creative. Opening your mind to new experiences is a way to connect ideas from different fields in order to create new ones.
So start taking a different way to work, eating different foods or traveling to the place you've always wanted to travel. It doesn't matter what you do or where you go, always remember to continuously adapt.
Originally posted on http://bookmattic.com/reviews/success...
March 19, 2019
Touch Down! Success Hangover is an easy read and straight to the point.
For those who loved The subtle art of not giving a f*ck, you will rave about Success Hangover.
The book is a constant reminder that we are always on the move, either in our personal life (you'll love the parenting chapter) as well as in our business endeavours.
Success Hangover is my go to coaching session whenever I need to re-assess or get some perspective on something I'm stuck with.
I'm looking forward to Kelsey's next book!
For those who loved The subtle art of not giving a f*ck, you will rave about Success Hangover.
The book is a constant reminder that we are always on the move, either in our personal life (you'll love the parenting chapter) as well as in our business endeavours.
Success Hangover is my go to coaching session whenever I need to re-assess or get some perspective on something I'm stuck with.
I'm looking forward to Kelsey's next book!
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