You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want (A No F*cks Given Guide)

by Sarah Knight

Series: No F*cks Given Guides

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Family & Relationships. Self-Improvement. Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) HTML:From the New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fck* and Get Your Sht Together* comes more straight talk about how to stand up for who you are and what you really want, need, and deserve � showing when it's okay to be selfish, why it's pointless to be perfect, and how to be "difficult." Being yourself should be easy, yet too many of us struggle to live on other people's terms instead of our own. Rather than feeling large and in charge, we feel little and belittled. Sound familiar? Bestselling "anti-guru" Sarah Knight has three simple words for you: YOU DO YOU. It's time to start putting your happiness first � and stop letting other people tell you what to do, how to do it, or why it can't be done. And don't panic! You can do it without losing friends and alienating people. Knight delivers her trademark no-bullsht advice about: The Tyranny of "Just Because" The social contract and how to amend it Turning "flaws" into strengths � aka "mental redecorating" Why it's not your job to be nice Letting your freak flag fly How to take risks, silence the doubters, and prove the haters wrong Praise for Sarah Knight: "Genius." � Cosmopolitan* "Self-help to swear by." � The Boston Globe "Hilarious... truly practical." � Booklist.… (more)

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Some people live in the self-help section. I vacation there. I have won friends and influenced people, I have thought and grown rich, I have art of warred, I have seven habited, and I have Marie Kondoed. But I have never tried not giving an F. Sarah Knight has written several books about not giving an F, culminating in this gem: “You Do You.” The author takes us on a witty, irreverent journey dismantling the hold that other people have on us. She examines the social contract as a basis of expectations and gives us examples of how to escape them. Sarah isn’t going to smile more and neither should you if you don’t feel like it. Even through the snarky tone of the book, the author sincerely discusses how she copes with her own anxieties which serves as a reality check in allowing other people’s expectations to cause us stress. As RuPaul says, “What you think of me is none of my business.”
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jennifergeran | Dec 23, 2023 |

While the advice seems solid (particularly the section on selfishness) the writing style with EXCESSIVE use of CAPitalization and bolding was very annoying. (

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dcoward | Sep 9, 2023 |

It’s good, funny, and it offers a lot of practical tips that can be easily incorporated in everyone’s life. The ideas are concise which I think makes the book even more effective. But personally, as someone who have read quite a lot of self-help book, I find several of the ideas presented to be repetitive and it’s like I have already read them from someone. But maybe that’s the thing with self-help books. However, this book still stood out for me because of the funny narrative. (

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jam01 | Feb 26, 2022 |

I really like Knight's humor, self-awareness, vulnerability, and straightforwardness. The book starts with some good self-reflection questions. (

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hissingpotatoes | Jan 20, 2022 |

How to be you and to realise that if you don't at least try to be you, you will be unsatisfied with your life.
It mostly boils down to : Accept who you are and act with confidence and "You do you also means accepting other people for who they are, and acting with deference" (page 290)
Don't be a psychopath, be accepting of you and accept that others have different lives and prioriites. But also don't be a doormat.
I really enjoyed reading it, I found it worthwhile and it gave me a few things to think about. (

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wyvernfriend | Dec 17, 2020 |

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Family & Relationships. Self-Improvement. Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) HTML:From the New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck and Get Your Sh*t Together comes more straight talk about how to stand up for who you are and what you really want, need, and deserve � showing when it's okay to be selfish, why it's pointless to be perfect, and how to be "difficult."
Being yourself should be easy, yet too many of us struggle to live on other people's terms instead of our own. Rather than feeling large and in charge, we feel little and belittled.
Sound familiar? Bestselling "anti-guru" Sarah Knight has three simple words for you: YOU DO YOU.
It's time to start putting your happiness first � and stop letting other people tell you what to do, how to do it, or why it can't be done. And don't panic! You can do it without losing friends and alienating people. Knight delivers her trademark no-bullsh*t advice about:
The Tyranny of "Just Because" The social contract and how to amend it Turning "flaws" into strengths � aka "mental redecorating" Why it's not your job to be nice Letting your freak flag fly How to take risks, silence the doubters, and prove the haters wrong
Praise for Sarah Knight: "Genius." � Cosmopolitan "Self-help to swear by." � The Boston Globe "Hilarious... truly practical." � Booklist.

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