The Crossroads of Should and Must

Zusatztext "So much greatness and it's all right here !" Elizabeth Gilbert! author Eat! Pray! Love and The Signature of All Things     "Elle's infectious enthusiasm will inspire you to do the boldest thing you can in life: be your true self." Evan Williams! co-founder Twitter; founder Medium "How to turn that invisible inner fire into fuel for soul-warming bliss is what artist and designer Elle Luna explores in her essay-turned-book The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion — an intelligent and rousing illustrated manifesto that picks up where Campbell left off! in the spirit of Parker Palmer’s emboldening guide to letting your life speakand Debbie Millman’s visual-essay-turned-commencement-address on courage and the creative life" Maria Popova! Brain Pickings "Inspiring." The Miami Herald "This artist and author's inspiring advice might just persuade you to leave your day job." Shape Magazine “This was the most inspiring book I read in 2015. It's an illustrated! easy read based on a blog post that went viral! but the inspirational message it contains is very powerful. It's a must-read for anyone considering shaking up the status quo or following a dream and how to deal with the real-life consequences that follow." The Huffington Post Informationen zum Autor Elle Luna is a designer, painter, and writer. She facilitates a global art movement, #The100DayProject, where creators make every day for 100 days, and has previously worked as a designer at IDEO and with teams on apps and websites, including Medium, Mailbox, and Uber. Ms. Luna speaks to groups around the world sharing the story of The Crossroads of Should and Must . She lives in San Francisco and online at www.instagram.com/elleluna. Klappentext Like a Shel Silverstein poem for adults, THE CROSSROADS OF SHOULD AND MUST, an inspirational, highly visual gift book for every recent graduate, every artist, every seeker, every career changer, has a universal message-we get to choose the path between Should and Must. "Should" is what we feel we ought to be doing, or what is expected of us. "Must" is the thing we dream of doing, our heart's desire. Leseprobe Publish   It was a Tuesday around 7A.M. when I clicked “Publish” on an essay on Medium.com titled “The Crossroads of Should & Must.”   We share things online. Every day. All the time. But something about this thing was different. So different, that in a few short weeks, it was tweeted to over five million people and read by over a quarter million readers.   “Drop everything you’re doing and read this right now,” one woman posted. “This article changed my life,” wrote another. “I was about to send it to all of my employees,” wrote one CEO, “but I assumed that a third of them would quit if they read it. But you know what? If they don’t want to be here, I want them to quit—so I sent it.”   The emails poured in. The tweets lit up my phone. The article spread through the Web in a flash, and then flashed some more. It continued to shine and grow and, well, here we are. I decided to write this book because of the people who shared their stories with me and the pain and courage I felt in their struggle. Women in their thirties. Men in their twenties. A high school senior. Fathers. A widow. Single moms. Millionaires who were poor. Poor people who were millionaires. Teachers. Lawyers. A musician disguised as a lawyer. A poet who loved to drive a city bus. Women who didn’t want kids. Fathers who wanted to raise kids. People who felt stuck in their jobs and people who were so desperately grateful to have a job at all.   The pain cut across gender, location, and age. And at its essence, the pain was ...

Summary

Should is the life others choose for you. MUST is the life you know is right for you. Elle Luna guides you through the process of discovering your true calling to sharing your passion with the world. This highly visual, inspirational, and empowering book is the perfect gift for artists, recent graduates, and career changers.

Product details

• Authors: Elle Luna
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2015
• EAN: 9780761184881
• ISBN: 978-0-7611-8488-1
• No. of pages: 155
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 232 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Workman Adult
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Persönlichkeitsentwicklung