Picked this book after listening to Alexi Pappas at the RichRoll podcast (episode 653.Which BTW is a good one for those looking to work on their dream or just excel in their endeavours)
❇️❇️ A summary of the book ❇️❇️
📚 Alexi is an Olympian, poet, filmmaker and the author of a best selling memoir.Above all,her biggest accomplishment is handling the trauma of losing her mother at and early age.Diagnosing and overcoming depression which popped up later in her life to achieve her dreams!
📚 Its a deeply personal account of her life.In the early chapters , she shares the gory details about her mother's condition and how losing her at an early age impacts her at every stage of her life.
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❇️❇️ Reading experience ❇️❇️
I will try to categories this book into 3 broad categories.
▪️ Coping / accepting bad situations: Loved the way Alexey had brought to words the loss of her mother and things she missed growing up.The topic about her mom it's impact on her keeps coming at several places in the book.But what I liked is how she she controlled her life outcomes better than her mother.
▪️ Identifying and overcoming depression: A good insight on how depression may feel like and tools , mindset that helped here to get out of the phase.
▪️ Chasing your dream/managing disappointments:As a runner with lot of 'dreams' and also setbacks,this section resonated.The ideas and the tools aren't new and most self help books might say the same thing.But I liked how she had expressed it.
❇️❇️Verdict ❇️❇️:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - I recommend this book for people with high ambitions, but stuck without progress due to an injury, or a life event or any kind of setback.
Alexy calls us forget the past and be brave (and kind) to believe in ourselves and work towards making our dream a reality.
