Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual
By Luvvie Ajayi Jones | PENGUIN LIFE/VIKING
Imposter syndrome is real—just ask Luvvie Ajayi Jones, author of the New York Times bestseller I’m Judging You. Jones once felt so much self-doubt that she was scared to call herself a writer. She was filled with so much fear that she almost skipped the Ted Talk that established her as one of her generation’s sharpest voices.
Her new book, Professional Troublemaker: The Fear- Fighter Manual, provides a roadmap to help conquer fear and quell those inner voices telling us that to try is to fail. “One of the things I’ve learned in my journey is how much fear could have stopped me at any moment from doing the things that changed my life,” she writes. With trademark humor, Jones urges us to become “professional troublemakers,” people who don’t let
fear stop them from making meaningful moves in life. “Professional troublemakers recognize that fear is real, and that it’s an everlasting hater, but it must be tackled,” she writes.
The book is split into three sections—“Be,” “Say,” and “Do.” In “Be,” Jones foc …