You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to Be Brilliant at (Almost) Anything by Matthew Syed

You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to Be Brilliant at (Almost) Anything by Matthew Syed

A wonderful graduation gift to remind the grad in your life to embrace their mistakes and continue to be awesome

What If You Could Become Awesome at (Almost) Anything?

You Are Awesome is a practical and insightful guide to help middle grade children build resilience, embrace their mistakes, and grow into successful, happy adults.

It's not as impossible as you might imagine. If you're the kind of person who thinks .

• I need a special type of brain to do math
• You're either good at sports or you're not
• I don't have a musical bone in my body

Challenge the beliefs that hold you back Whatever you want to be good at, the right mindset can help you achieve your dreams.

Times journalist, two-time Olympian, and bestselling author Matthew Syed demonstrates how grit, resilience, and a positive mindset can help in every aspect of your life--from school to friendships to sports to hobbies. Using examples of role models from Serena Williams to Mozart, You Are Awesome shows how success is earned rather than given, and that talent can be acquired through practice and a positive attitude.

Practical, insightful, and positive, this is the book to help you build resilience, embrace your mistakes, and grow into a more successful, happier YOU

Matthew Syed is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Black Box Thinking, Bounce, and The Greatest. He is the host of the enormously popular BBC podcast Flintoff, Savage, and the Ping Pong Man and writes an award-winning print column for The Times.