{"product_id":"2940169893915","title":"How to Save Your Own Life: 15 Lessons on Finding Hope in Unexpected Places","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eHow Starbucks Saved My Life\u003c\/em\u003e perks up America with inspiring lessons on finding true happiness at any age and any stage of life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichael Gill¿s lemons-to-lemonade memoir chronicled his transformative years working at Starbucks after losing his high-powered job, his marriage, and his health (he developed a brain tumor). In response to overwhelming requests from readers who wanted to know how they, too, could weather downturns, Michael Gill has distilled his experiences into fifteen meaningful lessons, including: \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Leap with Faith:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sometimes it pays to leap without looking and say yes without thinking (Gill accepted the Starbucks job immediately, on a whim). \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Let Yourself Be Helped:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pride is even more paralyzing than fear. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Look with Respect at Every Individual You See:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gill was raised to avoid eye contact with those who were different, cloistered in a privileged world. Now he realizes the potential in all who cross his daily path. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Lose Your Watch (and Cell Phone and PDA!):\u003c\/strong\u003e Our obsession with productivity produces madness, not gladness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOffering living proof that extraordinary happiness is found in ordinary moments, How to Save Your Own Life provides empowering words and hope for anyone facing a reversal of fortune. True fortune, Gill discovered, lies not in fate but in discovering the innate capacity we all possess to rescue ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116968460528,"sku":"2940169893915","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169893915_p0.jpg?v=1769902026","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169893915","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}