{"product_id":"9780757398797","title":"Odditude: Finding the Passion for Who You Are and What You Do","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a world of evens, you have to be ODD.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Imagine a world in which you live \u003cem\u003eyour\u003c\/em\u003e way and embrace  the wondrous peculiarities of your personality, talents, desires, whims,  habits, and ideals. This is the wonderful world of ODD. John Powers, Ph.D., a  successful playwright and motivational expert who pursued his own dream--to  help others achieve their success--has succeeded thousands of times over  through his seminars, speaking events, and motivational books. Now, this master  storyteller invites you to open this book of \u003cem\u003eOdditude\u003c\/em\u003e and relearn and reignite the way you  were meant to live--the act of being your original self--no excuses, no  apologies, no fears. Seriously!\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e     To  John, \u003cem\u003eOdditude\u003c\/em\u003e is more than a fun, clever word he made up. It is the attitude he adopted later  in his life that literally saved him from the ultimate letdown of mediocrity.  John explains that we are all born with Odditude, the X-factor that separates  us from one another and prevents us from being one big population of homogenous  drones. But somewhere along the way toward adulthood, when we start caring  about what people think, we check our Odditude at the door and become bogged  down by pointless boundaries and distracted by social impacts and untruths.\u003cbr\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e     Knowing  that it’s the state of being Odd that allows us to be truly happy and achieve  success, John set out to reestablish his Odditude by paying attention to the  Odds around him--quirky family members, outcast classmates, and quizzical  strangers. In this book, John shares in enthusiastic, idiosyncratic, and just  plain funny prose the odd lessons he learned and how you, too, can reconnect  with who you really are and what you were meant to do.\u003cbr\u003e             \u003cbr\u003e These  stories are so refreshing that after you’re done laughing out loud, you will  breathe a giant sigh of relief--the relief that only comes from true  self-acceptance and appreciation for your talents and unique gifts of Odditude.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Health Communications, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126910927088,"sku":"9780757398797","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780757398797_p0.jpg?v=1763642172","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780757398797","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}