Life is a Four-Letter Word

Description

 Key Features

·     
Addresses the little talked-about, highly stigmatised
and often taboo subject of mental health as a professional and as a man in a
brutally honest and moving critique

·     
Based on the real-life experiences of a ‘Big 4’
accountant and his personal experiences in professional practice, large
corporates and start-ups

·     
Full of controversial and thought-provoking
questions that help any reader consider what really matters to them in life
when facing tough decisions

FOREWORD 

A NOTE FROM CHRIS ETHERINGTON 

A NOTE FROM JONATHAN EDGELEY 

PREFACE 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 

ONE: My Own Worst Enemy

Understanding Mental Health 

Our Inner Voices, Critics and Conversations 

Introductions 

TWO: Spoon Theory and Thermodynamics 

Spoon Theory 

The Conservation of Energy 

One Fine Day 

The Hero of Time

One Mind, One Body, One Cup

THREE: High School Never Ends

Standing Out from the In Crowd 

Cultures and Cliques: Bullying, Belittling and Banter 

Your Comfy Pants 

FOUR: Promotion, Premonition and Making a Plan

White Collars Can’t Jump 

Long-Term Incentives

Promotion Time!

FIVE: Thinking Big Picture in a Detail-Orientated World

The World Is Not Your Oyster 

Regretting Regretting 

Do Not Blame Past You 

SIX: Risk, Reward, Redundancy and Repetition 

Closed Doors, Opened Windows and Hurricane Glass 

Data-Driven Decisions 

Scooby-Doo 

Rabbit Holes and Through the Looking Glass 

SEVEN: Breaking the Stigma Whilst Carrying Stigmata 

The Hell that Is My Life 

The Science of Selling Yourself Short 

In the End 

The Weight of Shame 

EIGHT: Fuck It and Go Find Your Ikigai 

That Moment 

We’re Half-Way There 

Three Quarter Pounder 

The Full Package 

NINE: Learning to Love Lemons Because You’re Sick of Lemonade

Disney Lied to Us! 

Life Is Shit but You Don’t Have to Be 

IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME 

IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO SOMEONE 

Subjects

• Books
• Savoirs
• Humanities and social sciences
• Self-help

Informations

• Published by: Practical Inspiration Publishing
• Published: 14 May 2020
• Reads: 0
• EAN13: 9781788601573
• Language: English
• Document size: 1 MB

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