New notification: you may be wasting time and energy fighting a daily battle that is impossible to win.
Growing evidence shows that most of us subconsciously search for fulfilment—self-confidence, validation, connection, purpose, and more—in a place where we’ll ironically never find it: social media. What’s even more ironic? More and more of us are addicted to the chase and our culture keeps us blind to how damaging this futile quest really is. When used in a healthy way, social media can enhance our lives in a myriad of positive ways. However, the majority of us unknowingly misuse social media in an unhealthy way, rendering it no more beneficial than a virus.
And the most dangerous disease is the kind that convinces you-you're not even sick… so while many believe there is no issue here to discuss, Damien Massias is already concocting a cure. First ingredient: awareness. Massias is a life coach and professional observer who will tell it to you straight—with no sugar-coating but still plenty of genuine sweetness.
This book is your guide to navigating (and dodging) the dangers of social media so you can still use it in a healthy way. It examines real-life case studies to illustrate how something we think of as being so small and harmless can actually have a colossal, butterfly effect on our lives. But most importantly, this book is a wake-up call to observe, examine, and re-evaluate your own relationship with social media and re-calibrate your compass towards true fulfilment.
Genre: SELF-HELP / GeneralI have only published it a month ago and without really talking about it (I am just waiting to have the audiobook ready too) I have sold a bit more than 50. My publisher will do a big PR and marketing campaign. Numerous magazines, newspapers, journalists, famous people will be contacted. I am also very well connected so I will do mine on my side as well.
Some people are passionate about sports. They know every team, every stat, every rule well enough to predict winners and losers, and spot connections and trends throughout the seasons. My passion? People. And if you were to categorise the many elements of human behaviour into teams, stats, and rules, I’d be the one passionately rattling them off.
My name is Damien Massias. I am a life coach, specialising in two areas: mindset and confidence, and dating and relationships. For the last 15 years, I’ve lived my professional life as some sort of modern philosopher—constantly questioning, analysing, and dissecting society and people’s patterns, habits, achievements, downfalls, and beyond. My father himself was a coach for unemployed people, helping them to gain the necessary confidence for job interviews and other opportunities to turn their lives around. With just under 10,000 books in his library as I grew up, I’d call him a “philosopher” too. My stepmom was a child behavioural expert. So I was born into a family of people who were constantly wondering about… well, other people. My father instilled in me a curiosity to expose the whys and hows of what’s happening around us. As a child, I overheard many a discussion about my parents’ clients, the common denominators among them, and their shared recurring patterns despite these people seeming totally different on paper.
Trust me, as a kid, it wasn’t all that fun! Or maybe I should rather say: it didn’t strike me as important or interesting. When you’re younger, you don’t see the bigger picture. The things your parents say go in one ear and out the other!
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Translated by Livia Romano
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Author review: Absolutely amazing, super patient, very professional, everything was on time, great communication and more! Well well well Advised honestly, thank you :-) |
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Translated by Elizabeth Garay
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Author review: In all honesty, absolutely PERFECT! Genuinely not one bad thing nor any issues at all. Everything was just flawless, easy, quick, organised, on time and so on. On top of being VERY professional, Elizabeth is just a really nice person too. Well well well advised! Thank you Liz |
