Good Is Amazing

Good Is Amazing: Letting Go of Our Over Striving and Celebrating the Good! is an invitation to recognize that a life full of good is, well, the title is a spoiler—amazing. This simple idea is deceptively difficult to believe, but Good is Amazing empowers people to admit there is a problem with our constant striving and lean into going for good instead. We’re told to get the best grades, get into the best schools, and land the best job. But that job’s just a stepping stone to the next one. More is always needed. If we have a passion in our life, we’re goaded to try to be the G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time). If we want to start a company, the goal is to aim for a Unicorn (a billion-dollar valuation before going public). Why would anyone ever actively try for less? Isn’t that slacking? Ignoring your potential? Un-American? No. Goats are smelly, garbage-eating animals and unicorns aren’t real. Not only is our obsession with more, bigger, and better making people miserable every day, it’s also linked to worse physical health, lower life satisfaction, and more frequent suicidal thoughts. It creates depression, costing society millions in lost productivity and health costs. Why has it come to this? What have we forgotten? That there’s a wonderful option: good. Good is Amazing empowers readers to sit down and take a breath. To recognize that a life that is good—solidly good—is a life that is full. Satisfying. Amazing. Studies have shown that financially we need to meet our foundational needs and a little bit more, but holding onto this concept is nearly impossible in today’s world. Good is Amazing makes it easier. Through relatable stories, readers feel validated to choose to embrace the immense power and incredible beauty of achieving a life full of good results. The stories in Good is Amazing offer examples on how to say ‘yes’ to unconventional choices and ‘no’ to what stops you from being who you want to be. Each chapter ends with simple action steps that help the reader take micro and macro actions to achieve good in their own lives. Readers will take a deep sigh as their minds ignite with possibility from the offerings on ways to actively cultivate good every day. Live a life that’s good. Recognize it’s amazing. That is how we thrive.