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This book is essentially “Self-help 101.” Mostly solid advice - about choosing a positive attitude, not letting failure make you give up, the power of re-framing, etc. But it is absolutely at a beginner level. Which Hollis has conceded that he is - not too long ago, he was a successful executive at Disney who thought all of this self-help stuff was nonsense. In the years since then, his life (marriage, career) has kind of collapsed, and unfortunately this book came out before he had time to make sense of all that he’s been through. So while most of what he says is decent enough advice, it’s very basic, and there are no deep insights to be found here. I’m not sure he’d share them if he had them, as he seems like a surface sort of guy, at least in his public persona. Hollis confesses to being a Christian, which feels more like a nod to his fan base than a motivating force behind his writing. This book would have been much stronger with more mystery and faith and questions about how God works, and less rah-rah/you can do it/don’t give up self-reliance/self-care/self-motivation jargon. Because eventually that always fails, and one gets the sense that Dave is speaking from some quickly-shifting sand in this book. Thanks to NetGalley for providing a copy of this book.