You Deserve the Truth, Erica Williams Simon
You Deserve the Truth, Erica Williams Simon
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You Deserve the Truth
Change the Stories that Shaped Your World and Build a World-Changing Life

Author: Erica Williams Simon

Narrator: Erica Williams Simon

Unabridged: 7 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/07/2019


Synopsis

From a millennial media maker and award-winning social critic, an accessible, straightforward, and remarkable guide that “invites us beyond the old stories we’ve told about ourselves, and into the wonder of our dreams, hopes, and love—so we can find our truth and purpose” (Glennon Doyle, New York Times bestselling author) for a generation paralyzed by the pressures of life.

Behind the glossy Instagram pictures, many people in their 20s and 30s are living frustrating lives: overwhelmed and confused, anxious and inauthentic, exhausted and afraid. They are leading lives that, unbeknownst to them, have been shaped by everyone but themselves. From social media to the workplace, the stories that they have believed have left them constantly seeking a better life but rarely ever finding it.

Erica Williams Simon saw this all too well. At 27, she abruptly walked away from her career as a rising political media star to find her own truth and a truth that would help others finally build a life worth living. She rejected the lies that the world had taught her, and rewrote the ideas that have the power to shape a generation.

You Deserve the Truth is a “refreshingly blunt take on happiness” (Publishers Weekly) and is a masterclass in how to challenge the narratives about fear, work, identity, success, love, and life. This “smart and all too real guidebook for anyone striving to craft an authentic and inspired life from the ground up” (Franchesca Ramsey, host of MTV’s Decoded) gives you the tools you need in order to break free from the narratives holding you back from starting an exciting new phase in a beautiful life.

About Erica Williams Simon

Erica Williams Simon is an award-winning content creator, TV host, and social critic. She is the head of The Creator’s Lab at Snapchat; host of the popular podcast, The Call with Erica; an advisor for NPR’s Generation Listen; and cocreator and host of the digital talk show, The Assembly. A committed civil and human rights advocate and preacher’s daughter for life, Erica is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper and resides in sunny Los Angeles, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by D.

When Erica Williams Simon found herself burned out in a job she hated and quit, she realized quickly it wasn’t just about the job. It was an overarching disappointment in the fact that she’d worked so hard to achieve the external markers of success society said she should, yet those collected marker......more

Goodreads review by Ashley

My 30-year-old self would have benefited greatly from Erica's strong voice. Beautiful work. Perhaps also a perfect predecessor to reading Rohr's "Falling Upward."......more

Goodreads review by Eduardo

This is one book I wish all my millennial friends would read. Simon Williams reflects on the confusing, often conflicting cultural stories that shape this generation's often distorted views on money, success, religion, love, among other topics. Sharing her own personal insights and struggles in thes......more