The upside of being down
Book - 2020
"An entertaining, humorous, and inspirational memoir-think #GirlBoss meets Furiously Happy-about harnessing your creativity and embracing your flaws to reach your goals. With humor and heart, ban.do founder Jen Gotch shares the empowering story of her unlikely journey to becoming the creator and CCO of a multimillion-dollar brand. From her childhood in Florida where her early struggles with bipolar disorder were misdiagnosed, to her winding career path as a waitress, photographer, food stylist, and finally, entrepreneur with no business experience, she illuminates how embracing her flaws and understanding the influence of mental illness on her creativity actually led to her greatest successes in business and life. Hilarious, charming, ...and filled with fascinating insights from her hard-won experience as a true creative and a visionary businesswoman, Gotch's inspirational memoir dares readers to live each day with hope, optimism, kindness, and humor"--
- Subjects
- Genres
- Autobiographies
- Published
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New York :
Gallery Books
2020.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First Gallery Books hardcover edition
- Item Description
- "How mental health struggles led to my greatest successes in work and life" --Cover.
- Physical Description
- xvi, 269 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBN
- 9781982108816
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. It's Not Easy Being Green
- Chapter 2. At the Time, None of Us Knew
- Chapter 3. I Got It from My Parents
- Chapter 4. This Winding Road
- Chapter 5. "Can I Call You Mom?" and Other Things I Said to My Therapist
- Chapter 6. A Calming Shade of Blue
- Chapter 7. This Is Just the Beginning
- Chapter 8. I Am Very Busy
- Chapter 9. I Cry at Work
- Chapter 10. My First Husband
- Chapter 11. Hello, Crispy Cereal
- Chapter 12. Better Than Great, Less Than Perfect
- Chapter 13. What Does Your Necklace Say?
- Chapter 14. Jen Gotch Wants You to Feel Better (Just Like She Does!)
- Chapter 15. The Upside of Being Down
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: The Emotional Rating System
Review by Kirkus Book Review