Good Awkward

Kirkus Reviews' Top 100 Indie Books of 2023Distinguished Favorite,NYC Big Book Award 2025 (Self-Help: Motivational)Distinguished Favorite,Independent Press Awards 2025 (Business: Motivational)Winner,American Book Fest Best Book Awards 2024 (Self-Help: Motivational)Winner,BIBA 2024 (Self-Help)Winner,International Book Awards 2024 (Self-Help: Motivational)Winner,National Indie Excellence Awards 2024 (Self-Help: Motivational)Silver Medal Winner,Living Now Book Awards 2024 (Motivation/Self-Improvement)Grand Prize Shortlist,Eric Hoffer Book Award 2024 (Self-Help)Shortlist,Business Book Awards 2024 (Business Self-Development)1st Runner-Up,Eric Hoffer Book Awards 2024 (Self-Help)Runner-Up,PenCraft Book Awards 2024 (Motivational)Finalist,American Book Fest Best Book Awards 2024 (Cover Design: Nonfiction)Finalist,American Legacy Book Awards 2024 (Self-Help: Motivational)Finalist,Readers Favorite Book Award 2024 (Self-Help)da Vinci Eye Finalist,Eric Hoffer Book Awards 2024 (Cover Design)First Horizon Finalist,Eric Hoffer Book Awards 2024 (Self-Help)Winner,American Book Fest Best Book Awards 2023 (Self-Help: Motivational)Honorable Mention,Royal Dragonfly Book Award 2023 (Self-Help: Inspirational)Awkwardness isnt a weakness to fix - its your greatest asset for professional and personal growth.In a time of blurred realities and filtered faces, embracing your awkwardness may seem counterintuitive. As 2x TEDx Speaker and Executive Coach Henna Pryor shows, relishing your Good Awkward is essential to becoming more bold, boosting your confidence, and taking the necessary professional risks at work that help you be braver and meet your true potential.In this book, Pryor taps her signature playful and lighthearted writing style to share stories, science-based tools, and simple action steps to guide you to:Pinpoint the exact reason its been difficult to take risks - and how to move past itLearn how to use the concepts of deliberate discomfort and strategic micro stressors to strengthen mental muscleCreate your own personalized plan to be braver in the moments when it countsIf your biggest goals have felt elusive or youre eager to find a fresh edge in the crowded marketplace, Good Awkward can teach you how to create a new outlook on moments that once caused embarrassment or cringe and use them as a force for good, so you can become the bravest you.A well-researched and well-designed call to embrace awkwardness.Kirkus Review (starred review)