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Dare to Author!: Take Charge of the Narrative of Your Life
2024 Foreword INDIES Bronze Winner
Nonfiction Book Awards Gold Winner
Lior Arussy’s latest book, Dare to Author! is a call for people to write—and therefore own—their life’s story, even when events are unexpected and don’t always turn out the way we want. The book is a manifesto and a guide to converting life experiences into future strength, resilience, and development and, in the process, transforming ourselves from victims to victors. Incorporating unique personal insights and his own professional experiences, Arussy carefully describes the challenges and dangers of living life authored by circumstances, social pressures, or other people, and he provides a proactive way to process and convert life experiences into future resilience, strength, and development. If we are not converting life experiences into authored chapters of our own life story, we are blocking our ability to grow and manage future challenges.
Readers will come away inspired, confident, and ready to act with three important concepts—
• A reality check/wake-up call asking Who is authoring your life’s story? and an explanation of why readers may not have authored their own life thus far.
• A process to start writing the reader’s story by crafting chapters that will develop resilience and a growth toolbox for life.
• An understanding of the application of the Authoring Process to professional and personal situations, making that authoring process more relevant and accessible.
Readers from broad backgrounds who are looking for guidance in how to live and lead in the best way possible, in personal relationships and professional life, will finish this book with the following
It’s about me. He gets me.
I am not alone. My feelings are real.
I can do it. I can take control of my life.
It is a choice to become the victor.
I refuse to default to victimhood.
I am hopeful.
Lior Arussy is a seven-time author and one of the world’s leading authorities on customer experience, transformation, and change, and the founder of the transformation firm Strativity Group. Arussy helped some of the world’s leading brands such as Mercedes Benz, Delta Airlines, Walmart, FedEx, Johnson & Johnsons and MasterCard to author the next chapter in their success.
Nonfiction Book Awards Gold Winner
Lior Arussy’s latest book, Dare to Author! is a call for people to write—and therefore own—their life’s story, even when events are unexpected and don’t always turn out the way we want. The book is a manifesto and a guide to converting life experiences into future strength, resilience, and development and, in the process, transforming ourselves from victims to victors. Incorporating unique personal insights and his own professional experiences, Arussy carefully describes the challenges and dangers of living life authored by circumstances, social pressures, or other people, and he provides a proactive way to process and convert life experiences into future resilience, strength, and development. If we are not converting life experiences into authored chapters of our own life story, we are blocking our ability to grow and manage future challenges.
Readers will come away inspired, confident, and ready to act with three important concepts—
• A reality check/wake-up call asking Who is authoring your life’s story? and an explanation of why readers may not have authored their own life thus far.
• A process to start writing the reader’s story by crafting chapters that will develop resilience and a growth toolbox for life.
• An understanding of the application of the Authoring Process to professional and personal situations, making that authoring process more relevant and accessible.
Readers from broad backgrounds who are looking for guidance in how to live and lead in the best way possible, in personal relationships and professional life, will finish this book with the following
It’s about me. He gets me.
I am not alone. My feelings are real.
I can do it. I can take control of my life.
It is a choice to become the victor.
I refuse to default to victimhood.
I am hopeful.
Lior Arussy is a seven-time author and one of the world’s leading authorities on customer experience, transformation, and change, and the founder of the transformation firm Strativity Group. Arussy helped some of the world’s leading brands such as Mercedes Benz, Delta Airlines, Walmart, FedEx, Johnson & Johnsons and MasterCard to author the next chapter in their success.
272 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 29, 2024
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February 26, 2025
2.5/5 Stars
This book was a gift from my mom, who enjoyed hearing Lior Arussy speak at her workplace and wanted to pass along his insights. I appreciated the thought-provoking questions throughout the book—especially how they encourage reflection on real-life past experiences and how those shape our current perspectives. Some of them were truly eye-opening.
That said, the book jumps around quite a bit, and while Arussy does state upfront that it’s meant to be a resource to revisit rather than a linear read, I still would have preferred more flow and build-up between chapters. The chapter on influencers was particularly brutal (but not entirely wrong), and I resonated with his discussion on COVID-19, which encouraged a more nuanced reflection on the period rather than dismissing it altogether.
Where this book fell a little short for me was in its lack of tactical steps—while the questions got me thinking, I didn’t feel like I walked away with clear strategies for “authoring my story.” To be fair, I haven’t been in a big self-help/motivational book mood lately, so that may have played a role in my reading experience. I found myself skimming in parts, but I plan to keep it on my shelf and revisit it in the future when I’m in a different mindset.
This book was a gift from my mom, who enjoyed hearing Lior Arussy speak at her workplace and wanted to pass along his insights. I appreciated the thought-provoking questions throughout the book—especially how they encourage reflection on real-life past experiences and how those shape our current perspectives. Some of them were truly eye-opening.
That said, the book jumps around quite a bit, and while Arussy does state upfront that it’s meant to be a resource to revisit rather than a linear read, I still would have preferred more flow and build-up between chapters. The chapter on influencers was particularly brutal (but not entirely wrong), and I resonated with his discussion on COVID-19, which encouraged a more nuanced reflection on the period rather than dismissing it altogether.
Where this book fell a little short for me was in its lack of tactical steps—while the questions got me thinking, I didn’t feel like I walked away with clear strategies for “authoring my story.” To be fair, I haven’t been in a big self-help/motivational book mood lately, so that may have played a role in my reading experience. I found myself skimming in parts, but I plan to keep it on my shelf and revisit it in the future when I’m in a different mindset.
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