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Zest: How to Squeeze the Max out of Life
‘ZEST’ equates to zing, enthusiasm, energy, gusto, eagerness, zeal and fervour. It also connotes a tang, a sharpness.
It’s the opposite of bland.
And How to Squeeze the Max out of Life is exactly that.It’s more than just a book on personal development. There are an awful lot of those. Zest is a catalyst, a spark that ignites your remembering of what makes you, in a word, you. It drives you to rethink, rejuvenate and reinvent. It also contains a touch of the revolutions.
Have you, as a grown-up, fallen into the trap of becoming a Groan-up? You know you should try to make the best of things, but oftentimes you don’t know what your “best” is anymore. It’s strange. You used to know. What happened? Was it the years of social conformity? There is a whole beige generation out there – a generation that has lost its identity and forgotten who they once were – buried under the crushing, stifling facades of adulthood. If only there was a way to unearth your passions, recover the zest for life you once had. Maybe there is.
Zest is a wake-up call for you to explore the formative moments that define your life. It challenges you to believe that your best days are still ahead, to search your soul, to shake things up and bask in the warmth of glorious individuality. Zest will help
Explore the pivotal, defining moments in your life Examine both the good and bad experiences that define you Reconnect to the essence of who you are Embrace your quirks, qualities and peculiarities Determine to be the person you always wanted to be Zest is your permission to play, your licence to wreak the right kind of havoc. Moreover, it’s not about pretending to be someone you’re not, it’s about squeezing every last drop out of who you already are.
It’s the opposite of bland.
And How to Squeeze the Max out of Life is exactly that.It’s more than just a book on personal development. There are an awful lot of those. Zest is a catalyst, a spark that ignites your remembering of what makes you, in a word, you. It drives you to rethink, rejuvenate and reinvent. It also contains a touch of the revolutions.
Have you, as a grown-up, fallen into the trap of becoming a Groan-up? You know you should try to make the best of things, but oftentimes you don’t know what your “best” is anymore. It’s strange. You used to know. What happened? Was it the years of social conformity? There is a whole beige generation out there – a generation that has lost its identity and forgotten who they once were – buried under the crushing, stifling facades of adulthood. If only there was a way to unearth your passions, recover the zest for life you once had. Maybe there is.
Zest is a wake-up call for you to explore the formative moments that define your life. It challenges you to believe that your best days are still ahead, to search your soul, to shake things up and bask in the warmth of glorious individuality. Zest will help
Explore the pivotal, defining moments in your life Examine both the good and bad experiences that define you Reconnect to the essence of who you are Embrace your quirks, qualities and peculiarities Determine to be the person you always wanted to be Zest is your permission to play, your licence to wreak the right kind of havoc. Moreover, it’s not about pretending to be someone you’re not, it’s about squeezing every last drop out of who you already are.
- GenresNonfictionPsychology
248 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 20, 2019
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August 3, 2025
Be more milk!
A little nudge to take life's lemons, juice them and enjoy the zest.
Packed with positive psychology and a whole heap of accessible life lessons that have you nodding along - not to mention a healthy dose of humour.
Make today the day you...
Forgive
Make way for fun
Breathe deeply
Channel your inner Kintsugi
Announce your happy moments
Make every day Opening Night
Be the snap, crackle and pop of milk on rice krispies
Get pantsdrunk
Clean your glasses
Knock hard
Dance with skeletons
Hug the dog
And many more.
Read it, and embrace a zestier, juicier life.
Time to get squeezing.
A little nudge to take life's lemons, juice them and enjoy the zest.
Packed with positive psychology and a whole heap of accessible life lessons that have you nodding along - not to mention a healthy dose of humour.
Make today the day you...
Forgive
Make way for fun
Breathe deeply
Channel your inner Kintsugi
Announce your happy moments
Make every day Opening Night
Be the snap, crackle and pop of milk on rice krispies
Get pantsdrunk
Clean your glasses
Knock hard
Dance with skeletons
Hug the dog
And many more.
Read it, and embrace a zestier, juicier life.
Time to get squeezing.
May 8, 2021
Interesting and practical ideas.
July 11, 2021
Like any “Self help” book, it’s not a silver bullet. But damn it I like this, it’s cheerful and worth a skim just for that!
March 8, 2022
Life-changing as always. Andy Cope has become one of my favorite authors. I read this with a smile on my face. His texts speak to my soul and therefore are very meaningful to me.
June 10, 2021
This book is terrible, really badly written and lacking in self help.
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