The Hidden Power of F*cking Up

by The Try Guys, Keith Habersberger, Eugene Lee Yang, Ned Fulmer, Zach Kornfeld Narrated by The Try Guys

Overview

The four co-creators of The Try Guys, one of the Internet's most popular and viral sensations, deliver their first book-an inspirational self-improvement guide that teaches you that the path to success is littered with humiliating detours, embarrassing offenses, and unexpected failures.

Best friends and social media stars Eugene, Keith, Ned, and Zach are admired for their curiosity, humor, bravado, and fearlessness. But that self-confidence came from their willingness to take big risks-being open to try something new or unusual, even if they failed spectacularly in the attempt. To be our best selves, we have to challenge ourselves. In dedicating ourselves to embracing fear, foolishness, and embarrassment, we can learn to recognize the ways in which we often hold ourselves back.

In The Hidden Power of F*cking Up, they swap some of their best stories and offer encouragement and hard advice to help you become a Try Guy too. Whether they're experiencing what it's like to be in labor with a pain simulation machine, marching on the streets of Los Angeles in heels, learning to dance ballet (with a professional dancer and some talented tots), replicating the ancient Olympics, or trying to bake bread without a recipe-their hilarious escapades are embolded by their “throw caution to the wind” attitudes, encouraging readers to become their best flawed and f***ked up selves.

Throughout, Eugene, Keith, Ned, and Zach open the doors to the past, showing their fans how four nerdy, timid, self-conscious boys grew up into four super-hot-mega-babes secure in their insecurities. They offer key advice on what to do when faced with impending failure-and how to push through to the other side-provide anecdotes about their experiences curating their sure-fail philosophy and introduce each of their new challenges to the reader for the first time (Ned's impossible challenges as a first-time father and Keith's goal of curbing his fried chicken habit by going vegan).

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

07/22/2019

The YouTube-famous Try Guys—Ned Fulmer, Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang—expound their “Failosophy” through stories of their greatest “tries,” biggest failures, and the knowledge gleaned from it all. The foursome that has racked up over a billion YouTube views and five million followers for attempting bizarre or sensational stunts (“from zapping our bellies to stimulate the pains of childbirth, to sparring with professional UFC fighters”) exhibit the same colloquial, goofy humor here. After giving brief introductions to how they ended up creating YouTube content together, the guys turn to issues of health, style, work, love, and family, couching their advice in lessons gleaned from their “tries.” For instance, Keith learns how to fail spectacularly while attempting CrossFit and Eugene explains tips for getting closer to your family, such as “tell each of your family members to tell you a secret” and “hug them... not a pat on the back. A real, strong, loving hug.” While the material isn’t particularly hard-hitting, Try Guys devotees will be thrilled to hear about the guys’ backstories—such as that Ned is a Yale graduate who previously worked as a chemist. Mixing a cocktail of quips and vulnerable self-reflection, the Try Guys nicely highlight the good that is born from failure. (June)

From the Publisher

The Try Guys are experts at fully committing to things without knowing the results ahead of time, and that’s something everyone should learn to do. Now, they’ve written a book. Our assessment? Well, they tried.” —  Rhett & Link, #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Rhett and Link’s Book of Mythicality

“The guys say that failure is more important than succeeding. And this book is a perfect example.” — Mamrie Hart, New York Times bestselling author

“As someone who talks to spirits for a living, I can confirm they really should’ve hired a ghostwriter.” — Tyler Henry, The Hollywood Medium

Tyler Henry

As someone who talks to spirits for a living, I can confirm they really should’ve hired a ghostwriter.

Mamrie Hart

The guys say that failure is more important than succeeding. And this book is a perfect example.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173662408
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	06/18/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged

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