How to Be a Massive Success and Not F*ck It All Up

About the Book

So you built something great. A career, a family, a business. Do you know what comes next? Or will you f*ck it all up?

Success is just the beginning. The hard part is defending the life you built before it drifts off course.

This short, sharp, philosophical book is built around the history of individuals who got what they wanted and then had to figure out how to handle success. It draws on a diverse collection of ideas and anecdotes including from The Odyssey, the Californian gold rush, Silvio Berlusconi, Formula 1, Bjorn Borg, The Roman Empire, The Godfather, an Aston Martin Vanquish, and a local pub on Christmas Eve.

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About the Author

A.A. West

A.A. West is an American writer now living in Italy. He spent years as a Silicon Valley fixer, helping people navigate the complicated mess of building things. Regulatory tangles, investor pressure, media noise, political landmines.

Then he got tired of solving other people’s problems and started asking what an actual good life looks like after you’ve won. His writing is an exploration of that question: what happens when you stop chasing and start living. How do you stay sane? How do you stay yourself? When not writing, he reads, sails, or sits in his Tuscan garden enjoying the life he has built.

How to Be a Massive Success and Not F*ck It All Up is his first book.

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