The Art of Getting It Wrong
Finding Good in the Misadventures of Life
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
Failures don't need to be final, and disappointment doesn't need to be defining. Come along on a wild, hilarious, faith-building ride, and let The Art of Getting It Wrong guide you toward hope for the future and the freedom to love your life exactly where you are.
Long before his YouTube channel, The Miller Fam, became a viral sensation, Stephen Miller got a ton of things wrong. He knows what it's like to endure countless failed endeavors, make too many rash decisions, and feel deep discouragement when life doesn't go as planned--sometimes all before breakfast. But those experiences taught him a powerful lesson: it's going to be okay.
With the characteristic authenticity, love, and humor Stephen shows in his YouTube videos, The Art of Getting It Wrong offers timeless truths and never-before-told stories of misadventures and out-of-control disappointments that will encourage you to:
See the good at work in your life, even when you make mistakesLook for the laugh in every situationEmbrace the truth--whether it's a warm hug or a kick in the teethBelieve in yourself and grow in your sense of self-worthDiscover the power of grace, both for others and for yourself
Join Stephen as he shares what it means to turn failures, mishaps, and disappointments into a life of fun and fulfillment--even when it's not what you expected.
Praise for The Art of Getting It Wrong:
"With his trademark passion, humor, and optimism, Stephen Miller brings an important and timely message for us in The Art of Getting It Wrong. We all need a friend who can remind us that it's going to be okay, even when life's disappointments, failures, or deep hurts threaten to pull us down."
--Lysa TerKeurst, #1 New York Times bestselling author and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries
"If you find yourself trying to get back up after falling down, you'll find this book brimming with encouragement and buoyant with hope."
--Dr. Darren Whitehead, lead pastor, Church of the City, Nashville, Tennessee
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Miller (Liberating King), creator of the Miller Fam YouTube channel, shares advice on dealing with mistakes in this zippy account. "Your failures can feed your fears or seed your blessings. The choice is up to you," Miller contends, using anecdotes from famous figures and his life as a Christian father of seven to encourage readers to embrace their blunders and love themselves. Noting that Walt Disney's first animation studio flopped and that Thomas Edison failed 1,000 times before getting the light bulb right, Miller outlines "three tenets of the art of the epic fail": "failure isn't final," "you aren't your mistakes," and "your failures don't define you, but they can refine you." The author tells readers "it's gonna be okay if you have to rethink your position on a variety of subjects," recounting how as a preteen he misread Genesis and, until his wife corrected him years later, believed that Adam and Eve didn't have skin before the fall. Miller's conversational style and pop culture references entertain ("There are very few sentences that come from my mouth that aren't at least influenced by '80s and '90s movies," he writes before quoting Ferris Bueller's Day Off). Equal parts funny, cringy, and endearing, this animated work delivers.
