Go Higher
Five Practices for Purpose, Success, and Inner Peace
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4.9 • 17 Ratings
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Publisher Description
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Multi-platinum artist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Big Sean shares his five key practices for inner work and self-acceptance in this interactive guidebook on maintaining daily mental wellness.
Sean Anderson, better known as Big Sean, has reached incredible levels of success in his music career. And while, from the outside, his life looks like a collection of enviable achievements, in truth, he has experienced the highest highs and the lowest lows that come with anxiety and depression.
At the age of eighteen, Sean decided to forgo college to sign with Kanye West’s record label. Even though he saw his wildest dreams coming true, almost like a rap fairytale, he found himself contemplating taking his own life. It was in this, his darkest moments, that he started applying the spiritual practices he’d witnessed his mother embrace throughout his childhood from books like The Four Agreements, The Secret, and many more.
From that moment on, Sean has been on a journey of inward reflection, self-acceptance, and continual work to become the best version of himself every day. In these pages he walks you through the five practices—accepting, strategizing, trying, trusting, and manifesting—that have given him the skills and confidence to become the beloved father, musician, and man that he is today. This book is a clarion call for the next self-help movement, poised to meet the complexities of the moment we’re in.
Go Higher dares to ask the question: If we worked on our self-care regularly, instead of only when we were in crisis, how much higher could we go? Filled with step-by-step instructions for the tools Sean has been using on a daily basis for the last decade—journaling, agreements, affirmations, and meditation, as well as prompts to guide you on your own journey of self-reflection, Go Higher is a spiritual guidebook for our times, proving that investing in yourself isn’t something that drains your energy, but is something that gives you the energy to reach your fullest potential.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Using his own success as the base, Big Sean shares his strategies for getting the most out of life in Go Higher. The rapper pulls apart his own mythology by walking us through the effort that went into his rise from Detroit lunchtime rap battles to international superstardom. He builds each chapter around his core tenets of accepting, strategizing, trying, trusting, and manifesting, and ends each with helpful reflection points. While meditation and affirmations are part of his self-care recipe, so are therapy and accountability. Possibly the simplest of the concepts, his continuous reminders that he’s only where he is in his life and career because he was willing to try things that put him in a position to succeed—over and over again—carries subtle power. By sharing his journey, Big Sean unfurls a map for others to chart their own paths to personal fulfillment.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Anderson draws on his tenacious rise to rap fame in this openhearted debut guide to personal growth. During a period of depression after college, the author embarked on what became a lifelong journey of "self-reflection" to become his "best self." Boiling down what he's learned, he outlines five general principles—accept, strategize, try, trust, and manifest—through stories from his career. Examples include how, as a teen, he "strategized" to grow his network by performing on a weekly program for young rappers at a local radio station (where he met Kanye West, who'd go on to sign Anderson to his label), and "manifested" success by learning to meditate, which allowed him to gain the "positive energy" to attract business opportunities. While the suggested practices (meditation, journaling, therapy) aren't groundbreaking, the unpretentious tone and candid anecdotes make Anderson a surprisingly relatable guide, offering especially solid wisdom on forgiveness and how to use discomfort as fuel for growth. Readers need not be hip-hop fans to find inspiration here.
Customer Reviews
Calmingly projects prosperity into your being.
I was so excited to have a chance to read this book. I love Big Sean, I think he’s much more than just a rapper and this book proves that. Every chapter was life-changing in its own way. I’ve recommended this book to many already. If you have thoughts of reading it, do it.
It connects
I’m a fan of Big Sean’s music and to have the opportunity to unpack his mindset and understand how that has influenced him as an artist and then to see the similarities of my search to become the better version of myself and how it aligns with his journey made me appreciate his music even more. Play his music and read, elevate!
Loved this!
I just finished reading my first memoir, and I’m a huge fan! He shares some really interesting events in his life that you should definitely check out. It’s definitely worth the purchase!