Your Life Isn't for You: A Selfish Person's Guide to Being Selfless (UK PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS Management / Business) - Softcover

"A brilliantly written and insightful book. Seth's vulnerability and honesty are irresistible--pulling you in and opening your heart to the possibility of a life without walls." --Michael J. Merchant, President, ANASAZI Foundation "Seth's amazing book illustrates a powerful and proven path to happiness and gently reminds us how easily we forget this profound truth: focusing on others brings the deepest joy." --Lindsay Hadley, founder and CEO, Hadley Impact Consulting "Seth Adam Smith has figured out some of life's greatest lessons through remarkable life experiences and by listening to the great teachers that were placed in his path." --Sterling C. Tanner, President and Executive Director, Forever Young Foundation

Your Life Isn t For You by Seth Adam Smith is a small, easy to read but powerful book full of positive messages. It is lighthearted and filled with important life lessons aimed to give readers a heightened sense of self awareness.

Book Examiner

The book is distinguished by his candor. He tells you that your life is about being of service to others in countless ways and thus the title becomes clear. If you feel you re encountering problems because of your own selfish attitudes or behavior, I strongly recommend you read his book.

Book Views

One of those books that readers will be able to go back to time and again to remind themselves what can happen in life and how good life can be if lived for others.

Blog Critics and Seattle Post Intelligencer

A brilliantly written and insightful book. Seth s vulnerability and honesty are irresistible pulling you in and opening your heart to the possibility of a life without walls.

Michael J. Merchant, President, ANASAZI Foundation

Seth s amazing book illustrates a powerful and proven path to happiness and gently reminds us how easily we forget this profound truth: focusing on others brings the deepest joy.

Lindsay Hadley, founder and CEO, Hadley Impact Consulting

Seth Adam Smith has figured out some of life s greatest lessons through remarkable life experiences and by listening to the great teachers that were placed in his path.

Sterling C. Tanner, President and Executive Director, Forever Young Foundation"

In Your Life Isn’t for You, Seth Adam Smith expands on the philosophy outlined in his huge hit blog post Marriage is Not for You, which has received over 30 million hits and has been translated into 20 languages (and counting). In this inspiring, funny, and moving book, Seth shows how his philosophy of living for others can enrich every aspect of your life - just as it has his.

Seth writes not as an “expert” but as flawed human being sharing what he’s learned - and learned the hard way. He reveals how, years before his marriage, his self-obsession led to a downward spiral of addiction and depression, culminating in a suicide attempt at the age of 20.

It was the love and support Seth experienced in the aftermath, which he so poignantly depicts here, that opened his eyes to the dead end (literally) of selfishness. With a mix of humor, candor, and compassion, he reflects on the experiences in his life - his difficult missionary stint in Russia, his time as a youth leader in the Arizona desert, his marriage, even a children’s book his father read to him - which were the seeds from which his conviction grew that the only way you can find your life is to give it away to others.