Belong

Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life

by Radha Agrawal

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Pub Date Sep 04 2018 | Archive Date Jun 05 2019

Self-Help

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Get ready to focus on the single most important thing you can do to live a happy, healthy, and successful life: BELONG.

“Read this book, do what it says, and discover exactly where you fit in.”
—John Mackey, Co-founder and CEO, Whole Foods Market

“If you want to belong, read this book.”
—Deepak Chopra, MD

“From the moment I opened this book I was hooked. This book is caring and tender, challenging and action-driven. It is now on my recommendation list.”
—Esther Perel, author of Mating in Captivity and The State of Affairs, host of Where Should We Begin? podcast

How is it that the internet connects us to a world of people, yet so many of us feel more isolated than ever? That we have hundreds, even thousands of friends on social media, but not a single person to truly confide in? Radha Agrawal calls this “community confusion,” and in Belong she offers every reader a blueprint to find their people and build and nurture community, because connectedness—as more and more studies show—is our key to happiness, fulfillment, and success.

A book that’s equal parts inspiring and interactive, and packed with prompts, charts, quizzes, and full-color illustrations, Belong takes readers on a two-part journey. Part one is Going IN—a gentle but intentional process of self-discovery and finding out your true energy levels and VIA (values, interests, and abilities). Part two is Going OUT—building on all that you’ve learned about yourself to find those few special people who feed your soul, and discovering, or creating, the ever-widening groups that align with your aims and desires.

As the Co-founder and CEO of the popular global morning dance community Daybreaker, Radha Agrawal developed an immense offline community with her team of Community Catalysts in 25 cities and on a dozen college campuses around the world by creating a physical space for people to connect, self-express, sweat, and dance. Now, Radha offers the life-changing strategies, tips, and tricks for making friends that will light your fire and give you the exhale of “Ahh, I’m home.”

“Radha has written a book that’s fun to read, easy to digest, and embodies deep wisdom. This isn’t just a book I’m endorsing. This is a book that I want to buy multiple copies of because I have so many friends and acquaintances that will benefit from it. It’s the first book I couldn't wait to finish reading it so I could give my copy to one of my friends to read the same day.”
—Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos and author of Delivering Happiness

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EDITION	Other Format
ISBN	9781523502059
PRICE	$19.95 (USD)
PAGES	240

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I enjoyed this book very much! The message is wise, the tone authentic, the illustration beautiful and engaging. It was a joy to read.

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Did you know that one in four Americans report that they have zero friends to confide in and discuss important matters with. Or that having poor social connections is as bad as being an alcoholic and twice as bad at being obese. This is just the tip of what Agrawal addresses with her new release Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life.

Belong is a resource guide for the masses. In an age where humans are more connected than ever, Agrawal confronts the isolation epidemic that no one wants to talk about. The fun formatting and structure along with colorful graphics does a lot to lighten up a pretty serious problem without making it feel overwhelming and heavy.

What Agrawal does well with Belong is that she lays the foundation to show people how to build a community in which they can thrive. She does this in a variety of ways. She has updated Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs by creating Agrawal's Hierarchy of Needs showing how community is a vital ingredient at every stage. Now a lot of you fundamentalists will probably scoff at this but it is a great modern take on an age-old problem. She also has writing prompts for you to reflect on and check in with yourself varying from things like emotional satisfaction to the energy you radiate. With Belong, you will get a blueprint to build and nurture your own community from scratch to achieve happiness, fulfillment and success and be able to customize this suit your individual needs and desires.