Successful Failure

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9798217169948 Author(s): Kevin Fredericks Format: Paperback Year: 2025 Publisher: Diversified Publishing Pages: 416

Description: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A?Â? Being successful is no laughing matter . . . unless the road there is littered with flops, foolA?s errands, fizzles, and straight-up failuresA?from the New York Times bestselling co-author of Marriage Be Hard.A?IA?m so happy Kev failed, because these stories will set so many free from perfection!A?A?Tabitha Brown, bestselling author of Feeding the SoulKevin Fredericks (aka KevOnStage) is a viral stand-up star, an NAACP Image AwardA?winning comedian, the founder of KevOnStage Studios, a New York Times bestselling author, and a superstar on social media. But his path to success wasnA?t always smooth. As a kid, Kevin noticed something useful: If he made people laugh, the grown-ups would let him stay up late. In church plays, his commitment to the role of Goliath led to a busted lip, and the audience couldnA?t get enough. He dreamed of becoming a performer, of finding that big break that would launch him into the bright lights of pop culture fame. But as he soon found, the road to the life we want is longer, weirder, more embarrassing, and more entertaining than we think it will be.In Successful Failure, the comedian recounts hilarious stories and sincere insight from his adventures (and misadventures) trying to make it in life. From performing under an alias to avoid getting fired from his suit-and-tie day job to breaking a chair onstage and quitting stand-up for six months, from pooping his pants on a bus next to his future wife to starting a clothing line called Dreams DonA?t Die (they sure do if the merch doesnA?t sell), Kevin reminds readers that while we might not be The Rock, Warren Buffett, or Kevin Hart, weA?re all out here trying, and thatA?s okay.Laugh-out-loud in one moment and perceptive in the next, Successful Failure is a wild ride from one of AmericaA?s funniest comics and a sendu