
- 256 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
When it comes to authenticity, is being fully yourself always worth the risk?
From the author of Blue Like Jazz comes New York Times bestseller Scary Close, Donald Miller's journey of uncovering the keys to a healthy relationship and discovering that they're also at the heart of building a healthy family, a successful career, and a trusted community of friends.
After decades of failed relationships and painful drama, Miller decided that he'd had enough. Trying to impress people wasn't helping him truly connect with anyone--and neither was pretending to be someone he wasn't. He'd built himself a life of public isolation, but he dreamed of having a life defined by meaningful relationships instead. At 40-years-old, he made a scary decision: he was going to be his true self no matter what it might cost.
Scary Close tells the story of Miller's difficult choice to impress fewer people and connect with even more. It's about the importance of knocking down old walls to finally experience the freedom that comes when we stop playing a part and start being fully ourselves.
In Scary Close, Miller shares everything he's learned firsthand about how to:
- Deconstruct the old habits that no longer serve us
- Overcome the desire to please the people around us
- Always tell the truth, even when it's hard
- Find satisfaction in a daily portion of real love
- Risk being fully known in order to deeply love and be loved
- Apply these lessons to your everyday life
If you're ready to drop the act and find true, life-changing intimacy, it's time to get Scary Close.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Author’s Note
- 1. The Distracting Noises of Insecurity
- 2. You Are Good At Relationships
- 3. Everybody’s Got a Story and It’s Not the One They’re Telling
- 4. Why Some Animals Make Themselves Look Bigger Than They Are
- 5. Three Things I Learned About Relationships from Swimming In a Pond
- 6. Performance Anxiety In Real Life
- 7. The People We Choose to Love
- 8. Control Freak
- 9. Five Kinds of Manipulators
- 10. Lucy In the Kitchen
- 11. The Risk of Being Careful
- 12. Great Parents Do This Well
- 13. The Stuff of a Meaningful Life
- 14. Do Men Do Intimacy Differently?
- 15. You Will Not Complete Me
- 16. The Place We Left Our Ghosts
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author