Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual

Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones is full of straight talk, wisdom, and tips for taking up the space you deserve. The author delivers an important message for women, especially: don’t shrink yourself to fit into anyone’s worldview. Be you, unapologetically. You can’t do big things if you allow yourself to be restricted to the small spaces that other people make for you. Make your own space.

Ms. Jones is an excellent storyteller, and she weaves her stories with truths in a way that is both gentle and empowering as well as clever and poignant. She will have you laughing out loud, shaking your head at the audacity of people, and telling yourself, “YEAH. I AM WORTH IT.” Her unique writing style and hilarious footnotes make this book a quick read, but one that you’ll come back to again and again for the nuggets of wisdom it contains.

When you finish reading this book, you will undoubtedly be a stronger, more fearless, more empathetic badass than you already are. Read Professional Troublemaker, then go make some trouble!