nor-mal: according with, constituting,
or not deviating from a norm, rule
or principle / conforming to a type,
standard, or regular pattern / of,
relating to, or characterized by
average intelligence or development
Normal?
Who wants to be that?
When Kelly Cutrone's first book, If You Have
to Cry, Go Outside, was first published, young
people flocked to this new voice-finally,
someone was telling it like it is, in language
they spoke. It quickly became a New York
Times bestseller, and fashion publicist Kelly
Cutrone became more than a personality,
she became a beloved guru, mentor, and
fairy godmother.
Now she's back with another no-holds-barred
book to awaken our souls and kick our asses
into gear. With Normal Gets You Nowhere,
she invites us to get our freak on. History is
full of successful, world-changing people who
did not fit in. Think Nelson Mandela, Joan
of Arc, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart,
John Lennon, and Rosa Parks. Instead of
changing themselves to accommodate the
status quo or what others thought they should
be, these people hung a light on their differences-
and changed humanity in the process.
"I know you don't feel normal, so why are
you trying to act it and prove to everyone you
are?" Cutrone says. So much of what we say
or don't say, and what we do or don't do, is
dictated by what others have told us, or what
people may think of us. This is not how we
should be living, by measuring ourselves
against the mundane.
An invitation to rethink who you are, what you
value, and what you want from life, Normal
Gets You Nowhere goes beyond how to reinvent
yourself and create your own brand, and
investigates what it means to live in this world
as a tuned-in, caring individual with a passion
for making a difference. There's already an
army of super talented uberfreaks changing
the world-isn't it time you joined them?