Andy Cope Books

***BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS - FINALIST 2021 - PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND WELLBEING*** Make the Most of Every Single Day Uncertainty, instability, pressure, anxiety and now pandemic pandemonium . . . the world is hell bent on robbing us of our wellbeing. It's time to fight back. Twenty-Two Rules for Life that Just work It's time to ditch the tired, old wisdom, and take life into your own hands. We've all fallen for the mantra that 'you only live once,' but it's a big fat lie. The truth is that you get to live – really LIVE – every single day of your life. Based on the wisdom of Positive Psychology, How to be a WELL BEING teaches you to: Strive toward your true potential Stop wasting time and start achieving Focus on what's truly important Rethink your thinking Find meaning and fulfillment Upgrade to YOU 2.0 It's time to raise your personal bar from mental health to mental WEALTH. 'Memento mori' – remember death. No more messing around. No more wasting time. A new world calls for new rules. It's time to re-focus on what's most important and to take massive strides towards your true potential. 'I forget what came before sliced bread, but whatever it was, this is better than that.' —Mylee from Swindon

ZEST embodies enthusiasm, energy, and fervor, contrasting with blandness. It serves as more than a personal development guide; it acts as a catalyst that reignites your true self. This book encourages you to rethink, rejuvenate, and reinvent your life. Many adults fall into the trap of becoming "Groan-ups," losing touch with their best selves amidst social conformity. A whole generation has buried its identity under the weight of adulthood, forgetting passions and zest for life. However, this book offers a wake-up call to explore the formative moments that shape your existence. It challenges you to believe your best days are still ahead, urging you to search your soul, embrace your individuality, and shake things up. Within its pages, you will explore pivotal moments in your life, examine both positive and negative experiences, and reconnect with your essence. You will learn to embrace your quirks and qualities, empowering you to become the person you’ve always wanted to be. ZEST grants you permission to play and encourages you to unleash the right kind of havoc in your life. Ultimately, it’s not about pretending to be someone else; it’s about maximizing the potential of who you already are.

From the bestselling authors of Diary of a Brilliant Kid comes the much-anticipated follow-up, Brill Kid – The Big Number 2 Brill Kid - The Big Number 2 takes Awesomeness to the next level! This book is rock solid 'personal development' with a difference. A BIG difference! It's aimed at 7 to 11s, the exact age when mental habits are created. The book picks up where Diary of a Brilliant Kid left off – raising the bar from mental health to mental wealth, enabling young people to flourish in a world that's hell bent on knocking them sideways. It's about happiness and wellbeing. It tells you how to shine when the world's a bit dull. It's about learning to be your best self and hanging in there when the world's doing its worst. It's got oodles of content about self-care, kindness and confidence. It's got facts, diagrams, stories, activities, quotes and lots of silliness! Brill Kids will learn the Brill Kid - The Big Number 2 will inspire kids, make them laugh and learn and leave them bouncing with brilliance! 

"Start living the life youve always wanted It could be that youve figured everything out on your own and have ended up acing your career, meeting and marrying your perfect partner, producing three wonderful kids, owning a holiday home in Mustique and having a drop-dead gorgeous life. In which case, we applaud you. If, on the other hand, you need the cheat codes, then this book will give you a nudge. Redefining the genre of self-help comedy, Shine is a book about the brevity of life. It contains adult themes of mortality, change, exhaustion and unrelenting pressure. Thankfully, the bleakness is done with humour and the solutions are entertaining, do-able and uplifting. Shine is the literary equivalent of ctrl/alt/delete. All you have to do is read the book, keep an open mind, and apply the learning. You will experience a personal re-boot with new mental software installed, upgrading you to best possible self. Its a very simple process that also happens to be not very easy. Because, of course, if being your best self was easy, everybody would be doing it. The average lifespan is 4000 weeks. Look around and youll see too many people having a near life experience. They're alive, but not living. Truth time: life's a short and precious gift that's hurtling by in a blur. If you want to make a dent in the universe, it's time to wake up. We figure that if youre going to rise, you may as well shine. Laugh and learn while you: Rediscover your ability to ping out of bed every single day with fire in your belly and a smile on your face. Identify what really matters in your life and how to stop stressing about the stuff that doesn't. Remember how to focus on all that makes you happy and cut the nonsense that worries you for no reason. Give up your low-level grumbling and experience the joy that comes when you focus on achieving all that you've ever wanted. Find out just how easy it is boost your energy and increase your motivation. Discover how to break free from 'ordinary' and embrace a life of 'extraordinary. Figure out how to channel your inner Mary Poppins"-- Provided by publisher

Calling all teenagers quit the moaning and start loving life! Don't be a cliche. Don't stay in your bedroom grunting and grumbling.

Features a great read with a serious underlying message - how to foster positivity and bring about success in every aspect of your life; and outlines six common-sense principles that can help you ensure you are the best you can be. This book can fill you to the brim with happiness, positivity, wellbeing and, success.

"Happiness. We chase it, we crave it...it's so in demand... yet so scarce and fleeting. But here's the good news. In The Happiness Revolution: A Manifesto For Living Your Best Life, bestselling authors Dr Andy Cope and Professor Paul McGee deliver a page-turning self-help book of the times, for the times. As the world wakes up to a new kind of normal, The Happiness Revolution challenges readers to sign up to an uprising of wellbeing and to making the most of the privilege of being on this planet. The book outlines a 10-point Happiness Manifesto. Grounded in the science of human flourishing and the reality of life, the principles are simple, do-able and above all make a difference not only to yourself but to others too. Let the fight back to mental wealth start right here. Welcome to global domination of the happiness kind! Discover: How to regain your sanity, clarity, and wellbeing, even when your smartphone, kids, spouse, job, and possessions seem to be conspiring to keep you from doing just that. Why it can be so hard to maintain a happy outlook when the outside world has never been so fast, complex, and unpredictable. How to be at your best in a world that is doing its worst. Happiness is the #1 thing you want for yourself and your family. The Happiness Revolution is an indispensable guide for everyone trying to live their best life and to spread some happiness whilst doing so. Rise Up and Be Happy! Vive la revolution!"--Publisher's description

To jest ten czas! Oceny, egzaminy, afery w domu, hejt w internecie, nieznośni rówieśnicy, zakochania, kompleksy… To najbardziej intensywny i najważniejszy czas w twoim życiu. Zawsze jest bardzo trudny. A powinien być fantastyczny. Rodzice i nauczyciele cały czas wywierają presję – masz myśleć o przyszłości, o prestiżowych studiach, o świetnej pracy. Tak łatwo zapomnieć w tym wszystkim o samym sobie. A ty kim chcesz być? Co jest dla ciebie ważne? Co daje ci szczęście? Przestań narzekać, porzuć złe nawyki, zmotywuj się do walki o swoje marzenia! Nie jutro. Dziś, od zaraz. Ta błyskotliwa i zabawna książka pomoże ci zrozumieć, co takiego szczególnego jest w tym momencie twojego życia. Jeszcze możesz wszystko. Nie spieprz tego! Ten świat nic nie jest wam winien. To wy jesteście coś winni temu światu. Jesteście mu winni swój czas, energię i talent. Innymi słowy: dorośnijcie, przestańcie się mazać, wyjdźcie z bańki waszych marzeń, pokażcie charakter i zacznijcie działać zamiast bujać w obłokach. Jesteście ważni i potrzebni. Nie ma sensu siedzieć bezczynnie i czekać, aż kiedyś ktoś zrobi coś za was. Kiedyś jest już Dziś, a ten ktoś to Wy. John Tepene (dyrektor szkoły z Nowej Zelandii) Cztery tysiące tygodni. Tyle statystycznie mamy czasu na to wszystko. Wydaje się, że to dużo, ale wcale tak nie jest. Dlatego swoją podróż do wymarzonego życia musisz zacząć już teraz! Poznaj swoje prawdziwe „ja” i odkryj, czego chcesz od życia. Przestań narzekać i rusz się! Już, teraz, kiedy jeszcze masz na to czas. Pozbądź się złych nawyków, zanim wejdą ci w krew i staną się dominującą częścią twojej osobowości. Zastanów się, co chciałbyś osiągnąć w życiu, i znajdź sposób, żeby zacząć robić to już teraz. Andy Cope – nauczyciel, trener, mówca motywacyjny i autor książek. Obecnie zajmuje się problematyką szczęścia i pozytywnego nastawienia w ramach pracy doktorskiej na Uniwersytecie Loughborough. Andy Whittaker – trener, autor bestsellerowych książek, sfrustrowany komik, trener NLP i Terapii Linii Czasu. Darrell Woodman – radiowiec, student psychologii pozytywnej stosowanej. Amy Bradley – każda z jej ilustracji jest rysowana ręcznie, przy użyciu technik cyfrowych.