{"product_id":"kill-your-gurus-why-every-icon-you-admire-is-broken-and-why-that-sets-you-free-9798247190752","title":"Kill Your Gurus: Why Every Icon You Admire Is Broken-And Why That Sets You Free","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Zed\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Growth - Self-Esteem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Jobs died believing carrot juice could cure his cancer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGandhi slept naked with teenage girls. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Lennon abused his son. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRousseau wrote the most influential book on education-then abandoned all five of his children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe worship these people. We hang their quotes on our walls. We try to live like them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what if everything you believed about your heroes was wrong? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKILL YOUR GURUS takes you on an uncomfortable journey through the private lives of 32 historical giants-geniuses, saints, artists, and visionaries-and reveals what the biographies leave out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou'll discover: \u003cbr\u003e- Why the smartest people made the dumbest choices\u003cbr\u003e- Why achievement never filled their inner emptiness\u003cbr\u003e- Why moral authority figures lived double lives\u003cbr\u003e- Why those who preached love destroyed the people closest to them \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis isn't gossip. This isn't cynicism. This is liberation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause here's the truth no one tells you: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are no perfect adults. There never were. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe mentor who will save you doesn't exist. The role model with all the answers is a myth. The guru you're searching for is just another broken human-like you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd that's the best news you'll ever hear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause once your idols fall, you can finally stop trying to be them. You can stop measuring yourself against impossible standards. You can stop waiting for someone else's permission to live your life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are no adults.\u003cbr\u003eBut there is you.\u003cbr\u003eAnd that is enough.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47570284707991,"sku":"9798247190752","price":849.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798247190752.webp?v=1774881095","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/kill-your-gurus-why-every-icon-you-admire-is-broken-and-why-that-sets-you-free-9798247190752","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}