Summary: Mo Issa describes writing his memoir as a journey of honesty and vulnerability, moving away from self-help advice to share personal experiences. He believes that memoirs connect readers through shared emotions and stories, fostering empathy and hope. Issa hopes his book will resonate with readers and offer them a sense of shared humanity.
Inspiration without action becomes a frustrating exercise in futility. (View Highlight)
all changes when the information we take in becomes charged with emotions; our odds of getting into action rise dramatically. (View Highlight)
In sharing ourselves and our experiences through the craft of memoir, we replicate the age-old tradition of storytelling. (View Highlight)
We are all interconnected. Writers and readers. We need to dig into our own experience—and one another’s—to reconnect over and over again. (View Highlight)