![]() Initially published in 2013 to little fanfare, the first Badass instalment has gone on to sell millions of copies. Yet even in New York City, where image-conscious subway riders tend to listen to podcasts unless they have a Sheila Heti or Rachel Cusk volume to flaunt, candy-colored Badass volumes have become a mainstay, filling the void the Twilight books left. Sincero’s books aren’t the sort of thing you hear about at dinner parties. ![]() I visualise a more successful version of myself, writing Vanity Fair cover stories and turning down assignments while wearing the pale pink clogs, and hand over my credit card. That could mean quitting a humdrum job, buying a fancy car or investing in assistants to free up the time to devote to big-picture concerns. According to Sincero, it is necessary to live courageously and to “align” one’s actions with one’s deepest desires. Yet for the past few days I have been steeped in the work of Sincero, who in her bestselling You Are a Badass books urges readers to stop accepting anything short of their wildest dreams. ![]() Exquisite as they are, I can think of no possible justification for buying them. ![]() F ifteen minutes before my interview with inspirational guru Jen Sincero, I nip into a chic boutique in downtown Manhattan, where I am drawn to a pair of conch shell-pink sandals. ![]()
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