{"product_id":"tryhard-a-cautionary-tale-of-clocking-in-and-spinning-out-9780063380509","title":"Tryhard: A Cautionary Tale of Clocking in and Spinning Out","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Funny, brutally honest and compulsively readable.\" -- BookPage, STARRED review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An insightful, funny, and refreshingly personal journey into workaholism and the pathological Type A mind.\" -- Cat Marnell, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Murder Your Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA superstar podcast producer delivers a unique, laugh-out-loud, cry quietly invitation to examine our delusional obsessions with work in this eye-opening book--part memoir, part mentoring, part confessional guide--that dissects the emotional ties that bind us . . . to our desks.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor any type-A, high achiever out there, this is the book that sees you. And provides a cathartic, funny, emotionally charged insight into what drives the perfection-oriented.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Mayer was born a girlboss. As a child in suburban Illinois, she played \"V.P. of Sales\" in her bedroom, dictating important memos to her twin brother and swapping Judy Blume for the buzzy business books of the day. While other kids dreamed of being pop stars or pro athletes, little Laura had a single-minded focus: the corporate ladder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome thirty years later, from a dizzying perch on that very ladder--as Executive Producer of Podcasts at ABC News, with such blockbuster shows as \u003ci\u003eRevisionist History, Bad Blood, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHappier with Gretchen Rubin\u003c\/i\u003e to her credit--and with an identity shaped by annual reviews, performance indicators, and \"executive presence\" (whatever that means) a disillusioned Laura is calling \"bullshit\" on the whole work-is-life thing. Sort of.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTryhard \u003c\/i\u003eis a gonzo memoir for 9-to-5 devotees who have read every business book and C-suite-or-bust instruction manual yet still find we're burnt out and unhappy. It is also a deeply personal and poignant examination of why we race at all. Laura detangles this delusional mess of priorities we've created, rejects the \"boss-at-any-cost\" culture, and invites us to laugh at ourselves (and her) along the way. She offers the modern office worker a new path forward through her own revelations, and implores us, for the love of God, to chill out a little bit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Laura's messy, somewhat enlightened, possibly transformative, heart-wrenching and always entertaining story--a one-of-a-kind sightseeing trip on the Great American hamster wheel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Mayer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperOne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063380509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMayer, Laura:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eLaura Mayer\u003c\/b\u003e is Head of Podcasts at Talkhouse. She worked as the Executive Producer of Podcast Programming at ABC News while she wrote this book. She has worked in \"Big Podcasting\" for as long as anyone can work in \"Big Podcasting.\" Laura has developed more than one-hundred podcasts throughout her career. She executive produced ABC News's wildly-popular slate of true crime shows. She co-created and launched \u003ci\u003eThe Dream\u003c\/i\u003e. She also wrote and hosted her own podcast, \u003ci\u003eShameless Acquisition Target, \u003c\/i\u003e which inspired this book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Laura Mayer \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48641388642461,"sku":"9780063380509","price":33.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_6e11e1f4-fbce-497e-8c8b-0c2be67ce890.jpg?v=1784108167","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/tryhard-a-cautionary-tale-of-clocking-in-and-spinning-out-9780063380509","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}