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I Can't Make This Up
I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons | Kevin Hart
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Superstar comedian and Hollywood box office star Kevin Hart turns his immense talent to the written word by writing some words. Some of those words include: the, a, for, above, and even even. Put them together and you have the funniest, most heartfelt, and most inspirational memoir on survival, success, and the importance of believing in yourself since Old Yeller. The question youre probably asking yourself right now is: What does Kevin Hart have that a book also has? According to the three people who have seen Kevin Hart and a book in the same room, the answer is clear: A book is compact. Kevin Hart is compact. A book has a spine that holds it together. Kevin Hart has a spine that holds him together. A book has a beginning. Kevin Harts life uniquely qualifies him to write this book by also having a beginning. It begins in North Philadelphia. He was born an accident, unwanted by his parents. His father was a drug addict who was in and out of jail. His brother was a crack dealer and petty thief. And his mother was overwhelmingly strict, beating him with belts, frying pans, and his own toys. The odds, in short, were stacked against our young hero, just like the odds that are stacked against the release of a new book in this era of social media (where Hart has a following of over 100 million, by the way). But Kevin Hart, like Ernest Hemingway, JK Rowling, and Chocolate Droppa before him, was able to defy the odds and turn it around. In his literary debut, he takes the reader on a journey through what his life was, what it is today, and how hes overcome each challenge to become the man he is today. And that man happens to be the biggest comedian in the world, with tours that sell out football stadiums and films that have collectively grossed over $3.5 billion. He achieved this not just through hard work, determination, and talent: It was through his unique way of looking at the world. Because just like a book has chapters, Hart sees life as a collection of chapters that each person gets to write for himself or herself. Not only do you get to choose how you interpret each chapter, but your interpretation writes the next chapter, he says. So why not choose the interpretation that serves your life the best?
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Balibee146
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A very short read up next on #kindle

Amazon Original not on Litsy database.

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Kevin Hart does not shy away from the truth in this revealing memoir about his life. He turns his experiences into a book of pat advice. I listened to this on audio and enjoyed his humor and suspect that he added quite a bit of content while recording. I‘d recommend for fans of his, but be prepared to learn some ugly history you may not have known. The good thing is, he admits a the mistakes and doesn‘t make excuses. ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 ❤️📚

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3✨ If there is one thing that I got from this book, it is never give up. Mr Hart was not an overnight success. He struggled in his everyday life and not being what people were looking for in a comedian. It took a long time from him to learn what would work for him and what he wanted for his career. He makes this book hilarious of course, and his audiobook is read by him to make it even better.

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These two are old enough to get neutered and adopted! Fostering is silly… how do you not adopt them. 😅 Catrat and Gandalf the Grey 🥰💛 #CatsofLitsy Plus I‘m going to try to finish the tagged today and maybe my #OUABC book: Under the Tamarind Tree

dabbe Kitty cuteness overload! 🖤🐾🐾🖤 6mo
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Brilliant! It‘s an honest, warts and all, peek into the man behind the jokes. He made me laugh out loud through much of the book but told his story in such a way as to make the reader feel his struggle at the same time. I highly recommend this book to Kevin Hart fans.

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1. Tagged! I really enjoyed this audiobook.
2. No challenges, but I do an Autumn book swap with my cousin in Japan.
@TheSpineView #two4tuesday

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 3y
TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 3y
Megabooks Yes! This is a good audiobook! 👍🏻👍🏻 3y
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Loved listening to this! Would love to compare it to the book and see how much he has ad-libbed in the audio! Very funny guy with a huge dollop of determination ... this book was recommended to me after I had enjoyed Becoming, wasn‘t sure it would be comparable but it certainly is for inspirational listening!

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Frecks-Booklover4life
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Via audible. I enjoyed this one! Lots of motivation and positivity throughout!

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Staci
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The Biography of Kevin Hart was good. I have a whole new respect for him and his determination to be a star.

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This is starting off fun!

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I loved this book. I listened to the audio book. Kevin Hart reads it. 😂 😂 He has been through a lot of crazy shit in his life. Wow he's amazing and reading his own story just makes it so much more enjoyable.

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I confess...I can‘t stick with one book from start to finish, I have to switch things up. So am constantly reading multiple books at the same time.
Just suffered the first 31 chapters of Kevin Hart‘s book (Each chapter is super short and that‘s only 1/4th of the book) and things are finally looking up!
And, got myself more books...There‘s too much to read and too little time, between work, play, and hustle! 🥺

baes I am the same way, unless it sucks me in from the start. Usually at the halfway point of a book is where I begin to devote my time to finishing that book. 5y
janerzy @baes 👍🏽😂 5y
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This was the perfect type of book in that I had that conflict in which I didn't want it to end, but couldn't put it down either. More than a mere collection of funny stories, this is also a serious book about an incredibly driven man with an insane work ethic and an almost inhuman level of positivity and perseverance.

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JanuarieTimewalker13 Love Curtis...had “Move On Up” as my ring tone forever. 5y
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Birdsong28 This is so good as an Audiobook!! 📚📖 5y
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JanuarieTimewalker13 Tortoise and the Hare. Dah...The Hare and The Tortoise....nope, it‘s both ways, somehow. (edited) 5y
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JanuarieTimewalker13 That wouldn‘t suit me. I‘d rather rest. Lol 5y
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Struggling when you're going somewhere is exciting. Struggling when you're not getting anywhere is challenging. But struggling when you're going backward is hell.

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Bookartbookmarks 😂😂😂😂🙌 5y
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Humble brag:
After my reading session this evening and finishing this book, I also completed my first yearly goal in Bookly just over three months early!!
I reset the next one to track my last ten books for the year and I have the next five of those ten picked out!!

Vinjii Congrats 🙌 what app is that? 5y
Chelseabillups30 @Vinjii, it‘s called Bookly. Probably my next favorite and most used bookish app aside from Litsy! 5y
Vinjii @Chelseabillups30 I try and use a similar app when I write and keep forgetting to start the timer 😂 thank you! 5y
Chelseabillups30 @Vinjii, I hate when I start a reading session and don‘t remember to start the timer until AFTER I‘m done reading!! I‘ve driven myself crazy a couple times doing that.....😂😑🤣 5y
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So if any of you do read this book, I‘d highly recommend the audio as a companion as you read, it‘s got some serious adult, crude and inappropriate humor, but if you can get past that it enhances the experience. I‘ve always loved Kevin‘s comedy. I have that sarcastic, slapstick driven taste in comedy and Kevin is all about that. This book was both hilarious and insightful and gave me a more complete view of who I know Kevin Hart to be.

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When you look back on your life, it should mean something. You should be able to say, “Wow, I made an impact on the world when I was there.” And you don‘t create change by being comfortable.

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In this world, there is nothing but life lessons. Pay attention to them and the world will open itself up to you.

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Every experience you have you have is a gift created to teach you a lesson. If you learn and implement that lesson in your life, then you get to receive the next gift.

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Know that your patience will always be tested, and if you can pass that test, you will be tested again and again, until the rare few left standing reap the rewards.

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Patience is understanding that your moment will come at the right time, and your job is to get ready for that moment.

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Let yourself be driven by your will to succeed rather than your fear of not succeeding.

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If you don‘t believe in your own greatness, no one else will. You‘re limited only by your doubts, your fears, and your desire to fit in rather than stand out.

RiverKScottWrites Ugh ugh! Hits home 5y
Chelseabillups30 @lroseriver, you‘re welcome!! 😉 5y
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Everybody wants success in something, whether it‘s in work, love, play, finances, family or an inner struggle. But success doesn‘t come instantly. Life has a process of rejecting you to test you and prepare you to win.

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If life is a struggle, then struggle. If you get rejected, get rejected again. If your dreams are smashed, keep dreaming. Just keep your eyes on the prize—and always remember that you have to fail to win.

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What‘s harder than achieving success is achieving consistent success. But what‘s even harder than achieving consistent success is achieving consistently bigger successes.

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If people are saying critical things about you, it means you‘re worth talking about.

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A few people have a snake on their back that you can see, but most people with a snake have one that you can‘t see. Shit can go bad at any time for any reason.

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When you mourn, when you hurt, when someone you love—or everyone you love—passes, it may feel like a void has opened up in your universe. But in the universe, energy can never be destroyed.

BarbaraTheBibliophage Thank you. Two people from our extended family passed away this week. This is a unique way to consider it. (edited) 5y
Chelseabillups30 @BarbaraTheBibliophage, I‘m sorry for your losses, my prayers for peace and strength are with you during this time. I was intrigued by this perspective as well and glad that sharing it could connect us. 5y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Chelseabillups30 Thank you so much! How‘s the rest of the book? 5y
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Chelseabillups30 @BarbaraTheBibliophage, it‘s been a really fun, hilarious read!! And unexpectedly packed with lots of wise words and stories from Kevin Hart‘s career and life journey. Waaay more serious than I would‘ve thought, but he really paints a whole picture of what has made him who he is today, so much more than a comedian! I highly recommend the audiobook along with the physical book, it enhances the experience! 5y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Chelseabillups30 Thanks! I would never have picked it up, but now maybe I will. I‘m using this month to catch up on ARCs, though. (edited) 5y
Chelseabillups30 I have always been a fan of his comedy (heads up it can get very crude and inappropriate, so if that‘s not your style....proceed with caution...) but it really is a book that paints a picture of so much more than his role as a comedian. Really makes you question why we look at celebrity figures the way that we do and idolize them as if they were not ever one of us. He really makes you see that fame & fortune doesn‘t doesn‘t define who a person is. (edited) 5y
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Life is not about the result—we all have the same outcome in the end. Life is about the effort you put into it.

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All you can do is play the odds. If you choose to give up, you can be fairly certain that life will pass you by. But if you choose to try your best, you can at least tip the balance significantly in your favor.

yeahnonotagain What a wonderful quote! 5y
Chelseabillups30 @ReadingOverSleeping, Yesssssss!! There have been many in this book thus far!! Sitting down to read the rest of it now! 5y
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Struggling when you‘re going somewhere is exciting. Struggling when you‘re not getting anywhere is challenging. But struggling when you‘re going backwards is hell.

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Though people say to live in the moment, each moment leads to other moments. So treat each moment like a seed, and care for it so that something beautiful can grow from it.

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Every experience is a potential life lesson. Even if you don‘t appreciate it at the time, each struggle in the present is preparing you for something else in the future.

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“If you ever hear the words no and can‘t, ignore them. They don‘t exist. Don‘t let them get in the way of the goals you need to accomplish.”

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Kaboom #2 to end my reading session for the night!! 💥💣💥💣💥

mcipher Easier said than done, right?! 5y
Chelseabillups30 @mcipher, accurate. But KH‘s still dropping truth bombs over here!! 5y
mcipher Yeah I‘m loving your posts about this book! 👍 5y
Chelseabillups30 @mcipher, highly recommend!! I‘ve been a fan of KH for his comedy for years but I never expected that such wise words and depth of character would come from him!! He‘s definitely gone through some stuff! 5y
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