Luvvie Ajayi Books

Let’s start where most of our daily chaos begins—online. I love the internet, but sometimes it feels like we’ve built an entire civilization on bad manners. You know what I mean: endless selfies, subtweets, and people who think activism ends when they click 'share'. My issue isn’t with social media ...

From I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual

One of the hardest but most liberating truths is this: we are all works in progress. I call out hypocrisy not because I’m immune to it, but because I see how easily it infects us all. We judge others for what we secretly struggle with ourselves. We preach about kindness but snap at strangers. We cha...

From I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual

The first step in fighting fear is to call it what it is. Too often, we dress fear up as 'realism' or 'being responsible,' when deep down, it’s simply the belief that we can’t handle what might happen. I learned early in my career that fear doesn’t disappear—it just changes costume. When I launched ...

From Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual

Once you’ve named your fears, you must decide to speak anyway. Speaking truth isn’t easy—it can cost you comfort, approval, or even opportunity. But silence costs you yourself. One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned is that truth-tellers don’t wait for permission. I wrote about race, gender, and so...

From Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual