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lilyreader01 's review for:
A Different Kind of Power: A memoir
by Jacinda Ardern
The five star drought is over!!
This book was one of my most favourite celebrity memoirs ever (NZ fav for sure).
Hearing about her upbringing (especially being Mormon) was really fascinating and I learnt a lot about her and why she is the leader she is. Her recount of the Christchurch mosque attacks made cry a lot and I literally was furiously wiping away tears while driving to work. Her talking about COVID was almost as bad. NZ took her for granted so so much and I miss her all the time :/
A long but incredible quote from this book - “If you have impostor syndrome, or question yourself, channel that. It will help you. You will read more, seek out advice, and humble yourself to situations that require humility to be conquered. If you’re anxious, and overthink everything, if you can imagine the worst-case scenario always, channel that too. It will mean you are ready when the most challenging days arrive. And if you are thin-skinned and sensitive, if criticism cuts you in two, that is not weakness; it’s empathy. In fact, all of the traits that you believe are your flaws will come to be your strengths. The things you thought would cripple you will in fact make you stronger, make you better. They will give you a different kind of power, and make you a leader that this world, with all its turmoil, might just need.”
This book was one of my most favourite celebrity memoirs ever (NZ fav for sure).
Hearing about her upbringing (especially being Mormon) was really fascinating and I learnt a lot about her and why she is the leader she is. Her recount of the Christchurch mosque attacks made cry a lot and I literally was furiously wiping away tears while driving to work. Her talking about COVID was almost as bad. NZ took her for granted so so much and I miss her all the time :/
A long but incredible quote from this book - “If you have impostor syndrome, or question yourself, channel that. It will help you. You will read more, seek out advice, and humble yourself to situations that require humility to be conquered. If you’re anxious, and overthink everything, if you can imagine the worst-case scenario always, channel that too. It will mean you are ready when the most challenging days arrive. And if you are thin-skinned and sensitive, if criticism cuts you in two, that is not weakness; it’s empathy. In fact, all of the traits that you believe are your flaws will come to be your strengths. The things you thought would cripple you will in fact make you stronger, make you better. They will give you a different kind of power, and make you a leader that this world, with all its turmoil, might just need.”