Normal Gets You Nowhere

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I made no secret of the fact that I loved Kelly’s first book If You Have To Cry Go Outside. I thought the advice was sound and it was interesting learning more tidbits about her personal life and work. It was a fast, worthwhile read and I still recommend it to people. In this book, Kelly talks about love, death, human rights, compassion and redefining success and reasons for being. I loved it! Our LED neon signs are all rated for 50,000 hours. That’s nearly 3X the life expectancy of traditional neon signs. If problems arise, they are typically due to the 12V transformer that powers your sign and those can be replaced and are covered under your warranty. LED neon signs are vastly different from traditional neon gas lights. They are safer, more energy-efficient and are actually brighter by 5-10%. You’ll also love that they cost 80% less to run than those old neon signs. Nuwave Neon signs come ready to hang, with pre-drilled holes. If you can hang a picture frame, you can hang a Neon! Have questions? Send us a message!

nor-mal: according with, constituting, or not deviating from a norm, rule or principle / conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern / of, relating to, or characterized by average intelligence or development You can imagine how excited I was to read her second book, Normal Gets You Nowhere, and I know some of you were looking forward to it as well. I had high expectations, even though I didn’t expect it would be a same song, second verse situation. I knew she wouldn’t do a lazy remix of the first book, so I was wondering what direction she’d take it in.While I definitely did enjoy this book, I have to admit upfront, it just didn’t grab me as much as her first book did. Perhaps it was the subject matter and where I am at this point in my life. Last year, IF YOU HAVE TO CRY GO OUTSIDE practically fell into my lap at a time when I needed it most. I loved the career advice Cutrone offered, and I enjoyed hearing stories of how she starred her own PR agency. I hoped for more of this in her sophomore book, but NORMAL GETS YOU NOWHERE took a different approach. A lot safer. By a long shot. They don’t get warm to the touch; they use less energy and have no toxic gasses. And, because they use such a low amount of energy, they’re also low risk for any electrical hazards. They’re pretty much better than traditional neon signs in every way. No dangers or worries. Just 100% fresh poppin’ color with an eco-friendly flavor. So, it’s uneven. Very uneven. It bounces around a bit, feels a little thrown together and, while containing important nuggets of advice like her first, has a distinct tone of spirituality throughout that was only briefly touched on in her first book. For some readers, this could really throw you…or turn you off. She alternates between the hard-as-nails personality we’ve all seen on TV and this super-compassionate, super-spiritual woman. The result is a book that I can’t really wrap my head around. I’m not sure what kind of book she set out to write. In the forward, she mentions that her editor wanted her to do “Kelly’s take” on the 10 Commandments and she refused, wanting to write her own thing. Well, this is her own thing—that much is evident. But it’s also wildly bizarre one minute and becomes coherent the next.

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