After 4+ years of work, Steve’s new book, How to Try Again, is on bookshelves everywhere.

Steve is the nerd who started Nerd Fitness in 2009, and stepped back from NF to spend the last few years writing it.

The book is full of honest and helpful advice that mirrors what we talk about at Nerd Fitness. Each time a new version was read, a different part jumped out — the stories about the Wall of Failure and treading water, in particular, really stick with readers. And the line about the caterpillar and War & Peace lives rent free in the brain. (You’ll know it when you get there.)

If you’re ready for a compassionate approach to behavior change that will have you laughing as much as you are jotting notes in the margins, grab a copy this week.

We did it. Holy crap, we did it.

Four years ago, I took a big step back from Nerd Fitness to start work on a project that changed my life. I lived a lifetime — and went through chaos — while writing it.

How to Try Again is finally here.

Starting today, you can visit HowToTryAgain.com and order your copy in three different formats — hardcover, ebook, and audio — from wherever you like in the US, Canada, and Italy. If you’re in the UK, Ireland, South Africa, India, Australia, or New Zealand, it hits bookstores in your country on Thursday, but you can still order today.

I’ve been publishing a free weekly newsletter for the past 17 years, and this book is the culmination of that effort.

A Few Quick Notes

QUICK NOTE #1: Amazon currently has How to Try Again at a big launch week discount. No clue how long it’ll last, but that’s pretty fun!

QUICK NOTE #2: The book is also available everywhere else books are sold.

It’s also available on Amazon Canada and Amazon Italy. You should be able to walk into any bookstore in North America and find this book.

QUICK NOTE #3: If you order your copy by the end of this week, you’ll receive a set of launch bonuses:

  • The 10-hour playlist Steve listened to on repeat while writing How to Try Again
  • A secret chapter just for launch week buyers (coming July)
  • A Nerd Fitness starter guide
  • Access to a Secret Book Club where the book will be discussed over the coming months
  • Additional bonuses coming soon

How to Get All the Bonuses

Send your receipt from any version of the book, from any country, to the email address listed at HowToTryAgain.com to receive the bonuses and be entered to win NF Coaching. The site also includes quotes from fellow authors, a Publisher’s Weekly review, and more details.

Thank You for Being Here

I went through the most challenging years of my life while writing this book — I tell that story in the introduction.

I’m still going through it. But I’m here. And so are you.

This is the hardest I’ve ever worked on any project. It taught me far more about myself than I was expecting. There were plenty of late nights, early mornings, and really tough months to get this across the finish line — and I wouldn’t have it any other way. This is what I am meant to be doing.

I wrote the crap out of this book. I hope you can support my work, but no problem if you can’t. I’m so lucky I get to write for a living and share my weird thoughts with the world, and that’s all because of people like you. Thanks for being a fellow fallible human — it means more than you realize.

— Steve