How to Get Out of Your Own Way

Tyrese Gibson

Apr 2011 · Sold by Grand Central Publishing

About this ebook

Actor, singer, songwriter Tyrese Gibson crafts a memoir filled with every emotion and life experience one could possibly imagine. With personal experiences paired with reflective questions based on his extremely popular blog piece, "The Love Circle", Tyrese hopes to inspire readers to pursue their dreams and not let life's obstacles stand in the way.


How to Get Out of Your Own Way is organized into a series of fundamental questions that helped Tyrese redefine who he was as a human being, and evolve into a new man. Tyrese stresses that life becomes infinitely richer when one takes the time to know him or herself and understand the true meaning of peace and fulfillment. This book is a guide to helping yourself, using his experiences as a learning tool. "It's not about talking down to people, it's about elevating them," Tyrese says.

Some of Tyrese's chapter-based questions include: How much do you love yourself? How much do you want for yourself? Why do men cheat? What is your bottom line? Are you ready for the next level?

Quotes and Reviews:
"Tyrese wholeheartedly shares his life experiences and how he discovered a new road map of conscious compassion and love to define his true potential." -- Deepak Chopra, author of The Soul of Leadership

"How to Get Out of Your Own Way is a triumph. Tyrese will shock and amaze you with how he overcame the odds and became a superstar. This star of the Transformers sequel will show you how to transform your life in this amazingly candid book!" -- Rev Run

"I've watched Tyrese for many years - I've watched him succeed; I've watched him fail; I've seen him as a beneficiary of serendipity, and I've watched him suffer at his own hand. And in the recent years, as we've become friends, I've witnessed Tyrese Gibson learn how to get out of his own way as he wrestled his destiny from the fickle hands of fate." -- Will Smith

Ratings and reviews

i never thought that this book can inspired me the little i read this book i got all in to it. i thank god that i have someone that knows what to be in our shoes. Tyrese i thank you so much for letting us know things that we are scared to admit. this book is going to be the best selling because if it did touch me is going to touch everyone. i love the way you present this book you gave me more understanding about you . GOD bless you and the family n i hope this is not the last book you are going to write. i would like to hear more you touched me with you're fact and i once again thank you . and i love you for who you are by rosa from newark nj

Basically it's a collection of expanded sound bites the same things you see on any meme like "just do it" ect ad naseum. I have no dislike for tyrese however i do dislike "sound biting" people need opportunity and sadly a big element of opportunity in our society is based on $ and a small % of luck, which can be tied to displaying your work ethic & right time right place. If he wanted to really help people he'd teach people how to create oportunity and success w/out sound bites.

This is the best inspiritual/self-help book I have ever read. Just the foreword has lite some bulbs and opened my eyes to what is happening in my life. Thank you so much for writing this book. I too have had the thing with writing my story. Now I am going to start on it soon.

About the author

Tyrese Gibson- -- known to his legions of fans as "Tyrese" -- is an American multimedia entertainer who has been hugely successful as a multi-platinum and Grammy-nominated R&B singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, and fashion model.

Born and raised in the gritty South Central L.A. section of Watts, Tyrese was discovered at the age of fourteen when he won a local talent show. His performance in a 1995 Coke commercial, singing the phrase "Always Coca-Cola," led to worldwide recognition and a longstanding music career. After releasing several award-winning albums, he transitioned into films, first with John Singleton's critically acclaimed Baby Boy, followed by some of Hollywood's biggest movies, including 2 Fast 2 Furious, Four Brothers, and Michael Bay's Transformers.

Tyrese created the bestselling comic book Mayhem and produced the television show First In.
He is currently working on his sixth studio album and can be seen next in the upcoming mega-franchise films, Fast Five and Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon.