GTFU Gift Cover

So, you like my book and want to gift a copy to someone you love, but there’s a little problem: Giving someone a self-help book with “Grow The Fuck Up” in the subtitle is likely to be perceived as an insult by your beloved recipient. Here’s what I wrote at the end of Chapter 1:

If you think giving this book to a friend or family member will help them — and you’re confident they will appreciate the gesture (no, not that gesture) — then I would invite you first to download and print my free “gift cover” for the book. It will clarify your intention before they see the title, and, hopefully, they’ll perceive the gift as a sign of your faith in their potential, rather than an expression of assholery.

The gift cover (depicted above) reads...

This Gift
is offered as an expression
of Love, Respect, and Faith in
your Potential to serve Life
in meaningful ways.

(Keep that in mind when you
remove this cover and see
the title of the book.)

You’ll need to print the PDF file on two Letter size (8.5x11-inch) pages. Then you’ll tape or glue the pages into one long 8.5x17-inch page that you fold and wrap around the book like a dust cover. Just follow the instructions on page 2 of the PDF:

BTW... Thanks for sharing my work. I sincerely hope your generosity doesn’t land you on your giftee’s “asshole list.” 🫏🕳️🙀