You don’t hate your life. That’s what makes it hard to explain. On paper, everything looks fine. You pay your bills. You’re loved. You’re not in crisis. From the outside, you’re doing well.

But there’s a quiet feeling you can’t shake. It shows up on the drive home. Sunday night. One question that never quite leaves:

Is this really it? If that sounds familiar, this book is for you.

Chad Addie spent a decade trying to fix himself—thinking he lacked discipline, that he was lazy, scattered, behind. He fought his ADHD, chased productivity hacks, and wondered why nothing stuck. Then a corporate layoff in December 2016 forced a realization that changed everything:

He wasn’t broken. He was pointed in the wrong direction.

Be a Weirdo is the handbook he wishes he had at twenty-five. In seventeen chapters, Chad shares what he learned from two decades of building companies, going broke, getting laid off, grieving, selling, and starting over—including growing Karben Marketing into an award-winning agency and eventually selling the company he built.

You’ll learn why most people don’t have a motivation problem—they have an alignment problem—and why the “middle ground” is more dangerous than failure.

The book is divided into three parts: diagnosis, direction, and execution.

By the end, you won’t feel inspired—you’ll feel uncomfortable staying the same. And that’s what actually creates change.

You don’t need permission. Or perfect timing. Or another book.

You just need to start—and keep going.

Go build something real, you weirdo.