The courage to live as a supporting actor
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Book Introduction
"Important things require courage.
It involves abandoning myself and being prepared to live as a supporting actor."
If you're not the lead, is your life a failure?
A good college, a good job, owning a home, a successful marriage…
We look to society for wealth and fame and struggle day after day to achieve them.
But if you don't reach the top, does that necessarily mean you've failed? "The Courage to Live as a Supporting Role" is a warm and bold essay that shows a life lived without giving up on dreams, believing in yourself, and quietly taking on challenges, even if you're not a leading role by the world's standards.
Newspaper and war correspondent, documentary director, broadcasting producer, and currently a researcher and writer at Oxford University, England.
Behind a resume that appears flashy at first glance, there are countless layers of failure, wandering, frustration, and anxiety.
however
The author asks:
"So what if you're not the lead? Isn't it a blessing to realize the virtues of a supporting role?"
This book talks about the 'dream position' rather than the 'normal position'.
The world demands endless competition, pointing to the highest position, but ultimately, the force that sustains our daily lives is the encouragement that even living as a supporting actor is enough.
For those who fear challenges at life's turning points and those who feel frustrated by their uncertain position, this book will give them the courage to challenge and be grateful for life.
It involves abandoning myself and being prepared to live as a supporting actor."
If you're not the lead, is your life a failure?
A good college, a good job, owning a home, a successful marriage…
We look to society for wealth and fame and struggle day after day to achieve them.
But if you don't reach the top, does that necessarily mean you've failed? "The Courage to Live as a Supporting Role" is a warm and bold essay that shows a life lived without giving up on dreams, believing in yourself, and quietly taking on challenges, even if you're not a leading role by the world's standards.
Newspaper and war correspondent, documentary director, broadcasting producer, and currently a researcher and writer at Oxford University, England.
Behind a resume that appears flashy at first glance, there are countless layers of failure, wandering, frustration, and anxiety.
however
The author asks:
"So what if you're not the lead? Isn't it a blessing to realize the virtues of a supporting role?"
This book talks about the 'dream position' rather than the 'normal position'.
The world demands endless competition, pointing to the highest position, but ultimately, the force that sustains our daily lives is the encouragement that even living as a supporting actor is enough.
For those who fear challenges at life's turning points and those who feel frustrated by their uncertain position, this book will give them the courage to challenge and be grateful for life.
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index
prolog
Dear Mother
A rookie director with a lot of luck
The taste of a scoop
Cowardly war correspondent
Complex Paradox
My Alma Mater, Documentary
The Two Faces of Parting
A teacher without students
Wings of Fall
I'm a beginner anyway
In the end, people
Reset life
Oxford's writer
Dreaming old youth
Epilogue
Recommendation
Dear Mother
A rookie director with a lot of luck
The taste of a scoop
Cowardly war correspondent
Complex Paradox
My Alma Mater, Documentary
The Two Faces of Parting
A teacher without students
Wings of Fall
I'm a beginner anyway
In the end, people
Reset life
Oxford's writer
Dreaming old youth
Epilogue
Recommendation
Detailed image
Into the book
The day I submitted my resignation to the editorial department, looking at my empty desk, I felt more relief than regret.
I will never return to this place again.
But it was clear that I would miss you for the rest of my life.
A journalist's life, torn between an arrogant obsession with scoops and a clumsy compassion for humanity.
“Will you be a good reporter? Will you be a good person?”
This heartbreaking question will never subside.
--- From "The Taste of Scoop"
A lot of time has passed.
I slowly learned humility.
And I started to think deeply about the roles of the lead and supporting actors.
The virtue of supporting roles is to set a common goal and then use the efforts you put in to help someone else shine.
If you can't be a star yourself, it's a good thing to strive for others.
--- From "Wings of Fall"
After erasing all my work experience, my resume is barely half an A4 page long.
I raised one hand and rested my chin on it.
I sat cross-legged on the chair.
I finally managed to pull myself together, my mind weighed down by fear, wondering if I could handle the day-job duties at Tesco.
It's definitely hard to face something unfamiliar and become a true beginner.
But it's a world you wouldn't know at all if you didn't encounter it.
It took courage and an open mind to forget all about my past experiences and shyly take on the challenge.
--- From "Life is a Beginner Anyway"
At one time, it struggled to maintain its specialness.
What a pitiful and difficult time it was.
I threw off the heavy coat that had been weighing down my shoulders.
After I accepted my ordinary self, I gained creative freedom.
Autumn has come to Oxford.
Fallen leaves flutter in the wind and brush against the walls of the Gothic building.
I walk through the narrow alleys toward the center of campus.
I will never return to this place again.
But it was clear that I would miss you for the rest of my life.
A journalist's life, torn between an arrogant obsession with scoops and a clumsy compassion for humanity.
“Will you be a good reporter? Will you be a good person?”
This heartbreaking question will never subside.
--- From "The Taste of Scoop"
A lot of time has passed.
I slowly learned humility.
And I started to think deeply about the roles of the lead and supporting actors.
The virtue of supporting roles is to set a common goal and then use the efforts you put in to help someone else shine.
If you can't be a star yourself, it's a good thing to strive for others.
--- From "Wings of Fall"
After erasing all my work experience, my resume is barely half an A4 page long.
I raised one hand and rested my chin on it.
I sat cross-legged on the chair.
I finally managed to pull myself together, my mind weighed down by fear, wondering if I could handle the day-job duties at Tesco.
It's definitely hard to face something unfamiliar and become a true beginner.
But it's a world you wouldn't know at all if you didn't encounter it.
It took courage and an open mind to forget all about my past experiences and shyly take on the challenge.
--- From "Life is a Beginner Anyway"
At one time, it struggled to maintain its specialness.
What a pitiful and difficult time it was.
I threw off the heavy coat that had been weighing down my shoulders.
After I accepted my ordinary self, I gained creative freedom.
Autumn has come to Oxford.
Fallen leaves flutter in the wind and brush against the walls of the Gothic building.
I walk through the narrow alleys toward the center of campus.
--- From "Reset Life"
Publisher's Review
A stage of life completed as a supporting actor
The lead actors shine, but the stage would never be complete without the supporting actors.
The author has constantly wandered between the desire to boldly pursue his dreams and the stability of his position.
Every time he took on a new challenge, he was always a 'late bloomer', and he felt like he was the only one left behind.
But through those experiences of failure, he eventually found his own story and enlightenment about life.
"The Courage to Live as a Supporting Role" tells lost youth that "it's okay to wander," gives middle-aged readers "the courage to start over, even if it's late," and shows everyone living in today's uncertain times "the possibility of a life we can dream of because we're supporting characters."
This book tells us that living a life as a supporting actor is by no means a defeat, but rather that a shining life is ultimately completed through the pieces gathered one by one from small places.
So, this book has a greater impact on ordinary people who have been quietly enduring their daily lives behind the scenes.
Dazzling scenes created by ordinary people meeting together
Whenever I jump into a new job, I always have to stand in front of an unfamiliar field as a newbie.
But at every moment when he might have failed or given up, another protagonist would appear as if promised and take his next scene.
He would not be where he is today if it weren't for the encouragement of his colleagues, the support of his students, the advice of his seniors, and the comfort of his family while living as a reporter, producer, and professor.
The author never speaks of the path he has walked as a solo achievement.
He confesses that there has always been a supporting actor who helps him on stage, and that he has also been a supporting actor for others on stage.
Therefore, “The Courage to Live as a Supporting Role” is not simply an autobiographical account of one person, but a story of all of us who live by relying on each other in relationships.
It's not just the lead actors who light up the world.
Life becomes richer when supporting actors meet supporting actors and add to the story together.
This book reminds us that the supporting actors who complete each other's stage from behind the scenes, and the moments they create, are the 'true highlight scenes' of the movie called life.
The lead actors shine, but the stage would never be complete without the supporting actors.
The author has constantly wandered between the desire to boldly pursue his dreams and the stability of his position.
Every time he took on a new challenge, he was always a 'late bloomer', and he felt like he was the only one left behind.
But through those experiences of failure, he eventually found his own story and enlightenment about life.
"The Courage to Live as a Supporting Role" tells lost youth that "it's okay to wander," gives middle-aged readers "the courage to start over, even if it's late," and shows everyone living in today's uncertain times "the possibility of a life we can dream of because we're supporting characters."
This book tells us that living a life as a supporting actor is by no means a defeat, but rather that a shining life is ultimately completed through the pieces gathered one by one from small places.
So, this book has a greater impact on ordinary people who have been quietly enduring their daily lives behind the scenes.
Dazzling scenes created by ordinary people meeting together
Whenever I jump into a new job, I always have to stand in front of an unfamiliar field as a newbie.
But at every moment when he might have failed or given up, another protagonist would appear as if promised and take his next scene.
He would not be where he is today if it weren't for the encouragement of his colleagues, the support of his students, the advice of his seniors, and the comfort of his family while living as a reporter, producer, and professor.
The author never speaks of the path he has walked as a solo achievement.
He confesses that there has always been a supporting actor who helps him on stage, and that he has also been a supporting actor for others on stage.
Therefore, “The Courage to Live as a Supporting Role” is not simply an autobiographical account of one person, but a story of all of us who live by relying on each other in relationships.
It's not just the lead actors who light up the world.
Life becomes richer when supporting actors meet supporting actors and add to the story together.
This book reminds us that the supporting actors who complete each other's stage from behind the scenes, and the moments they create, are the 'true highlight scenes' of the movie called life.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: November 12, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 212 pages | 306g | 135*200*14mm
- ISBN13: 9791194531067
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