Brittany Wagner - Next Chance You: Tools, Tips, and Tough Love for Bringing Your A-Game to Life

from the Netflix Original Series, Last Chance U

BRITTANY WAGNER

NEXT CHANCE YOU

Tools, Tips, and Tough Love for Bringing Your A-Game to Life

Brittany Wagner stood out on Last Chance U because she passionately fought for the student-athletes she counselednot just to make grades to maintain eligibility, but to carve a path for a successful life after their playing days were over. She genuinely cares about them as people. Years later, they will tell you that they are better for having known her. In her book Next Chance You, she brings the same grit and determination to help you live your best life.

MICHAEL STRAHAN, co-host, Good Morning America; analyst, Fox NFL Sunday; Pro Football Hall of Famer

When I saw Brittany Wagner share her unique blend of practical advice and tough love to the student-athletes on Last Chance U, I could tell that she genuinely cared for and believed in them, even if they had lost faith in themselves. Ive since gotten to know her and can tell you that she is the real deal. Next Chance You, her blueprint for creating a growth mindset, will empower you, encouraging you to put your best foot forward and take advantage of opportunities that come your way.

COURTENEY COX, actress, producer, and director

Next Chance You is a book chock-full of helpful tips and strategies to help you reach your goals! Brittany and I grew up together in small town Mississippi, and even back then she was learning ways to empower herself and achieve her goals. This book takes her expertise and makes it understandable for people of all ages!

LANCE BASS, pop icon

I dont know where I would be today if it wasnt for Brittany Wagners guidance and endless support. She was a great academic advisor and, maybe even more importantly, she was a life advisor. As a lost twenty-year-old who had made many mistakes in my life, there were days I was alone, with no one to talk to, but she was always there for me with a listening ear and an open heart. Ms. Brittany was not there just to collect a paycheck. She was genuine and truly wanted to help me be the best student and best person I could possibly be. I will never forget the conversations we had that allowed me to learn and grow into the man I am today.

DAKOTA ALLEN, Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker

Everyone should have someone like Brittany Wagner tutor them through life. Someone wholl take a complicated algebra problem or a life problem and break it down into solvable parts. Someone wholl listen to the first draft of your English essay and gently point out places where it could be improved while simultaneously making you feel as though youre a better writer than you think you are. Someone wholl listen to your deepest aspirations; your most private fears and failures without judgment and with generous portions of kindness and patiencewith her signature standard of leaving you better than she found you. Brittany is a fine human during a time in which humanity is in short supply. She cant physically be everywhere for everyone, so this book is the next best thing.

GREG WHITELEY, producer of Last Chance U

Brittany Wagner is so inspiring to me, and with Next Chance You shes captured many of her empowering pieces of advice in one place. Anyone who could use a little motivation or help getting themselves on track to create a better life should read this book!

SARA EVANS, country music star

Brittany Wagner is the ultimate motivator. She has turned countless peoples lives around, including her own, with her brains and her heart. Her legendary tenacity will be portrayed by Courteney Cox in the Hollywood version, but her real-life story is even more riveting to discover.

And shes sharing her secrets in Next Chance You. The determined single mom has more surrogate kids running around. Brittany can help us all redefine success, both on and off the football field. From the humble East Mississippi Community College football program to Netflix stardom, Brittany maintains a clear-eyed view of whats real and whats hype. Next Chance You is a manifesto for living your best life by first believing in yourself.

JUJU CHANG, co-anchor, ABC News Nightline

There is no quick fix in the game of life. It takes blood, sweat, and tears to make our dreams a reality. Brittany Wagner understands this and teaches you how to make your life a success story in Next Chance You. She will teach you how to keep pushing toward the success you want, because all dreams can become realities with the right attitude and perseverance.

JAMES CONNER, NFL running back for the Arizona Cardinals and author of Fear Is a Choice

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Wagner, Brittany, 1977- author.

Title: Next chance you : tools, tips, and tough love for bringing your

A-game to life / Brittany Wagner.

Description: First Edition. | Boca Raton, FL : Health Communications, Inc., 2021.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021020556 (print) | LCCN 2021020557 (ebook) | ISBN

9780757324024 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780757324031 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Self-actualization (Psychology) | Motivation (Psychology) | Success.

Classification: LCC BF637.S4 W334 2021 (print) | LCC BF637.S4 (ebook) | DDC 158.1--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021020556

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021020557

2021 Brittany Wagner

ISBN-13: 978-0-7573-2402-4 (Paperback)

ISBN-10: 07573-2402-9 (Paperback)

ISBN-13: 978-0-7573-2403-1 (ePub)

ISBN-10: 07573-2403-7 (ePub)

All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher.

HCI, its logos, and marks are trademarks of Health Communications, Inc.

Publisher: Health Communications, Inc.

1700 NW 2nd Avenue

Boca Raton, FL 33432-1653

Cover photo by Ginnard Archibald

Author photo styling by Randall Porter

Author wardrobe by Billy Reid

Cover and interior design by Larissa Hise Henoch

Interior formatting by Lawna Patterson Oldfield

To my daughter, Kennedy

All my chances led me to you, my greatest accomplishment.

Thank you for showing me the value in showing up as a single mom.

N o one would even know who I am without Drew Jubera telling Netflix they didnt have a show without me. Thank you, Drew, for seeing the value and humor in this mama duck and her ducklings. More than that, thank you for your friendship.

HCI. The place that I fit into. Christine Belleris, who listened to her son, Nick, and watched a TV show about a football team, and then never wavered on wanting to publish this book. The way in which you were sold that this was going to be greatsold meat times. Larissa Henoch and Lindsey Mach and the rest of the staff at Health Communications, Inc.Indebted. Thank you.