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Joanne Tombrakos

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Joanne Tombrakos has been calling herself a Storyteller before it was the trendy thing to do. A Digital-First Marketing and Business Strategist, Assistant Professor of Marketing at NYU, and above all a writer she is considered a SME in personal branding, pitch-perfecting, content marketing, and social media. She is the author of four books, including the newly released Crafting Your Pitch, A Storytelling Framework, and the host of the podcast - Marketing, Mindfulness and Martinis.

In a previous life, Joanne held senior management positions in media advertising and marketing at CBS Radio, Time Warner Cable, and NY1 News. While she currently resides on the other side of the Hudson she is and always will consider herself a New Yorker. You can ...more

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The Distraction Addiction And What To Do About It (hint: it’s not eating more chocolate!)

Not that long ago, I began to start my classes by taking a moment to collectively turn our devices to Do Not Disturb. This is paired with a slide image of where to find the Do Not Disturb function on the phone (in case one is not sure). From time to time, it also includes a reminder that my students are paying a lot of money to sit in my classroom (NYU is not cheap), and if I were them, I would wa

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	It Takes An Egg Timer, A Guide To Creating The Time For Your Life 3.53 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secrets They Kept 3.45 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crafting Your Pitch: A Storytelling Framework 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Hidden Nature

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We Were the Lucky Ones

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A little challenging to get into at first but once I did I really enjoyed this. Besides being a good read it is also an important read and a reminder that for as far as women have come since the days of Emilia we still have far to go.
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“Multi-tasking is great in the kitchen when you are trying to time the chicken to be ready at the same time as the potatoes. But do not assume it is a great way to manage a workday.”
― Joanne Tombrakos, It Takes An Egg Timer, A Guide to Creating the Time for Your Life

tags: multitasking, time-management

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“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

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“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

tags: inspirational

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“I can’t write without a reader. It’s precisely like a kiss—you can’t do it alone.”
― John Cheever

tags: readers-and-writers

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“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”
― Nora Ephron

tags: courage, empowerment, self-determination, women

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“Joy is the best makeup.”
― Anne Lamott, Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

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