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Elan Carson

Goodreads Author

Born

in Detroit, The United States

Website

http://www.elanmcarson.com

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ElanMCarson

Genre

Fiction, Nonfiction, Contemporary

Member Since

December 2013

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/thewillowtreebyelan

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Elan Carson is a TED Talk speaker, mental health advocate, and author of The Willow Tree and The Millennial Mentality: More Than Memes, Cats, & Social Mishaps.

Her second book, The Millennial Mentality: More Than Memes, Cats, & Social Mishaps discusses where Millennials stand when it comes to racism, LGBT+ rights, body image, and other divisive issues all while surviving as delayed adults.

A millennial who was tired of being labeled as entitled after graduating with an unreal-yet-all-too-real amount of student loan debt, she wants to give voice to the generation of thought leaders, activists, and entrepreneurs who’s figuring out their way through adulthood just like she is.

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Average rating: 4.17 · 29 ratings · 7 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Willow Tree 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Millennial Mentality: More Than Memes, Cats & Mishaps 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2016 — 6 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 Willow Tree by Elan Carson (2014-01-20) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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4 Tricks To Give Your Self-Published Book Edge

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Elan’s Quotes

“The key questions are: Which mental state would be most useful in this situation? And which version of reality would help you get there?”
― Olivia Fox Cabane, The Charisma Myth: How to Engage, Influence and Motivate People

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“Success and likeability are positively correlated for men and negatively for women. When a man is successful, he is liked by both men and women. When a woman is successful, people of both genders like her less.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

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“I have never met a woman, or man, who stated emphatically, "Yes, I have it all.'" Because no matter what any of us has—and how grateful we are for what we have—no one has it all.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

tags: work, work-life-balance

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