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You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life

by Jen Sincero (Goodreads Author)

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read in January 2015

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Nora Williams said: " I'm in the process of RE-reading that book because of all the self-helpers out there, this is THE book for me. Reading this book when you decide you need to DO something about the mess you're in is like choosing to have that heart-to-heart with your I'm in the process of RE-reading that book because of all the self-helpers out there, this is THE book for me. Reading this book when you decide you need to DO something about the mess you're in is like choosing to have that heart-to-heart with your uber-blunt girlfriend from NY: she's gonna listen to your sob story; hand you Klennex while you sob your eyes out and rant about how life is unfair; then, she's gonna tell you to make a decision. And, she would LIKE for you to make the decision to get up out of bed and out of your PJs, take a shower, and go kick some ass. But, "if you're gonna kick some ass, you have to lift your foot." And, that's the point: YOU have to make decisions to take action to change stuff that is not working for you. And, yeah, that's scary sometimes. But, if you "feed fear a suck-it sandwich," then you're bigger than your fear, and once YOU get to the futurre you're fussing over now, you'll see that the feared outcome probably wasn't even going to be part of your universe. As another good friend told me, "Worry is like paying outrageous interest on a debt that you may not owe."

I was assaulted TWICE last year at work, and I KNOW what fear is: I had to continue to work with my assailants because, newsflash, I need to earn a living, and the economy sucks. Instead of submitting to my fear and letting these idiots get away with it, I took a risk: I'm fighting back. Submitting to the fear resulted in anxiety and panic attacks that began affecting the other areas of my life. And, THAT is unacceptable to me. And, if you want to feel like David, go up against the federal government in the role of Goliath. But, I'm doing it because that is my version of feeding fear a suck-it sandwich.

I'm not some uber-cocky, slingshot toting badass prowling the berg looking to brawl, but I'm not going to let THIS challenge go unanswered. And, Jen Sincero--and some other ballsy women, who I'm fortunate to call friend--has shown me the way; Source Energy gives me the super charge I need to continue the fight (fighting a bureaucracy is like arguing with self-righteous, wise-cracking teenagers with serious 'tudes); and all I had to do was make a decision to take action to DEFEND myself and that all women DESERVE a safe work environment free from assault and harassment.

I can't say enough good about this book or the author: she is simply AH-FRIGGIN'-MAZING. ...more "

Jan 24, 2015 09:00AM · see review

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Farewell, Dorothy Parker

by Ellen Meister (Goodreads Author)

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“...you could just tell that if Rosie couldn't romance her way to the top of the Empire State Building, she was prepared to climb it like King Kong.”
― Amor Towles, Rules of Civility

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“If you could relive one year in your life, which one would it be? [...] The upcoming one.”
― Amor Towles, Rules of Civility

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“When you discover an island that belongs to nobody, it is yours.”
― Antione de Saint-Exupery

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“Most New Yorkers spent their lives somewhere between the fruit cart and the fifth floor. To see the city from a few hundred feet above the riffraff was pretty celestial. We gave the moment its due.”
― Amor Towles, Rules of Civility

tags: immigrants, new-york-city, socialites

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“Look, words are like the air: they belong to everybody. Words are not the problem; it's the tone, the context, where those words are aimed, and in whose company they are uttered. Of course murderers and victims use the same words, but I never read the words utopia, or beauty, or tenderness in police descriptions. Do you know that the Argentinean dictatorship burnt The Little Prince ? And I think they were right to do so, not because I do not love The Little Prince , but because the book is so full of tenderness that it would harm any dictatorship.”
― Juan Gelman

tags: dictatorship, the-little-prince, words

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