Posts tagged Books
Bird by Bird

“Bird by bird buddy. Just take it bird by bird” is the quote from where Anne draws the title, and once you read the accompanying story you’ll smile, chuckle and take it deep into your heart. Anne creates such an intimate space and conversations with you the reader,

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Dare To Lead

Prepare to have your mind blown! This is a book that I love to share, for me some of Brené’s best work and pivotal in how we can all engage leadership in ourselves, our lives, and also inspire the leaders around us. I challenge everyone who I recommend this book to read it from two mindsets, first with the mindset of leading others and being part of a team.

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The Seat of the Soul: 25th Anniversary Edition

“What is truth? Truth is that which does not contaminate you, but empowers you.”

“Clarity allows you to see the world of physical matter for what it is, a learning environment that is created jointly by the intentions of the souls that share it.”

“Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you. When you occupy it, step into it consciously, you live it.”

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The Gifts of Imperfection

This was my introduction to Brené Brown and I recommend it as a read for any and all friends, colleagues, students, and clients as a starting point into the exploration that so many of us need to take to step through our expectations of perfection and into authenticity. NEW 10th Anniversary Edition!

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Identifying YOUR Values Starter

Knowing your values is essential to navigating and creating a path that is authentic and genuine to you. This level of understanding adds clarity to your decisions and helps you to cultivate what you are inspired and passionate about and link to all that you dream to create. Click here for a starter exercise that I use with students and clients to get them started in beginning to identify their values which is always transformational in three days and under 30 minutes. Enjoy!

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Gut

I still remember the first time conductor Larry Rachleff spoke to me about his diet and how he approached eating leading up to and including concert day - this was 1995. I was at the height of my eating prowess, downing burgers, pizza, and wings with the deftness of a giant, and here was a mentor discussing how careful he was in planning his eating. My curiosity piqued, I’ve been hunting information and exploring this ever since.

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Time Management - Brian Tracy

This book is the perfect starter to up your game with your time management and put yourself in charge of making choices on how you use your time. The more choices you make the more you will accomplish that fulfills your greatest goals and inspirations. This is a quick read (and cheap!) that introduces key fundamental concepts that you can start trying immediately. IMMEDIATELY. I love that he outlines several accessible and doable techniques in short form that gives the reader the chance to take it or leave it, try it or move on. I have found that each of us combines elements from numerous different modes of time management that fit our unique lifestyles and combination of priorities in our life. This book gives perfect clear coverage so that you can start somewhere simple and build from there.

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The Confidence Gap: A Guide to Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt - Russ Harris

I run a book club in my studio at the Butler School of Music and we most often choose the book together as a team to find what current themes are running through each of our lives.  The Confidence Gap was a book that my student, Shruthi, kept bringing up and so we finally gave in to her insistence (Shruthi, btw, is now the most likely to succeed with her book recommendations).

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