Children from A-Z, Teaching the World to Shine

Kathy Caprino guides women to take the reins in their careers by identifying and overcoming the seven most damaging power gaps holding them back from the success they want and deserve. The business world has been forever changed by the important progress and contributions that women have made. Yet, with only 38% of manager roles and 22% of C-suite positions being held by women, women continue to struggle to achieve the reward, respect, and authority they have earned. In these pages, career, executive and leadership coach Kathy Caprino helps women conquer the seven destructive power gaps within the workforce, outline the key steps you can take to access greater positive power, and become the true author of your life. Through riveting real-life success stories of women overcoming these gaps, and proven strategies and solutions from more than 30 of the nation’s top experts in fields that are essential to women’s success, the exercises in The Most Powerful You will equip you with the strength to: See yourself more powerfully (Brave Sight) Speak more confidently (Brave Speak) Ask for and receive what you deserve (Brave Ask) Connect to your advantage with influential support (Brave Connection) Challenge and change negative behavior toward you (Brave Challenge) Be of service in more meaningful ways (Brave Service) Heal from past trauma and challenge (Brave Healing) Most importantly, The Most Powerful You will reconnect you to the thrilling dreams you once had for your life and empower you to take the necessary steps to reclaim that dream while making your positive impact in the world.

A little girl carries a big message—and finds it thrillingly amplified by the rallying crowd around her—in an empowering story for the youngest of activists. Mari raised her sign for everyone to see. Even though she was small and the crowd was very big, and she didn’t think anyone would hear, she yelled out. Mari is getting ready to make a sign with crayon as the streets below her fill up with people. “What are we making, Mama?” she asks. “A message for the world,” Mama says. “How will the whole world hear?” Mari wonders. “They’ll hear,” says Mama, “because love is powerful.” Inspired by a girl who participated in the January 2017 Women’s March in New York City, Heather Dean Brewer’s simple and uplifting story, delightfully illustrated by LeUyen Pham, is a reminder of what young people can do to promote change and equality at a time when our country is divided by politics, race, gender, and religion.

In The Most Powerful Woman in the Room Is You, Lydia Fenet takes you on her twenty-year journey from intern to managing director and global head of strategic partnerships at Christie’s Auction House. Lydia shares the revolutionary sales approach she has crafted over the years that has not only shaped her career, but helped her raise more than half a billion dollars for nonprofits around the world. This is an approach that will empower you to sell your way to success in business and in life. For example, you’ll learn how to create your own “Strike Method” or signature move to help you feel confident entering any situation. Combining case studies and personal stories, Lydia also shares tips from some of the most powerful and successful women in business, fashion, journalism, sports, and the arts. This book will show you how to take your career to the next level, whether it’s overcoming your fear of asking for something or bridging a wage gap. Lydia has been there and come back more powerful than ever. Inspiring and encouraging, Lydia’s hard-won advice will help you walk into any room with the confidence of a leader and motivate others to find their voice as well. Get ready to embrace your natural strengths, map your career, and take ownership of your life.

This hands-on guide from Mel Robbins, one of America’s top relationship experts and radio/tv personalities, addresses why over 100 million Americans secretly feel frustrated and bored with their lives and reveals what you can do about it. Mel Robbins has spent her career teaching people how to push past their self-imposed limits to get what they truly desire. She has an in-depth understanding of the psychological and social factors that repeatedly hold you back, and more important, a unique set of tools for getting you where you want to be. In Stop Saying You’re Fine, she draws on neuroscientific research, interviews with countless everyday people, and ideas she’s tested in her own life to show what works and what doesn’t. The key, she explains, is understanding how your own brain works against you. Because evolution has biased your mental gears against taking action, what you need are techniques to outsmart yourself. That may sound impossible, but Mel has created a remarkably effective method to help you do just that--and some of her discoveries will astonish you. By ignoring how you feel and seizing small moments of rich possibility--a process she calls “leaning in”--you can make tiny course directions add up to huge change. Among this book’s other topics: how everything can depend on not hitting the “snooze” button; the science of connecting with other people, what children can teach us about getting things done; and why five seconds is the maximum time you should wait before acting on a great idea. Blending warmth, humor and unflinching honesty with up-to-the-minute science and hard-earned wisdom, Stop Saying You’re Fine moves beyond the platitudes and easy fixes offered in many self-help books. Mel’s insights will actually help vault you to a better life, ensuring that the next time someone asks how you’re doing, you can truthfully answer, “Absolutely great.”

Only you hold the power to change your life and create your future the way you want. Be grateful for what you already have. Work hard to get what you want. Stop waiting and wishing. Start doing. Train your mind to see the good in every situation and enjoy every moment. Keep your ‘why’ always big. How bigger a reason you have to achieve something with that much higher strength you will try to achieve it. You are the creator of your own life. You are more powerful than you think. Become fully aware of yourself and your potential. It’s really unlimited enormous power which is hard to explain in words. It’s true that you can intentionally create your future and shape your life the way you want. The universal law of attraction always works for you. It fulfills your desires by moving the circumstances and people around you. It is one of the most powerful and important laws in the universe. Just use your creativity consciously and more carefully. If you really want to bring out the secret powers within you, you need to get aware of your true self. Once you have control over your thoughts and desires, you can intentionally create your reality and design your life the way you want. The secret to your happy, healthy, and wealthy life is hidden inside you. Each and everything is really possible on this beautiful planet. You just need to take the first step, to begin with, your own journey. Instead of waiting for a better time create it. Grab the right moment, right now and use it more consciously and productively to produce better results. However worst situations you are going through, you always have the power within yourself to change them into the best ones. No one or anything in the world really holds the power to change your reality or have control over you, until you yourself assign them the same. Do your best in every moment and give your best to each day. Today take a strong decision to redesign and transform your life. Out of nothing, you will always find something to move forward towards your goals. Ordinary people can become successful with extraordinary determination. If you truly believe in yourself and your thoughts the real magic will begin to happen in your life. Constantly push yourself out of your comfort zone and face your fears. Your past has nothing to interfere with your destiny. Your reality is a direct outcome of your thoughts. Keep working on your dreams and goals, never ever give up! Only you hold the power to make yourself a winner. Progress is the secret key to a successful and happy life. Without a perfect plan and the right design even it’s hard to construct a building. Always draw the right design for yourself because it holds your blueprint and picture of your future life and reality. Life is too short to try out all the wrong turns on your own. Always seek a piece of wise advice when needed. The incredible treasure everybody has is time. The quality of your life totally depends on how you spend your time. Focus your all energy, time and creativity on your goals. I bet no one can hold you back from becoming the person you are meant to be! Do you really want to feel the gap between your current circumstances and the blueprint which holds your future life? You just need to become aware and bring out all the powers to use them creatively and most productively according to the time. It is really possible to redesign and change your life at any moment of time.