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The Book of Awesome Women: Boundary Breakers,
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Prayers for Hard Times: Reflections, Meditations and Inspirations for Hope and Comfort
Everyday Thankful: Blessings, Graces and Gratitudes
This book is dedicated to all the amazing women from whom I have learned so much, and many of them are quoted here. Women helping other women will save the world!
For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
—Louisa May Alcott
Copyright © 2018 Becca Anderson.
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Plan Be!: Awesome Inspiration for Your Awesome Life
Library of Congress Cataloging
ISBN: (paperback) 978-1-63353-754-5, (ebook) 978-1-63353-755-2
Library of Congress Control Number: 2018941611
BISAC category code: SEL004000 SELF-HELP / Affirmations
Printed in the United States of America
Contents
Foreword Wisdom, Thy Name is Woman
Introduction Plan Be! Secrets of Highly Successful Women
Chapter One Organization is the Key to Happiness
Chapter Two Self-Care: Love Yourself so You Can Love Your Life
Chapter Three Express Yourself Through Your Personal Style
Chapter Four With a Little Help from Your Friends, Family, and a Mentor or Two
Chapter Five Treat Yourself Well: Hard Work Deserves Reward
Chapter Six Living Your Best Life Every Day
Chapter Seven Daring Greatly: Making Sure Your Creativity and Ideas Count
Chapter Eight Women Make All the Difference at Work
Chapter Nine Never Hold Back: Shine Your Light Each and Every Day!
Conclusion Three Life-Changing Pieces of Advice I Am Passing On to You 1
The volume you hold in your hands is a wonderful compilation of quips and quotes by inspiring women. They are mothers, sisters, daughters, aunts, grandmas, girlfriends, neighbors, classmates, and coworkers.
Some are famous—others not. But they all have uttered words that can teach, console, lift us up out of our doldrums, and share wisdom for our journey through life, and this is a book to turn to again and again for advice, support, encouragement, empathy, and understanding.
As you’ll see, wisdom isn’t limited to those of fame and fortune. Some of the wisest words I’ve ever heard came from the lips of ordinary women of extraordinary insight, like Suzanne Schultz, a researcher at the University of Delaware, who once said, “The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of the interested listener.” Or my dear friend Karen, who likes to say, “Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from what you can do.” My female friends and colleagues may come and go, but their wise words stay with me forever.
That’s not to say that famous women aren’t great sources of inspiration, too, because they are. For sure. And this book offers you the gift of their words as well.
Becca Anderson’s collection, Plan Be, is a veritable treasure chest of pearls of wisdom and wit from women. Words to live by—words to love by—words to laugh by. Words of wisdom from women who fan the