Success Is A Side Effect: Leadership, Relationships, and Selective Amnesia
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by Monica F. Anderson, D.D.S
Success Is a Side Effect is a powerful, practical guide to achieving more fulfilling relationships at work, at home, and in your community. Bestselling author and motivational speaker Monica Anderson's unique approach to personal growth is illustrated with real-world situations, surprising statistics, and laugh out loud anecdotes. Discover the positive side effects of authentically pursuing your passions with practical lessons in leadership like:* Schedule Your Nervous Breakdowns* The Trouble With Cheerleading* How to Avoid Emotional Miscarriages* The Cougar Myth* Eat Lunch With Strangers* Multiple Streams of HappinessPraise for Success Is A Side Effect:“A master class in corporate ascension from a trusted mentor delivered with humor and candor. These are insights your manager won’t tell you and your mother may not know.”A. BoydWriter
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Critic"...an instructional compendium of knowledge. Dr. Anderson weaves advice, compassion, allegory, and scenarios in each and every lesson. Readers will be able to utilize this “roadmap to self-improvement” like a GPS reference guide to actually plan the improvements...What a priceless gift!"Marilyn D. JohnsonGlobal Ambassador/Speaker
Retired IBM Corporate Executive
Wilhemina ModelI needed a dose of energy and a reminder that I should do more things that scare me. Dr. Moe's book speaks to the inner do-gooder in me. It also makes me want to hug myself a little more.Terri B. Williams Vice President-Government Relations
American Heart Association-SW Affiliate "If you can't get ahead at work, have a man who won't commit, are drowning in debt or struggling with a health crisis, the author offers words of wisdom....A mix of you-go-girl optimism and no-nonsense straight talk....A counterpoint to the idea that success means excelling at everything....A practical guide for women on how to find happiness and boost self-worth." - Kirkus Reviews High-energy positivity comes right off the page in this guide, which is intended to help women of all ages with their personal and professional lives...."Fake it 'til you make it" and "Don't make excuses; make changes" -- don't sound shopworn coming from (Anderson). Even her intimate disclosures about battling cancer can't dampen the book's contagiously enthusiastic tone. This is a book for anybody looking for an upbeat approach to a happier life. - Publishers Weekly (BookLife) Are you enough? Are you kind enough? Assertive enough? Pretty enough? Accomplished enough? Many women struggle with these questions every day. Ultimately, we are wondering if we have a meaningful existence, whether there is a point to the endless challenges in our personal and professional lives. We are encouraged to do "whatever it takes" to become a success. But what exactly does that mean? What is success? Perhaps you're recalling the accomplishments of elite female leaders in corporate America such as Shonda Rhimes, executive producer, Sheryl Sandberg, CEO of Facebook, or Sara Blakely, founder and CEO of Spanx as examples of genuine change agents. If so, I challenge that restrictive "short list" and encourage you to reexamine your definition of success. Women currently hold about 4 percent of the Fortune 500 CEO positions. If only women in comparable positions define success, then 96 percent of us are unsuccessful, or we simply possess incalculable influence that doesn't make headlines 96 percent of the time. We matter. Powerful female leaders are everywhere: running small businesses, fundraising for nonprofit organizations, inventing, competing, and raising families. The same strategies used for success, such as networking and managing human resources, are necessary to turn effort into positive outcomes regardless of one's title. Likewise, the same emotions, like disappointment and anxiety, accompany a bad assessment from your manager or your mother-in-law. Consider the fact that it costs up to a quarter of a million dollars to raise a child in the United States! If you have four children, that is potentially a million-dollar investment. It takes a fiscally responsible leader to manage financial resources and keep a budget balanced anywhere. This book is for all the unheralded leaders who must survive, and even thrive, in a world where Cinderella's feet hurt and Sleeping Beauty gets fired for frequent tardiness. What I know for sure is that the women whom the world admires for their inner beauty, confidence, and competence were not born that way; they were forged. And in the process, they changed the lives of everyone around them. We all have the potential, the duty, and the power to lead in our chosen fields. And, ultimately, the choices we make at each intersection of our personal journey, not the title on a business card, determine whether or not we are successful. Are you enough? Yes, you are more than enough. Monica "Dr. mOe" Anderson is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, motivational speaker, widely published journalist, a
Editor
Critic"...an instructional compendium of knowledge. Dr. Anderson weaves advice, compassion, allegory, and scenarios in each and every lesson. Readers will be able to utilize this “roadmap to self-improvement” like a GPS reference guide to actually plan the improvements...What a priceless gift!"Marilyn D. JohnsonGlobal Ambassador/Speaker
Retired IBM Corporate Executive
Wilhemina ModelI needed a dose of energy and a reminder that I should do more things that scare me. Dr. Moe's book speaks to the inner do-gooder in me. It also makes me want to hug myself a little more.Terri B. Williams Vice President-Government Relations
American Heart Association-SW Affiliate "If you can't get ahead at work, have a man who won't commit, are drowning in debt or struggling with a health crisis, the author offers words of wisdom....A mix of you-go-girl optimism and no-nonsense straight talk....A counterpoint to the idea that success means excelling at everything....A practical guide for women on how to find happiness and boost self-worth." - Kirkus Reviews High-energy positivity comes right off the page in this guide, which is intended to help women of all ages with their personal and professional lives...."Fake it 'til you make it" and "Don't make excuses; make changes" -- don't sound shopworn coming from (Anderson). Even her intimate disclosures about battling cancer can't dampen the book's contagiously enthusiastic tone. This is a book for anybody looking for an upbeat approach to a happier life. - Publishers Weekly (BookLife) Are you enough? Are you kind enough? Assertive enough? Pretty enough? Accomplished enough? Many women struggle with these questions every day. Ultimately, we are wondering if we have a meaningful existence, whether there is a point to the endless challenges in our personal and professional lives. We are encouraged to do "whatever it takes" to become a success. But what exactly does that mean? What is success? Perhaps you're recalling the accomplishments of elite female leaders in corporate America such as Shonda Rhimes, executive producer, Sheryl Sandberg, CEO of Facebook, or Sara Blakely, founder and CEO of Spanx as examples of genuine change agents. If so, I challenge that restrictive "short list" and encourage you to reexamine your definition of success. Women currently hold about 4 percent of the Fortune 500 CEO positions. If only women in comparable positions define success, then 96 percent of us are unsuccessful, or we simply possess incalculable influence that doesn't make headlines 96 percent of the time. We matter. Powerful female leaders are everywhere: running small businesses, fundraising for nonprofit organizations, inventing, competing, and raising families. The same strategies used for success, such as networking and managing human resources, are necessary to turn effort into positive outcomes regardless of one's title. Likewise, the same emotions, like disappointment and anxiety, accompany a bad assessment from your manager or your mother-in-law. Consider the fact that it costs up to a quarter of a million dollars to raise a child in the United States! If you have four children, that is potentially a million-dollar investment. It takes a fiscally responsible leader to manage financial resources and keep a budget balanced anywhere. This book is for all the unheralded leaders who must survive, and even thrive, in a world where Cinderella's feet hurt and Sleeping Beauty gets fired for frequent tardiness. What I know for sure is that the women whom the world admires for their inner beauty, confidence, and competence were not born that way; they were forged. And in the process, they changed the lives of everyone around them. We all have the potential, the duty, and the power to lead in our chosen fields. And, ultimately, the choices we make at each intersection of our personal journey, not the title on a business card, determine whether or not we are successful. Are you enough? Yes, you are more than enough. Monica "Dr. mOe" Anderson is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, motivational speaker, widely published journalist, a