Six Figures: Mixing Friendship & Business ... Like a Good Martini - Softcover

Gina McAndrew; Lee Knapp; Barbara Parsons; Susan Cullen; Nicolle Carfagnini; Lauri Mitchell

9780983739302: Six Figures: Mixing Friendship & Business ... Like a Good Martini

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0983739307 ISBN 13: 9780983739302

Publisher: Six Figures Publishing, 2012

Six Figures is one of those rare books that grabs you from deep within and doesn't let you go until the last page. Even then, you're left with the incredible craving for more - more real life stories of love, friendship, laughter, learning, tears and inspiration. Meet "Bad Girls" - Gina, Lauri, Nicki, Susan, Barbara and Lee - six professional women, all from different states, backgrounds and age groups who come together in an accidental meeting at a business conference in Minnesota. Take a trip with them down memory lane as they each take turns retelling their version of the blossoming of a wonderful friendship that has weathered the years of life's greatest up's, downs and in-betweens. Prepare to find yourself laughing out loud and reaching for the tissue box while rethinking your own life and searching to reconnect with your long lost girlfriends! This is truly an inspiring real story about six women on a journey to find success, themselves and each other in the process! Definitely a MUST READ!

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About the Author:

Barbara Parsons -- A generous leader who inspires and supports all six girlfriends. Follow her transition from suburban Chicago boutique owner to president of a training and consulting business. As a recognized author and founder of Enrichments Technologies, Barbara's passion and dedication for showing others how to tap into their own strength and wisdom to make positive changes in their lives becomes her proudest professional accomplishment. Her passion for technology also becomes the foundation for all the changes that the women in this story were able to make.

Lauri Mitchell -- The enthusiastic adventurer who makes things happen and gets things done. She is filled with ideas and energizes (as well as exhausts) the girls with her "go-for-it" emotion and energy. Follow her transformation from English schoolteacher to a business writing consultant to a recognized business consultant for Fortune 100 companies in the automotive industry. Share her struggles with divorce and religious beliefs. Learn of her passionate philanthropic devotion to helping children who struggle with the grief of losing a parent to death, divorce, incarceration or military deployment.

Susan Cullen -- The loving, warm-hearted spiritual rock who is dedicated to lifelong learning and making a positive difference in the world. Follow her as she wins a scholarship to Oxford and leaves her small conservative Oklahoma town to learn the meaning of independence and freedom of thought. Read about her life-threatening automobile accident and how the spirit of friendship pulled her through to a safe recovery. Susan is recognized, awarded and acclaimed by Fortune 100 companies for her entrepreneurial business success in leadership development and team building.

Gina McAndrew -- The devoted and dedicated mother and wife of a Chicago fire chief, this sassy Italian gal shares her fondest experiences of overcoming her fear-based childhood beliefs to becoming enormously successful in the field of hotel management, training, consulting and client coaching. Understand how Gina's religion and close-knit Italian family define and influence her values and relationships. Share her passion for helping others find and develop their own life's path with grace and courage through the philanthropic work she does with local Chicago area schools and the Miss Illinois Scholarship Association.

Lee Knapp -- The chic, sophisticated and humorous story-teller who is a trailblazer and mentor for hundreds of women executives. Her enthusiasm, marketing expertise and passion are contagious and have contributed to her success in life and business. Besides owning a business development firm and her own training company, Lee is in demand as a motivational speaker who inspires as well as entertains. Known as "Jackie-O" by the girls for her style and wisdom, learn how Lee's strength, positive attitude, humor and courage helped her face difficult personal and professional transitions with substance and style.

Nicki Carfagnini -- The self-described "late bloomer" and youngest of the six girls. Follow Nicki as she evolves from a belief that she is a poor student to her courageous decision to attend college in her adulthood. Watch and validate her accomplishments as she turns into a super student and is awarded with superior grades and teacher's recognition. Join in her story of a courageous spirit and determination to never give up. Laugh at her story as the "other Italian" of the group as she experiences drinking "big girl martinis" at her first business conference. Follow her as she learns project management, finds business success in starting her own Organizational Development and Training business, and delivers highly-rated workshops in Leadership, Process Improvement and Customer Service.

Review:

"Six Figures left me wishing I was number seven in their amazing group of girlfriends on a quest for a successful career, a better life and deeper relationships. I found myself picking up the phone to dial old friends and reconnecting with my girls and finding my own support and power team. These women inspired me to take my career to the next level, be true to myself, reach out to my friends, have more fun and experience life in greater fashion!" --Monica Garcia Saenz - CoauthorChicken Soup for the Latino Soul

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