Live Your Joy

by St. John, Bonnie

• ISBN13: 9780446579254
• ISBN10: 0446579254
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-28
• Publisher: FaithWords

Summary

The author of "How Strong Women Pray" maps out the processes--the habits and behaviors--that can lead readers to a life filled with joy.

Author Biography

Bonnie is a 1984 Paralympics silver medal winner in ski racing. Her education includes a degree with honors from Harvard, a Rhodes scholarship, and an M.Litt in Economics from Oxford.

Her career includes positions as an award-winning sales rep for IBM and a Clinton White House member of staff. She now is a much-in-demand speaker, who makes nearly 100 speeches each year to corporations and civic groups. You can visit her on the Web at www.bonniestjohn.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Right Now...Choose Joy	p. 1
The Visitor	p. 3
The Joy of Waffles	p. 11
There's No Place Like Home	p. 13
Confidence...Joy's Main Muscle	p. 25
The World According to Mickey Mouse	p. 27
This Is a Job For...	p. 36
Hope...Learn the Rules	p. 45
A Portfolio of Dreams	p. 47
A Vision Isn't Always What It Looks Like	p. 58
Dare to Hope	p. 63
Taking Aim	p. 70
Positivity...Wake Up and Smell the Joy	p. 75
Beating the Joy Stealers	p. 77
If We Cry at Weddings, Why Not Laugh at Funerals?	p. 82
Authenticity...Get Your Joy	p. 91
Should-ing All Over Myself	p. 93
Humility...Be Helpable	p. 101
Listen to Your Mother	p. 103
Little Man	p. 108
Friendship...Connect with People	p. 111
It Doesn't Take a Rhodes Scholar	p. 113
Joy Begets Joy	p. 126
An Olympian-Sized Dream	p. 133
Resilience...Fall Down? Get Up!	p. 141
Getting Over the Hump	p. 143
Faith...Rely on the Rock	p. 157
Finding Joy at the End of My Rope	p. 159
God Is My Outrigger	p. 165
Appendix: Excerpts from How Strong Women Pray	p. 171
Acknowledgments	p. 203
About the Author	p. 207
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