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Nov 23, 2009
Book Review: Morning Sunshine! by Robin Meade
Morning Sunshine!: How to Radiate Confidence and Feel It Too by Robin Meade
Cheery advice, humorous in parts, and easy and fun to read. I expected this book to be a memoir by HLN morning anchor Robin Meade, but found it's both self-help in the confidence category and a collection of stories from her working life.
"A Note From The Author" at the end of the book:
"If you were indeed looking for insight on how to walk into the house of confidence, I hope this book has encouraged you to at least crack the door! through frank anecdotes from my life, I've tried to lay bare some of the issues I've had to work with in my own view of self.
Today, at HLN, I've done a complete 180 from my confidence-challenged days. I'm comfortable in nearly every situation on air. I wear whatever clothes I choose. Im' not afraid to be the dissenting voice in discussions with coworkers. When appropriate, I don't mind voicing my opinion with you, the viewer. In other words, I've found my confidence."
Written in a light, conversational style, the book has some good insights into what can be learned from Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People, though she draws primarily from her experiences in the media world to write this book. I liked her notes at the end of each chapter - "What I've Learned" and "Confidence Booster" and like that you can open the book at pretty much any page and start to read.
One of "Robin's Ramblings" is "Shoot for the moon. If you miss it, you land among the stars."
Thanks to Hachette for a review copy of this book.
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Sounds like a really good book. I love the "Robin's Ramblings," what good advice. Thanks for the review.
ReplyDeleteI don't really enjoy self help books, but this one is tempting. 'Cheery' is a word that make me think I might like it :)
ReplyDeleteI like the way that you describe this book it does make me want to pick it up sometime!!
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