How much my passion and perspective mean to her and to my audience. She paid me some incredibly powerful compliments, telling me what a light I am in her life and in the lives of the girls I talk to every day. I found myself saying “I’d be so honored” into the receiver while trying not to throw up all at the same time. Would I what? What would I say? Where would I start? What was she possibly thinking? The swell of fear and self-doubt began almost instantly. Would I write the foreword to her book? I. I AM THAT GIRL RESOURCES EVEN MORE MORE INCREDIBLE STORIES FROM INCREDIBLE WOMEN ACKNOWLEDGMENTS SOME MORE ABOUT ME, ALEXIS JONES FOREWORD My dear friend, my soul sister, girl-who-can-finish-my-sentences-before-I-do Alexis Jones called me to ask me a question. CHAPTER 8: BE OF SERVICE Love yourself, live your purpose, and share your gifts. Track down a mentor and soak up their knowledge. CHAPTER 7: BE A SPONGE Learn all you can from the awesome chicks (and dudes) who have come before you. CHAPTER 6: BE RESILIENT Do you give up after the first sign of failure or rejection? Practice your rebounding skills and learn how to get up when you’re knocked down. Then even (especially!) when everyone else thinks it can’t be done, put on your big girl boots and do it anyway. PART II: SOARING 101 CHAPTER 5: BE BOLD Dream big. CHAPTER 4: BE UNPOPULAR Do you dance to the beat of your own drum? Stop worrying so much about the naysayers and start surrounding yourself with people who support your dreams. CHAPTER 3: BE HARD-CORE How’s your work ethic? Stop making excuses for not taking steps toward your dreams and start making them come true. CHAPTER 2: BE FIRST Are you compassionate with yourself? Practice making you a priority in your own life. CONTENTS FOREWORD INTRODUCTION THAT GIRL MANIFESTO PART I: GEARING UP FOR TAKEOFF CHAPTER 1: BE A PASSIONISTA What do you want? What makes you happy? Write your own constitution and start living by your own rules. And to you my dear, reading this book, and to all the girls I have met along this awesome journey. Interior design by Ramsdell Design Cover design by AVEC.US 978-0-989 paperback 978-0-988 ePUB 978-0-989 ePDF Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For my mom, my dad, and Jane. I AM THAT GIRL: How to speak your truth, discover your purpose, and #bethatgirl Published by Evolve Publishing, Inc. Ten percent of the author’s proceeds will go towards supporting I Am That Girl 501(c)(3). Each person and business should engage a qualified professional to address his, her, or its unique situation. Each person and business has unique needs, qualities, resources, abilities, and other attributes and this book cannot take these individual differences into account. Nor is anything in this book intended to be a strategy or recommendation for any specific kind of business problem or business opportunity. Although anyone may find the ideas, concepts, practices, suggestions, recommendations, disciplines, and understandings presented in this book to be useful, the contents of this book are provided with the understanding that neither the author nor the publisher is engaged in providing any specific business advice to the reader. The content of this book has been prepared for informational purposes only. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. ALEXIS JONES How to speak your truth, discover your purpose, and #bethatgirl Copyright © 2014 by Alexis Jones All rights reserved.
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