The Mommy Manifesto: How to Use Our Power to Think Big, Break Limitations and Achieve Success

243 Pages·2009·1.65 MB·English

by  Kim Lavine

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Mommy
THE
Manifesto
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Mommy
THE
Manifesto
How to Use Our Power
to Think Big, Break Limitations,
and Achieve Success
KIM LAVINE
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Themommymanifesto:howtouseourpowertothinkbig,break
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ISBN978-0-470-45845-7(cloth)
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To Stephanie Milanowski,
who taught me that there are no limits to what one
person can do to change one mind, one street, one
community, or our world.
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Contents
LettertotheReader ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
Chapter 1 How to Start a Revolution 1
Chapter 2 Shock and Awe 10
Chapter 3 Don’t Get Angry, Get Rich 31
Chapter 4 The New Economy 49
Chapter 5 Moms Are the New Geeks 83
Chapter 6 A New Society 101
Chapter 7 A New Attitude 130
Chapter 8 Screw Guilt, and Screw Balance,
Too! 152
Chapter 9 You’re Beautiful 173
Chapter 10 The 100 Percent Solution: How to
Start a Business for $500 182
Chapter 11 Complete and Total World
Domination 188
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Contents
Afterword 195
AbouttheAuthor 197
Index 199
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