What I Know Now

Zusatztext What these letters offer . . . is hopehope that those who read them will understand that there is a future where the road not taken is no longer regretted! and! in the end! the choices we make! make us who we are. Boston Globe Informationen zum Autor ELLYN SPRAGINS encourages women to share their life's wisdom through books, products, and WHAT I KNOW NOW™ women's leadership seminars (www.letterstomyyoungerself.com). She wrote the Love and Money column in the New York Times business section for three years. She first edited five of these letters for an issue of O, The Oprah Magazine . She lives in Pennington, New Jersey, with her family. Klappentext If you could send a letter back through time to your younger self, what would the letter say? In this moving collection, forty-one famous women write letters to the women they once were, filled with advice and insights they wish they had had when they were younger. Today show correspondent Ann Curry writes to herself as a rookie reporter in her first job, telling herself not to change so much to fit in, urging her young self, "It is time to be bold about who you really are. Country music superstar Lee Ann Womack reflects on the stressed-out year spent recording her first album and encourages her younger self to enjoy the moment, not just the end result. And Maya Angelou, leaving home at seventeen with a newborn baby in her arms, assures herself she will succeed on her own, even if she does return home every now and then. These remarkable women are joined by Madeleine Albright, Queen Noor of Jordan, Cokie Roberts, Naomi Wolf, Eileen Fisher, Jane Kaczmarek, Olympia Dukakis, Macy Gray, and many others. Their letters contain rare glimpses into the personal lives of extraordinary women and powerful wisdom that readers will treasure. Wisdom from What I Know Now "Don't let anybody raise you. You've been raised. Maya Angelou "Try more things. Cross more lines. Breena Clarke "Learn how to celebrate. Olympia Dukakis "You don't have to be afraid of living alone. Eileen Fisher "Please yourself first . . . everything else follows. Macy Gray "Don't be so quick to dismiss another human being. Barbara Boxer "Work should not be work. Mary Matalin "You can leave the work worldand come back on your own terms. Cokie Roberts "Laundry will wait very patiently. Nora Roberts "Your hair matters far, far less than you think Lisa Scottoline "Speak the truth but ride a fast horse. Kitty Kelley Leseprobe Madeleine Albright Former Secretary of State "You've got the guts to find your own purpose." It's odd to think of a former secretary of state as someone who worries about fitting in, but for a long time Madeleine Albright did. In a group, she paid attention rather than interrupt. Sitting in her roomy office at the Albright Group, in Washington, D.C., Madeleine recalled her need to be liked and accepted with no regrets. "In the end I don't think it was a disadvantage. Wanting and needing to be liked is part of what got me to where I am." Wearing a red suit and brown leather Lucchese cowboy boots when I met her, Madeleine, sixty-nine, seduced me with her forthright, unpretentious manner. She treated me as an equal, even though I've never owned cowboy boots or a cabinet title. Smaller than I expected, she held her body very still during our meeting. Her blue eyes seemed to swallow my words with a gravity that lingered even when she laughed. Don't forget this is a woman who has spent numberless hours with world leaders, including Pope John Paul II, the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, and grappled with genocide, war, U.S. embassy bombings, and U.S. cruise missile attacks on suspected terrorist camps in Afghanistan, among other crises. Born Marie Ja...

“What these letters offer . . . is hope—hope that those who read them will understand that there is a future where the road not taken is no longer regretted, and, in the end, the choices we make, make us who we are.” —*Boston Globe

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ELLYN SPRAGINS encourages women to share their life’s wisdom through books, products, and WHAT I KNOW NOW™ women’s leadership seminars (www.letterstomyyoungerself.com). She wrote the “Love and Money” column in the New York Times business section for three years. She first edited five of these letters for an issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. She lives in Pennington, New Jersey, with her family.

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If you could send a letter back through time to your younger self, what would the letter say?

In this moving collection, forty-one famous women write letters to the women they once were, filled with advice and insights they wish they had had when they were younger.

Today show correspondent Ann Curry writes to herself as a rookie reporter in her first job, telling herself not to change so much to fit in, urging her young self, "It is time to be bold about who you really are.” Country music superstar Lee Ann Womack reflects on the stressed-out year spent recording her first album and encourages her younger self to enjoy the moment, not just the end result. And Maya Angelou, leaving home at seventeen with a newborn baby in her arms, assures herself she will succeed on her own, even if she does return home every now and then.

These remarkable women are joined by Madeleine Albright, Queen Noor of Jordan, Cokie Roberts, Naomi Wolf, Eileen Fisher, Jane Kaczmarek, Olympia Dukakis, Macy Gray, and many others. Their letters contain rare glimpses into the personal lives of extraordinary women and powerful wisdom that readers will treasure.

Wisdom from What I Know Now

"Don't let anybody raise you. You've been raised.” —Maya Angelou

"Try more things. Cross more lines.” —Breena Clarke

"Learn how to celebrate.” —Olympia Dukakis

"You don't have to be afraid of living alone.” —Eileen Fisher

"Please yourself first . . . everything else follows.” —Macy Gray

"Don't be so quick to dismiss another human being.” —Barbara Boxer

"Work should not be work.” —Mary Matalin

"You can leave the work world—and come back on your own terms.” —Cokie

Roberts

"Laundry will wait very patiently.” —Nora Roberts

"Your hair matters far, far less than you think” —Lisa Scottoline

"Speak the truth but ride a fast horse.” —Kitty Kelley

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Madeleine Albright
Former Secretary of State

"You've got the guts to find your own purpose."

It's odd to think of a former secretary of state as someone who worries about fitting in, but for a long time Madeleine Albright did. In a group, she paid attention rather than interrupt. Sitting in her roomy office at the Albright Group, in Washington, D.C., Madeleine recalled her need to be liked and accepted with no regrets. "In the end I don't think it was a disadvantage. Wanting and needing to be liked is part of what got me to where I am."

Wearing a red suit and brown leather Lucchese cowboy boots when I met her, Madeleine, sixty-nine, seduced me with her forthright, unpretentious manner. She treated me as an equal, even though I've never owned cowboy boots or a cabinet title. Smaller than I expected, she held her body very still during our meeting. Her blue eyes seemed to swallow my words with a gravity that lingered even when she laughed. Don't forget this is a woman who has spent numberless hours with world leaders, including Pope John Paul II, the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, and grappled with genocide, war, U.S. embassy bombings, and U.S. cruise missile attacks on suspected terrorist camps in Afghanistan, among other crises.

Born Marie Jana Korbel in Prague, Madeleine and her family emigrated to the United States when she was a child. Apple-cheeked and round …