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The Ultimate Brag Book About Yourself
Book Summary
Can you imagine all the things you like, love, and adore in one book? All your favorites captured at one time with space to write more. So, why did I write this book? How often do we brag about ourselves, take time to think about what makes us happy, or do the things we like? If I had to guess, not as often as you would like. This book has been on my heart for years and I am finally getting it out to the world.
You deserve to brag about yourself, so why not? Not only is this a bragging book, but it is a book of ideas you can use to start your next project, business, career move, or anything your heart desires. So how does it work? Each topic/list has a “number” to reach because the goal is to get you to stretch your thinking. Need more space? Don’t worry, there are extra lines per number so you can add more and there are extra pages in the back of the book for you to create your own. Ready to start bragging?
ISBN-10: 8667397939
ISBN-13: 979-8667397939
ASIN: B08D53GYGG
Print Length: 218 Pages
Purchase a copy of The Ultimate Brag Book About Yourself on Amazon or get a signed copy on the author’s website. You can also add this to your GoodReads reading list.
Review of The Ultimate Brag Book About Yourself: A hundred questions about how awesome you are
by Madeline Sharples (Choices)
Marla J. Albertie has created a brilliant book even though she actually didn’t write the whole thing. She made up the hundred questions and left lined pages after each so that the reader can fill in the blanks his or herself. And the questions are both serious and silly – they cover the whole gamut of our lives.
I am really fascinated by the range of subject matter she has come up with, and I know it would take me months to come up with answers to each of the hundred. I’ll give you a few for example: My 5 favorite holidays; Happiness defined in 5 words; 10 things that impress me; 10 cars I like; 10 “me time” things I do for self care.
What I’m also going to do is flip through the book and pick three topics to answer myself so you get an idea how difficult an assignment this is. Here goes:
10 accomplishments I am proud of:
- I graduated college
- I worked as a technical writer and editor and proposal manager in the aerospace business for over thirty years
- I was married to my beloved husband for over fifty years
- I am a published poet
- I am a published memoirist
- I am a published historical novelist
- I write a poem and a journal entry every day
- I survived the suicide death of my older son
- I lived in beautiful Manhattan Beach California for over fifty years
- I have a wonderful and caring surviving son
20 books I love that are a must read for anyone:
- Gone with the Wind
- Anna Karenina
- Moby Dick
- The Great Gatsby
- Pride and Prejudice
- Little Women
- The Secret Garden
- Lessons in Chemistry
- Crime and Punishment
- The Lincoln Highway
- War and Peace
- Lolita
- The Brothers Karamazov
- Old Man and the Sea
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- A Farewell to Arms
- The Sun Also Rises
- The Sound and the Fury
- Shakespeare plays and sonnet
- Whalebone Theatre
10 things that are my guilty pleasures:
- Watching a movie every night
- Trader Joe’s dark chocolate peanut butter cups
- Drinking red zinfandel wine – at least one glass a day
- Taking a nap in the middle of the day
- Spending a lot of time reading news on my phone
- Reading the New Yorker
- Walking along the beach
- Writing obsessively everyday
- Voting at every election
- Visiting my son’s grave on his birthday and death day every year
Marla has asked us to fill in the blanks she left after each of the hundred questions and as you can see that is not any easy task. But it is a worthwhile one. For example, coming up with twenty favorite books took a lot of time and reflection, and I’m sure I missed a lot of important books I’ve read through out my life. I felt the same way about the other two topics I’ve responded to. So I challenge you, my Choices readers, to try it yourselves. You’ll find you’ll have lots and lots to brag about. And thank Marla Albertie for the opportunity.
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About the Author
Marla J. Albertie has lived on board a United States carrier therefore, she feels she is unstoppable. As a native of Jacksonville, Florida she loves to read, travel, and shop. Many of her travels have been on cruises as she has taken 16 thus far. Marla believes life is a journey and we all can create the life we want so why not; you only live this life once. She has a passion to see growth in peoples’ lives and wants others to pay it forward.
As an energetic visionary, she is the owner and founder of the TruthSpeaksGroup LLC, a multi-media company that creates strategies and solutions for work-life integration/harmony (WLI/H). She is also the founder of MJA Notary Services LLC., MJA Publishing LLC., and JEMA Holdings LLC. and Being the founder of I/O for Teens Inc. is her greatest work yet!
Marla doesn’t believe in work-life balance as she believes all areas of our lives can be integrated and we can create harmony in our lives by means of I/O Psychology and Positive Psychology methodologies. However, harmony cannot happen if we are not in tune with who we are, therefore “The Ultimate Brag Book” was born. Marla’s mantra is to #TeachTrainEducate working woman who desire to understand their truth and live a life of success defined on their own terms. Marla’s one word philosophy is #Learn. Marla is a certified professional career, executive, and life coach, trainer APTD (Associate Professional in Training and Development), Certified Chief Happiness Officer, Certified Positive Psychology Practitioner, Director of HR, Instructor, of Psychology, Amazon Best Selling author, and has over 25 years of business, coaching, and training experience. Marla holds a Master of Education in Adult Education, Bachelor of Applied Science in Supervision and Management, and an Associates of Science in Financial Services. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Marla loves speaking, teaching, and writing. Among the many ventures she is involved in here are just a few: The founder of the Motivational Movement K.I.M. (Keep it Moving), Truth Speaks Academy, an annual Women’s Empowerment Conference. I.M.A.G.IN.E. (I’M Awesome Growing IN Excellence), YouTube Channel featuring the talk show Creating Your Career with Marla J. Albertie which has 36 episodes, and blog TheWorkingWoman.co. She has also published two books and co-authored a third. Marla is an active member of the Junior League of Jacksonville, ATD, SIOP, SHRM, Blacks in I/O, APA, ICF, IPPA, and NAHSE. She is also a Well-being and Data Literacy champion at Mayo Clinic. When she is not trying to save the world, Marla loves a good story and frequents the movies to eat her favorite movie snack, nachos. She loves spending time with her family and friends cruising, shopping, and reading.
Here is where you can find her online:
Main Site: truthspeaksgroup.com
Follow her as a writer on Medium
Subscribe to her blog: www.theworkingwoman.co
Take a course at Truth Speaks Academy
Subscribe to my talk show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/faUFIqU8pHs
Instagram: http://instagram.com/tspeaksgroup
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TSpeaksCoaching
Please leave a comment about what you have to brag about in this box!