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Inside Every Woman: Using the 10 Strengths You Didn't Know You Had to Get the Career and Life You Want Now

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"Inside Every Woman: Using the 10 Strengths You Didn't Know You Had to Get the Career and Life You Want Now"
by Vickie L. Milazzo...

Gals,if you have ever been to an all girls Tupperware party, you already may realize that the fun is not in buying all that plastic stuff to preserve our food, but it is the time and companionship we spend with the other women. We turn the party into a confessional of sorts, saying things to each other, we might never say in mixed company. We build each other up, congratulate each other on small things, but it means so much to us. The fun is in preserving our self-worth(Okay, and maybe our sanity), and it is the other women that truly understand how to do that. You may not realize it, but if you recognize this experience, you are already in tune with Vickie Milazzo's strength #10 of the 10 strengths you will find inside this book, and inside yourself, 'Female Fusion'.

"Inside Every Women" is a realistic and doable, no nonsense approach to improving your life, and your career. It's not some new age, idealistic, find your higher self and other senses, mumbo jumbo. It is a look at the ten empowering and marvelous strengths EVERY woman has within themselves, and Ms. Milazzo will help you find them. Fire, Intuitive Vision, Engagement, Agility, Genius, Integrity,Endurance, Enterprise, Renewal and Fusion. A chapter is devoted to each of these 10 traits. They are laid out in a well thought out,intelligent, and comprehensible way, and some terrific examples of how to gather these strengths are given as well. By the end of each chapter you will already feel ready to get up and go. By the end of the book, you may feel fired up enough to write your own book!

With each strength, you will also make 5 promises to yourself. The promises are the same, but applied differently to each strength. Each Chapter has a place to write down your ideas, that will be prompted by some insightful questions given to ask yourself. These promises will "provide the fuel" as Ms. Milazzo says. For example: Promise 1: "I will Live and Work a Passionate Life". For your "Intuitive Vision", strength, you will describe a vision of an accomplishment you want to achieve.Write it down, and Promise 3: what action you may take towards it each day(and then do it!). You will also find some personal stories from women that have found these inner strengths. In the last strength, the 'Fusion' section, a well structured meeting of women is planned out. Fahgettabout that Tupperware party, this Fusion party, where women get a chance to share their uninterrupted thoughts(no competition from burping plastic products),and get positive feedback, will be much more meaningful in your life. And..if you plan to do this, you can invite other women to the group who you feel are incredible and inspiring.

I found this to be one of the most inspiring and motivating self-improvement books I've ever read. I found myself nodding my head with recognition, and anxious to get to the promise section at the end of each chapter.Vickie Milazzo is a self-accomplished woman, who runs her own company. She's a go-getter with vision. She knows how to get things done, and is also pretty good at stressing relaxation plays a big part as well. She is kind enough to impart all these words of wisdom to us. Read them and just try not to be motivated by them. I think the strength she helps us find within us, may be applied to any part of lives, personal as well as career. Any area you want to improve.

I was fortunate enough to receive an advance copy of this book, and can hardly restrain myself from telling all the women I know about it. If you have a dream. a vision, of something in your life you want to accomplish or change for the better, I highly recommend "Inside Every Woman". It will light that fire you have glowing inside of you.

Enjoy the read....Laurie

Women innately have passion, intuition, endurance and flexibility, qualities that are often left unused or that are buried with the confusion and daily routine of our lives. Vickie Milazzo, in her superbly written "Inside Every Woman," teaches us to focus our attention on what is truly important and to ignite the fire of our passion, that goal we would like to see come to fruition, that we have always desired but that seemed hard or impossible to achieve. With Ms. Milazzo's guidance and techniques for self-improvement, the way is made clear, if you are willing to put her ideas into action and to remove the unnecessary distractions in your life.

With 10 chapters on the vital elements that make up Ms. Milazzo's plan for success, you will find many nuggets of wisdom and inspiration to keep yourself on track. Each chapter has some elements of journaling, as there are places to write down answers to questions that will help formulate ideas, and 5 Promises that help you set goals and are good to reread as reminders. I am especially partial to Chapter 2, which is about eliminating the clutter in your life, your mind and your space, enabling you to use your vision and imagination without the meaningless diversions and minutia that take up your time. This idea is reinforced in Chapter 9, which includes a section about removing the emotionally negative words that may be in your vocabulary.

The chapters are on many topics, among them integrity, endurance, renewal and enterprise. The latter is a fascinating chapter that makes you realize where you are at the present time, and what you want for the future. Every chapter ends with a short true-life story and a wonderful selection of quotes, my favorite by Eleanor Roosevelt, "Do something every day that scares you."

Ms. Milazzo's mini biography at the end of the book is proof that her strategies work. Her impressive list of accomplishments would be the envy of many, but to those of us ready to light the fire of our passion, Ms. Milazzo is a trailblazer and an inspiration. Her dazzling smile speaks of a woman who has achieved the satisfaction of reaching her goals, and has the delight of sharing her wisdom with others.

"Even though I'm not much of a reader, I HAD to finish this book. I love my life right now, so I can only imagine how much implementing the strategies from Inside Every Woman will enrich the rest of my life. I feel very fortunate to have these fantastic tools available to me now, at age 27, when I have my whole life ahead of me. I know the wisdom of Inside Every Woman will keep me achieving as I apply it to my personal goals every day."

"A book of personal and professional transformation, Inside Every Woman is on fire with Goddess energy. If you're not ready to achieve your dreams, don't read this book! Vickie Milazzo has transparently shared the secrets to her magnificent multimillion dollar business success and the keys to the realization of her dreams. Anyone who follows her down-to-earth recipe is destined to reap the reward of their own dreams-turned-reality. The steps are achievable and the outcome life altering. Her formula for activating Female Fusion is brilliance infused with everyday wisdom. Vickie's vision is contagious and her book is pure fuel for the feminine fire. Inside Every Woman will open and activate the Goddess within any woman. Vickie Milazzo is a woman on fire!"

"Vickie Milazzo is an extraordinary woman whose visionary spirit can enhance the quality of life for anyone who is exposed to her works of passion. Her insight into personal success certainly had a positive impact on me at a time in my life when I was redefining the woman in me. I particularly enjoyed the chapter on enterprise about becoming the CEO of your career and life. Her inspiration has once again stirred a fire in me to pursue yet another dream that I have carefully set on a dusty shelf. I now know I am ready for the endurance test and will engage my feminine strengths to get it done no matter what. I have proven to myself that I can do anything. Inside Every Woman is an unparalleled opportunity to learn from the best. Inside Every Woman is a `must read' for any woman committed to realizing their ultimate life dreams and desires."

- Rachel Cartwright, business owner, Florida

Successful women respect the complexity of any chosen path and become students for life. ~ pg. 9

Vickie L. Milazzo is as willing to jump out of an airplane, as she is to jump into a new business venture. Throughout Inside Every Woman she explores how every woman can honor the passion that sparks creativity and the inner fire that drives them towards success.

Her insights into the 10 Feminine Forces encourage women to overcome obstacles and live the life they always knew was possible. Vickie L. Milazzo explains how passion emerges and evolves and gives excellent real-life examples of women who became successful by using ideas in this book.

What are you waiting for to have a life of passion? ~ pg. 6

This book is filled with excellent advice gained from experience. Strategies for replenishing your emotional energy and ideas on how to detach from energy draining activities explore an area where an energy reserve is built up in order to master future challenges. There is great advice about how to avoid distractions and a wise approach to developing daily rituals to nurture our spirits.

As Vickie says, she doesn't need a blow dryer to ride a camel and sleep in the Sahara desert. You have to love a woman who is beyond adventurous, has conquered fear and is willing to share her life and wisdom with the world. She believes the best cure for fear is action and in order to envision our future we may at times need to conqueror our fears. I could not have read this book at a better time in my life.

Do something every day that scares you. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Highly Recommended!

~The Rebecca Review

"What an incredible book. It was very easy to read, understand and apply the principles.
I finished reading Inside Every Woman on Thanksgiving and I didn't realize how appropriate it was to finish on that day. I am thankful to Vickie for giving me the tools that I need to uncover my own inner strengths. Once again Vickie wants us to be successful in our own lives. She has shared her secrets on how we can use our own feminine forces to grow and become what we desire. This is a very inspiring book and I recommend it to every woman; from stay at home moms to CEOs. There is something in this book for everyone to learn."

"After reading Inside Every Woman, I am so fired up I want to host my own Female Fusion with a close group of friends. I know we will all benefit from Vickie's insights, and I can't wait to see what my friends and I create with the power of Female Fusion behind us."
- Diana Hanley, accounting specialist, Texas

Based on her own life experiences, multimillionaire Milazzo has designed a plan for success based on "5 Promises" and "10 Feminine Forces". The program is designed for women because the author has enjoyed success in her own life and wants to pass her enthusiastic method to other women who may be stalemated in their careers or disappointed with the direction their lives have taken. Trained as an RN, Milazzo's chosen career path failed to ignite her passion in a meaningful way until she determined a plan of action that she has faithfully, and successfully followed and hopes to pass along in this book.

The 5 Promises are specific daily affirmations that form the groundwork of the plan, having to do with decision, attitude, deliberation, commitment and belief in the self. But the crux of all is a passion for the chosen path, a core element in maintaining a purposeful pursuit of the goal. To this end, the author uses personal narratives to define each stage of the process, humanizing the earliest connections of whatever serves to inspire, encouraging the reader to identify her passion through the use of very specific journaling, and move on to the next phase. For those who have difficulty defining the future, this book is a step by step guide, each chapter increasing the "can-do" tempo and the author's own natural enthusiasm, all in service to defining attainable goals and reawakening that early joy in daily living that is eroded by disappointments or failures. Milazzo is a saleswoman, but she believes wholeheartedly in her product, the team leader cheering her troops on, chapter by chapter, addressing any problem areas with an eye to successful resolution.

Easy strategies, a series of anecdotes and an emphasis on integrity, authenticity, endurance and energy are key elements, the language sparked with positive phrases and buzz words to energize and empower the willing reader. Career or no, each woman can be the CEO of her own life, broadening personal horizons and embracing her potential by tapping into the inner resources outlined in this book. To change the template, it is necessary to take action and that is exactly what is intended in Inside Every Woman. The language may be too Type A for some, but any woman can benefit from reassessing her options; some will certainly respond to this author's program. Luan Gaines/ 2006.

Inside Every Woman suits the needs of any woman who is beginning a career or who is changing careers. It especially fills the need for women who are yearning to become entrepeneurs.

Dr. Milazzo nails it in one paragraph - that tells women (by example) when they need to move on and try something new - or just take a risk. The bottom line is this: when things are not working, women must move quickly and change things:

"The wildebeests reminded me of my fellow nurses when I worked at the hospital. They would bunch up at the water cooler airing their dissatisfaction with the work environment, but they never acted to end their desperation. Complaining was easier."

This says it all for many women who are scared to move on - or who find themselves boxed in and unable to make even a tiny step in the right direction. It is not easy, but that is why this book helps.

Milazzo's clear examples illustrate ways to make changes and to move forward. Her examples make this book an easy read - and a perfect reference book. It is packed with worksheets, promise lists, guidelines, and quotes that will serve as references for years to come for any career woman.