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Acknowledgments

I didn’t know how many stages a book goes through. I
do now! Thanks to all who helped this newbie author on
her first book journey: My sister, Ellen Ornato, who first
called my business “tiny”; Jeffrey Davis, of Tracking Won-
der Quest, who added the “magic”; Michael Boyce whose
“start cold” approach is in my heart; Lee Eiferman of Lee-
Words who laughed with me over the first draft and then
coached me to find my narrative and workflow; and to
Danielle Goodman, my developmental editor, who has
skills I am in awe of. Thanks to Tessa Bell for the
long walks while I marinated the concept; Kaja Gam,
Ken Skalski, Hugh Locke, April Freeman, Trudy Ebanks
Mindy Kerman, Kenny Gellerman; Debby, Tom, and Jen-
nifer Boyce; Susan Davidson, Dave Thompson, Ellen
Prior, and Mark Morganelli for being; Flip Brown for the
introduction to BK; Mac McCabe for generously contrib-
uting his time and wit; and AnnMarie Nieves of PR Red
for friendship and knowing how to move the needle.

I wrote this book because Deb Volansky, a friend in
the Women’s President Organization and owner of Con-
nex International, kept saying “you’re my inspiration”
and I couldn’t see how that could possibly be. I want to
thank Deb for starting me on my inquiry, initiating the
deeper dive into my “why,” to articulate what has
informed and driven me. My goal is to inspire and sup-
port. Let me know if I do.

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