You're Not Lost: An Inspired Action Plan for Finding Your Own Way [Paperback]

A tough-loving guide to figuring out your next steps and believing in yourself enough to take them

If there's one phrase women’s leadership expert Maxie McCoy hears over and over again in talking to young women, it's I'm so lost. Not only do they doubt the direction their lives are going—they don’t even know where to start making changes. This book provides a straight shot of encouragement to change that.
    
You're Not Lost is the manifesto for a generation of women who don't have the self-confidence to trust their instincts and go for it. This compelling guide gets to the root of the problem, showing you how to drop the panic-inducing, big-picture obsession over  Where am I going with my life?  and instead shines a spotlight on the small yet impactful decisions that will take you from lost to found.
    
With step-by-step advice, thought-provoking exercises, and real-life stories from Maxie and other inspirational women who have been there and succeeded, this book is an energizing action plan for getting to the amazing career and life you deserve.Maxie McCoyis a writer and speaker obsessed with giving women the tools they need to believe in themselves. Committed to the global rise of women, she writes weekly inspiration on maxiemccoy.com, and is the host and executive producer of the live-audience showLet Her Speak.She specializes in creating meaningful offline experiences for top brands and conferences. Her work has been featured on Good Morning America,Bustle,Fortune,TheSkimm,INC,Business Insider, Yahoo,Marie Claire,GlassDoor,The Huffington Post,Women's Healthand many others.

Chapter 1

99 Problems but You Are Not One

Don't compromise yourself.

You are all you've got.

-Janis Joplin

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