4 Quotes & Sayings By Ellen Meister

Ellen Meister (formerly Meister, Honig and Scherer) is an internationally acclaimed speaker and speaker coach. She teaches and speaks in more than thirty countries and in nine languages. Her clients include the United Nations, the World Bank, the United States Department of State and the Ford Foundation. Ellen is a teacher and a writer whose works have been translated into seventeen languages Read more

She is the author of many books on communication and leadership including: How to Speak so People Listen, How to Be a Deliberate Leader, You Really Have to Say It, Presentation Skills for Women: The Essential Language of Business Success, Effective Meetings: How to Have Them and How to Have Them Make a Difference, and The Silent Language of Leadership: A Guide for Developing Great Leaders.

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It was the yearning she related to. Shriver seemed to understand the specific human pain of wanting and pushing away at the same time. It left her with a gorgeous ache, and when she turned the last page of the book and closed the cover, Norah's connection to the writer felt absolute. It was a breathless, consuming rapture.... Ellen Meister
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Unlike your mother, " she said, exhaling, "I told the culprit immediately. I thought at the very least he would visit me in the hospital after it was all done, but the son of a bitch sent me a get well card. Can you imagine? Serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard. Ellen Meister
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She had been so vulnerable, and Norah wanted only to protect her. But that vulnerability was tied to a massive mistake, a perception of herself too damaged to love. If Norah got anything from this book, it's that we're all damaged. The tragedy is letting it define you. Ellen Meister