52 Strategies for Life, Love & Work: Transforming Your Life One Week at a Time

by Anne Grady

He lunged at her with scissors and yelled, “I’m going to kill you!” He tried to stab her, but she was able to wrestle the scissors from his grasp. She began to sob, not because she was being attacked, but because the attacker was her three-year-old son.

Anne’s survival toolkit evolved from numerous days like these. 52 Strategies for Life, Love & Work is a collection of success strategies that can be applied weekly to make gradual changes in all areas of your life.

If you’re seeking change in your life, 52 Strategies for Life, Love & Work will help you improve your relationships, increase your productivity, and ignite your success. With topics ranging from dealing with difficult people to navigating and managing change, productivity, happiness, and more, these 52 strategies provide a week-by-week template for success that will keep you motivated to making positive changes in your own life.

Praise for 52 Strategies for Life, Love & Work

“Anne Grady provides thought-provoking ideas on how to be more effective and how to live life fully. She shows us how to drive forward in a bold way. Honest, smart, and direct—a great handbook with actionable ideas for success in all parts of life.”
—Tim Mixon, Director, Marketing Talent & Capabilities, Dell

“Anne Grady has found a way to turn the incredible adversity she faces each day into easy-to-apply strategies that can truly transform the way you approach your life—both personally and professionally. 52 Strategies for Life, Love & Work is a truly inspiring read that will leave you wanting to actively make changes to be your absolute best.”
—Michael Nestor, Organizational Development Manager, The LIVESTRONG Foundation

“Anne Grady has provided a road map for how to take hold of your life, your outlook, and your success. She writes with tremendous insight, warmth, and a thoroughly infectious spirit.”
—Christopher Scroggin, Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas

214 pages, Paperback

First published June 27, 2014

Reviews

[Jamie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I saw Anne Grady speak recently, and she is an incredibly funny, warm, dynamic speaker with multiple important messages. This book is frustrating in that you want to read to see what she has to say next, but you also find yourself pausing to think about what it means, and what you think about what it means, and how you aren't really guilty of that thing she's talking about, but you also are, kind of, a little.

Not everybody is into self-help books, and this isn't a gentle pat and a spa-like whisper, nor is it a hard-charging Dr. Phil-Texan catchphrase fest. Instead, it's full of truths: you have to do the work, and it's not always easy, but it's really the only way.

While the book has humor, I was more blown away by her in-person presentation - probably because it's easier to connect with an audience than a blank page. And, if you can accept this critique from a person who wrote the second sentence of this review with a straight face, I think there are places in the book that could use tighter polishing. Still, it's a book worth reading by a person with stories worth telling. And if you have the opportunity to hear her speak, don't miss it.

[Trasa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book. Read the entire thing in one sitting, now I plan to go back and read it one chapter a week, as it's designed to be read. Now I'll focus on the strategies. But I felt while reading that Anne Grady, the author, could be a really good friend if we met. I look forward to spending more time with her in the future, even if only through her book.